Unit 1 – Employment
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definition translation
to work in (advertising/a to have a job in... werken in (reclame/afdeling)
department)
to work on (a project) to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something werken aan (een project)
to work for (a supermarket to be an employee of some person, group, or organization werken voor (een
chain) supermarktketen)
to work with (colleagues to cooperate with someone in order to perform some task, activity, responsibility, etc. werken met (collega's
to work under (a supervisor) to have someone else supervise or manage your work werken onder (een
leidinggevende)
to leave for (work) to set out for some destination vertrekken naar (het werk)
to go to (work) to travel or move to another place naar (het werk) gaan
to arrive at (work) to reach a place aankomen op (werk)
to be at work to be working op het werk zijn
to be in work to have a job aan het werk zijn
to be off work to have a day off van het werk zijn
to be out of work to not have a job niet meer aan het werk zijn
rewarding giving a reward, especially by making you feel satisfied that you have done something lonend
important or useful, or done something well
stimulating if something is stimulating, it encourages new ideas stimulerend
hands-on someone who has hands-on experience of something has done or used it rather than just hands-on
read or learned about it/someone with a hands-on way of doing things becomes closely
involved in managing and organizing things and in making decisions
in charge of responsible for something or someone verantwoordelijk voor
responsible for to have control and authority over something or someone and the duty of taking care of it, verantwoordelijk voor
him, or her
to supervise to watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly, safely, etc. om toezicht te houden
,to run if your taste or skill runs to something, that is the type of thing that you enjoy or can leiden
manage to do
to add up to a particular total, especially a high amount
to deal with to talk to someone or meet someone, especially as part of your job om te gaan met
to involve if an activity, situation, etc. involves something, that thing is a part of the activity, etc. betrekken
unemployed not having a job that provides money werkloos
(to be made) redundant having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you (ontslagen) worden
jobless unemployed werkloos
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definition translation
margin call a demand to increase the amount of money or assets in a margin account because it has margestorting
fallen below the lowest amount allowed
investment bank a bank that helps companies sell and buy shares, or helps them buy other companies or investeringsbank
merge (= join together) with each other
staff the group of people who work for an organization personeel
trading floor the area of a stock exchange or financial market where dealers work beursvloer
to lay off/cut/let go/make to stop employing a worker, esp. for reasons that have nothing to do with the worker’s (personeel)
redundant (staff) performance/to end someone’s employment ontslaan/ontslaan/loslaten/o
(compare with: to quit to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving ntslaan
(informal)/to resign (formal))
risk manager/management the job of deciding what possible financial risks are involved in a planned activity and how risicomanager/management
best to avoid or deal with them
severance the pay and other advantages that an employee receives when their employment is ended ontslagcontract/-
contract/package/offer etc. by the management pakket/aanbod enz.
to revoke (an offer) to say officially that an agreement, permission, a law, etc. is no longer in effect herroepen (van een aanbod)
precaution an action that is done to prevent something unpleasant or dangerous happening voorzorgsmaatregel
punitive intended as a punishment straf
lawyer someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court advocaat
junior/senior someone who has a job at a low level within an organization / high or higher in rank junior/senior
, HR (Human Resources) the department of an organization that deals with finding new employees, keeping records HR (Personeelszaken)
about all the organization's employees, and helping them with any problems
HR (Human Resources) the activity of managing a company’s employees, for example, by employing new workers, HR (Personeelszaken)
management/officer/ training them, managing their employment records, and helping them with problems directie/ambtenaar/
manager manager
security guard someone whose job involves preventing people going into places without permission, bewaker
transporting large amounts of money, or protecting goods from being stolen
colleague one of a group of people who work together collega
transition plan a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens/a set of overgangsplan
decisions about how to do something in the future
employment the fact of someone being paid to work for a company or organization tewerkstelling
to employ to have someone work or do a job for you and pay them for it tewerkstellen
employer a person or organization that employs people werkgever
employee someone who is paid to work for someone else werknemer
in employment the state of having paid work in dienst
employment the possibility that something might happen in the future, especially something good at werkgelegenheidskansen/vo
opportunities/prospects work oruitzichten
employment of use: How can you justify the employment of capital punishment? dienstverband van
full employment the state of affairs in which virtually every individual in the labour force of a particular volledige werkgelegenheid
country, economy, etc., who is able and willing to work is employed or is readily able to
find work
paid employment/work a paid job is one for which you are given money betaald werk/werk
full-time employment/work for all the hours of the week that people normally work, not just for some of them voltijds werk
part-time employment/work if you work part-time or do part-time work, you work for only some of the day or the week deeltijdarbeid
permanent a job or contract that lasts for a long time vaste baan/werk
employment/work
temporary employment/work a temporary job or contract lasts only for a short period of time tijdelijk werk
long-term employment/work a situation in which people have a job for a long time, usually a year or more langdurig
dienstverband/werk
regular employment/work work that is permanent regelmatige
tewerkstelling/werk
