Topic vocabulary: Time |
| civil service (n phr) |
a country's government departments and the people who work in them |
How long have you worked for the civil service? |
| client (n) |
someone who pays for or uses the services of a professional person such as a doctor or lawyer |
She advises clients on their investments. |
| colleague (n) |
someone who works in the same organisation or department as you |
Friends and colleagues will remember him with affection. |
| consultant (n) |
an expert or a professional person whose job is to give help and advice on a particular subject |
She's a design consultant. |
| consultant (n) |
a senior doctor in a hospital who is an expert in a particular medical subject |
She's a consultant cardiologist. |
| effective (adj) |
someone or something that is effective works well and produces the result that was intended |
Humour is often far more effective than shouting. |
| efficient (adj) |
someone or something that is efficient works well and produces good results by using the available time, money, supplies, etc in the most effective way |
The new machine is far more efficient than the old one. |
| executive (n) |
a senior manager in a business or other organisation |
We've arranged a meeting with some of the company's top executives. |
| fire (v) |
to make someone leave their job, sometimes as a punishment |
She was fired for refusing to comply with safety regulations. |
| headhunt (v) |
to try to persuade someone to leave their job and go to work for another company |
He was headhunted by a large electronics company. |
| leave (n) |
a period of time away from your job or the armed forces |
Tony, who had been granted leave, was home for several weeks. |
| marketing (n) |
the ways in which a company encourages people to buy its products by deciding on price, type of customer and advertising policy |
Jim, come and meet the firm's new director of marketing. |
| multinational (n) |
a large company that has offices, shops or factories in several countries |
My uncle works for a large multinational. |
| multinational (adj) |
a multinational company or business has offices, shops or factories in several countries |
My uncle works for a large multinational corporation. |
| private sector (n phr) |
all the businesses, industries and services that are not owned or managed by the government |
There is less job security in the private sector. |
| promotion (n) |
a move to a higher level in a company, institution or sport |
We try to fill our executive positions by promotion from within. |
| promotion (n) |
the activity of encouraging or supporting something |
The campaign is concerned with the promotion of health. |
| promotion (n) |
the process of attracting people's attention to a product or event, for example by advertising |
The government's planning to introduce a ban on the promotion of tobacco products. |
| prospects (n pl) |
the possibility that something will happen, especially something good |
The prospects for employment in the technology sector are especially good right now. |
| public sector (n phr) |
the industries and services, for example schools and hospitals, that are supported by tax money and controlled by the government of a country |
The typical member of Parliament has worked elsewhere in the public sector. |
| recruit (n) |
a new member of a military force or an organisation, especially someone who has recently joined |
She's responsible for training new recruits. |
| recruit (v) |
to get someone to work in a company or join an organisation |
We won't be recruiting again until next year. |
| recruit (v) |
to get someone to help you do something |
The club has recruited volunteers to help. |
| redundant (adj) |
if someone is redundant, they have been told they must leave their job because they are no longer needed |
Five thousand miners were made redundant when the tin market collapsed. |
| sack (v) |
to tell someone they can no longer work at their job |
He was sacked after repeatedly arriving late at work. |
| strike (n) |
a period of time during which people refuse to work, as a protest about pay or conditions of work |
A strike by transport workers was held on 12th August. |
