topic 1: work and career

Fulfilling (adj)

Making you feel happy and satisfied

To attain (v)

To reach or succeed in getting something

Conversely (adv)

In an opposite way

Ambassador (n)

A person who represents, speaks for, or advertise a particular organization, activity

Efficacy (n)

The ability of something to produce the intended result

Quantify (v)

Express or measure the quantity of something

For instance

As an example

Substantial (adj)

Of considerable importance, size, worth

Drawback (n)

Disadvantage

Productivity

The ability of people to produce useful results at work

Subsidise

To pay part of the cost of something, usually in order to help people

Output

The amount of work or goods produced

Work/life balance

The ability to work hard but also enjoy a good quality family and social life

To motivate people

To give them positive reasons for working hard

Pay increment

Pay increases

Perks

Reward from an employer which are not financial

Financial rewards

Any form of money payment

Bonuses

Money given in addition to salary, usually in return for achieving targets

Incentives

Any reward that makes people work harder

Job satisfaction

Enjoyment of a job for non-financial reasons

Target-related

Dependent on hitting a target

On the job training

Training while working, not by leaving work to go to college,etc

On going training

Training throughout your time in a job, not just at the start

Day release programmes

Programmes of training or education when employees can spend entire days out of work

Career progression

The ability to advance your career

Job prospects

The possibility of promotion or higher level work in future

Superficial

Not addressing deep or important issues

Performance appraisals

Meeting at which an employer gives feedback to a worker on their work over a fixed period

Redundancy

A worker loses their job because of changes in the company (not because of personal mistakes)

Downsize

Make an organisation smaller

outsource

Stop doing work inside a company and send it to other companies or other countries, usually to save money

Workforce

Total number of people working in an organisation