3+4. At work: colleagues and routines + recruitment and job satisfaction

job ad

ad; informal = advertisement

stimulating

encourage interest or new ideas

drive (n.)

strong motivation

dynamic

energetic and forceful

rewarding

giving you a lot back

close-knit

working in a close relationship

sales experience

experience of selling things

a team player

Someone who is good at working closely with other people

fit this description

have these qualities

lucrative

producing a lot of money

look to

consider or plan

be looking to do sth

to be planning to do something

look for

find

maternity/paternity leave

time away from work to prepare for ad look after a new baby

adoption leave

time away from work to prepare for and look after an adoption child

perks

extra things apart from salary, e.g. a car, health insurance (informal)

(extra) benefits

extra things apart from salary, e.g. a car, health insurance

job satisfaction

a feeling that your job is worth doing and fulfils you

workplace

the place where you work

run-of-the-mill

ordinary, not special or exciting

holiday entitlement

number of days you have the right to take as holiday

salary/pay increments

increases/rises (formal)

ask for pay rises

increases/rises (informal)

overworked and underpaid

often said together as an informal, humorous fixed expression

voluntary/compulsory redundancy

people losing their jobs, by offering to do so / having no choice

a skeleton staff

the minimum number of workers needed to keep operating

interview panel

the group of people interviewing someone for a job

my opposite number

has the same positions/does the same jobs as me

working relationship

way of communicating and working togetherto achieve common goals.

(day-to-day) collaboration

working together to achieve shared goals

counterpart

more formal equivalent of opposite number

(establish a good/close/excellent) rapport

communication/relationship

take the initiative

make decisions without being told what to do

hierarchical

has a structure with important and less important people

a pecking order

a system where some people have the right to get benefits/promotions before others

• further/lower down the pecking order

• at the bottom/top of the pecking order

a job-share

an agreement where two people each share the same job

workmates

colleagues you are friendly with (especially in non-professional occupations); informal

to talk shop

to talk about work; informal

mundane (tasks)

ordinary, not interesting

meet a deadline

have something finished by a fixed day or time

volunteer

offer to so something without being asked or told to do it

workload

the amount of work I have to do

mechanical

you don’t have to think about what you’re doing

repititive

the same thing is repeated every day

knocking off

finishing work; informal

monotonous

boring because it never changes

satisfying

make me feel please by providing what I need or want

challenging

that tests my ability or determination

glamorous

very exciting, which everyone admires

irregular and anti-social

does not enable one to have a normal social life

stuck behind a desks

sitting at a desk all day, informal

mind-numbing

extremely boring

tight schedules

very strict or severely limited timetables

stuck in a rut

stuck/trapped in a job they cannot escape from

dead-end (jobs)

with no prospects of promotion

technician

person whose job involves practical work with scientific or electrical equipment

to go in with someone

to form a business partnership with someone

start-up

a small business that has just started