Work and careers

4. a person who works for another person or for a company for wages or a salary
7. any reward that makes people work harder
12. leave employment due to age
15. make an organisation smaller and employ fewer people
16. absence because of illness
17. the total number of people working in an organisation, company or country
18. the act of ending the employment of a worker or group of workers
19. the ability of people to produce useful results at work

1. money given in addition to salary, usually in return for achieving targets
2. to look or hire personnel
3. the amount of work or goods produced
5. a job or profession that someone does for a long time
6. to change the organisation of a company, usually in order to make it more effective or to save money
8. a formal meeting with someone who is being considered for a job or other position
9. pay part of the cost of something, usually in order to help people
10. stop doing work inside the company and send it to other companies or other countries, usually to save money
11. leave a job voluntarily
13. advancement in rank or position in a company
14. the amount of money that an employee is paid each mont