EMPLOYMENT: retake
Across
- 1. learn the ………………: to learn how to do a particular job or activity
- 9. a fixed regular payment earned for work or services, typically paid on a daily or weekly
- 10. a person who sets up a business; a businessman
- 13. a fixed regular payment, typically paid monthly
- 15. pull a few ………………: to use your influence over important people to get something done
- 17. no longer in employment because there is no more work available
- 18. trade ………………: an organized association of workers formed to protect their rights and interests
- 22. reduction in rank or position in the company
- 23. an increase in your pay
- 25. ………………-time job: employment with few hours per week
- 26. to leave a job or place
- 27. hand in a ………………: to formally tell your employer that you are leaving your job
- 29. a person who asks questions to obtain information, especially during the recruitment process
- 30. a person with whom one works; a colleague
- 31. big ………………: an important or influential person
- 34. working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company
- 35. a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer
Down
- 2. a person higher in rank or status
- 3. time worked beyond the regular working hours
- 4. a system of working in which employees can choose their working hours within agreed limits.
- 5. a regular payment made during retirement
- 6. work well under ………………: to be able to perform tasks effectively in stressful situations
- 7. (of work) not requiring skill
- 8. ……………… letter: a letter sent with a job application or other formal document to explain the contents of the application or to provide additional information about the sender
- 11. the fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work
- 12. ……………… benefits: additional advantages or services given with a job besides wages, such as a company car, health insurance, etc.
- 14. a person under the control of another person within a company
- 16. ……………… shift: a work shift that runs during the early morning hours, typically from midnight to 8 a.m
- 19. the act of raising someone to a higher or more important position in the company
- 20. blue-………………job: a type of work that requires physical work
- 21. to employ someone
- 22. a time or date by which something must be done
- 24. ……………… leave: a period of absence from work granted to a mother before and after the birth of her child
- 28. a person who answers questions to obtain information, especially during the recruitment process
- 32. pull your ………………: to do your fair share of work
- 33. an unoccupied position or job