English vocabulary in use 3-5

Openings

available jobs

Post

job

Subsidise

to pay part of the cost of something

Cover letter

a letter sent with a job application

hands-on

practical (not theoretical)

Managerial experience

experience of managing other people

To recruit

to persuade sm to work for a company

Shortlist

a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job/prize

Line manager

the person who is directly responsible for your work

in-house

within the company

take on

start to have

to fill the post

find sm to do the job

notice period

time you need to work in your job after you have officially told the company you are leaving

to outline

to give main facts about something

opposite number

person, who has the same position / does the same job as me

counterpart

more formal equivalent of opposite number

rapport

communication, relationship

hierarchical

arranged according to people's/things' level of importance

pecking order

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

hot-desking

a policy of sharing desks in an office

talk shop

talk about work (informal)

Mundane

ordinary, boring

workload

amount of work I have to do

knock off

finish work (informal)

Mind-numbing

extremely boring

Stick in a rut

stuck in a job they can't escape from

Dead-end

with no prospects of promotion

to go in with

form a business partnership with

a start-up

a small business that has just started