Business Vocabulary Units 1-34

Market Leader Business Vocabulary Units 1-34

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Units 1

What do you do?
To find out what someone’s job is
Manage
To succeed in doing or dealing with something, especially something
difficult
Responsibilities
Something that it is your job or duty to deal with
In charge of
Responsible for something or someone
Deal with
To do business with a person or company
Responsible for
Have control and authority over something or someone and the duty
of taking care of it, him, or her
Work
An activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental
effort to do, usually for money
In work
Have a job/work in progress
Out of work
Without a paid job
Off work
Away from work due to illness
Full-time job
Something that takes a lot of your time
Part-time job
If you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some
of the day or the week
Permanent job
Does not finish after a fixed period
Temporary job
Finishes after a fixed period.

Units 2

Office worker
A person who does their job in an office rather than in a factory
Clock on/Clock in
To record the time, you arrive at work on a special machine
Clock off/Clock out
To leave work, especially by recording the time you leave on a
special machine
Flexitime
A system of working in which people work a set number of hours
within a fixed period of time, but can change the time they start or
finish work
Shifts
To (cause something or someone to) move or change from one
position or direction to another, especially slightly
Overtime
(Time spent working) after the usual time needed or expected in a
job
Commute
To make the same journey regularly between work and home
Commuter
Someone who regularly travels between work and home
Teleworking/
Work from home, making use of the internet, email, and the
telecommuting
telephone
Satisfying
Making you feel pleased by providing what you need or want Stimulating
If something is stimulating, it encourages new ideas
Fascinating
Extremely interesting
Exciting
Making you feel excited
Dull
Not interesting or exciting in any way
Boring
Not interesting or exciting
Unstimulating
To hide your real feelings, character or intentions
Repetitive
Involving doing or saying the same thing several times, especially in
a way that is boring
Routine
A usual or fixed way of doing things
Tiring
Making you feel tired
Tough
Strong; not easily broken or made weaker or defeated
Demanding
Needing a lot of time, attention, or energy
Units 3

Recruitment/hiring
The process of finding people to work for a company or become a
new member of an organization
Hiring
The act of starting to employ someone
Recruit
A person who has (just) joined the army, air force, etc.
Hire
To employ (a workman, etc.)
Employs/hires
Give work to someone and pay them for it
Recruiter
A person whose job is to enlist or enrol people as employees, in the
armed forces, or as members of an organization
Recruitment agency
A business that is paid to find suitable workers for other companies
and organizations
Employment agency
A business that helps people to find suitable jobs or companies to
find suitable employees
Headhunt
To persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person
another job with more pay and a higher position
Headhunter
A person who tries to persuade someone to leave their job by
offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position
Situations vacant
The part of a newspaper in which jobs are listed
Applied
Relating to a subject of study, especially a science, that has a
practical use
Application form
A form that you complete in order to apply for a job, a place on a
course, etc. or to get something such as a loan or licence
Application
An official request for something, usually in writing
CV (curriculum vitae)
A short written description of your education, qualifications,
previous jobs, and sometimes also your personal interests, that you
send to an employer when you are trying to get a job
Cover letter
A letter that contains information about the thing it is sent with
Selection process
The methods that the company uses to recruit people
Background
Your family and your experience of education, living conditions,
money, etc.
Applicant
A person who formally requests something, especially a job, or to
study at a college or university
Experience
(The process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing, or
feeling things
Qualification
An official record showing that you have finished a training course
of have the necessary skills, etc.
Candidate
A person who is competing to get a job or elected position
Group discussion
A group of individuals with similar interest who gather either
formally or informally to bring up ideas, solve problems, or give
comments
Interview
A conversation where questions are asked and answers are given
Psychometric test
A test that is designed to show someone’s personality, mental ability,
opinions, etc., often used by companies when they are deciding
whether or not to employ someone
Shortlist
A list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or
prize, made from a longer list of people originally considered, and
from which one person will be chosen
Reference
A mention of something
Referees
A person who knows you and who is willing to describe and,
usually, praise you, in order to support you when you are trying to
get a job, etc.
Offer
To ask someone if they would like to have something or if they
would like you to do something
Job offer
An offer from an employer to give you a job
Turn it down
Reject an offer or application made by someone
Accept
To say yes to an offer or invitation
Appoint
To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility

Units 4

Graduate
A person who has finished their school, college, or university
education
Paper qualification
A certificate confirming someone’s achievement in a course of study
or training, in contrast to practical experience
Degree
A course of study at a college or university, or the qualification
given to a student after he or she has completed his or her studies
In-house training
Courses within the company
Management
The process of improving the skills of the managers in a company,
development
for example by giving them training
Acquire
To get something
Acquire experience
Get knowledge through doing things
Skill
Particular ability to do something well, especially because you have
learned and practised it
Highly skilled
Any worker who has special skill, training, knowledge, and ability in
their work. A skilled worker may have attended a college, university
or technical school. Or, a skilled worker may have learned their
skills on the job
-> e.g. car designer
Skilled
Having or showing the knowledge, ability, or training, to perform a
certain activity or task well
-> e.g. car production manager
Semi-skilled
Having or needing only a small amount of training
-> e.g. taxi driver
Unskilled
Not having or requiring special skill or training
-> e.g. car cleaner
Methodical
Methodical people do things in a very ordered, careful way
Systematic
According to an agreed set of methods or organized plan
Organized
An organized person is able to plan things carefully and keep things
tidy
Computer-literate
Good with computers
Numerate
Good with numbers
Motivated
Very keen to do well in their job because they find it interesting
Self-starter
A person who is able to work effectively without regularly needing
to be told what to do
Proactive
Taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change
when it happens
Self-motivated
Able and willing to work without being told what to do
Self-driven
Good at working on their own
Team players
Someone who is good at working closely with other people

Units 5

Salary
A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee,
usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month