Work-related Abbreviations and Vocabulary

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Taken and adapted from: http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/employment-vocabulary.html

Assessment: (n) Evaluation of one's abilities.
Apply: (v) Submit an application for a job or position.
Attrition: (n) The elimination of positions as workers quit or retire.
Background Education: (n) Same as qualifications; experience.
Bonus: (n) Additional payment to an employee as an incentive
or reward.
Curriculum Vitae: (n) Summary of one's education and experience to date; résumé.
Dismiss: (v) Discharge from employment; same as to fire, to sack, to let go.
Employee: (n) Person who works for a firm or company.
Employer: (n) Person or firm who employs people.
Fire: (v) To dismiss from a job.
Fringe benefits: (n) Advantages offered in addition to salary (life insurance, retirement scheme, company car, etc; also called "perks", abbreviation for perquisites).
Interview: (n) Oral examination of an applicant for employment.
Layoff: (n) Dismissal or employees for economic reasons. Same as redundancy.
Lay off: (v) Dismiss for economic reasons.
Make redundant: (v) Dismiss for economic reasons.
Maternity leave: (n) Period of absence for a female employee when having a baby.
Notice: (n) Advance warning of intention to leave one's job. (v)
To give or hand in one's resignation.
Personnel: (n) People who work for a firm or company (employees).
Personnel officer: (n) Manager responsible for recruitment, training and welfare of personnel (employees). Same as Human Resources Manager.
Promotion: (n) Advancement in rank or position in the company.
Prospects: (n) Opportunities for success or promotion in a career.
Recruit: (v) Look for and hire personnel.
Resign: (v) Leave a job voluntarily.
Retire: (v) Leave employment after some years of service to receive a monthly pension from the Government.
Sick leave: (n) Absence because of illness. Usage: to be on sick leave.
Staff: (n) People who work for a firm or department; employees.
Strength: (n) Strong characteristic or particular ability.
Strike: (n) A stop in work in protest against something. Usage: to go on strike.
Take on: (v) Employ or hire.
Trainee: (n) Person being trained for a job e.g. a trainee salesman.
Training course: (n) A course of study to prepare for a job. Ex.: a computer course.
Unemployment benefits: (n) Payments made by the State to an unemployed person.
Vacancy: (n) A position to be filled. Same as opportunity or opening.
Weakness: (n) A lack of ability or a shortcoming in character.




Reduction in force common abbreviations
Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layoff.
• RIF - A generic reduction in force, of undetermined method.
• IRIF - An Involuntary Reduction in Force - The employee(s) didn't voluntarily choose to leave the company. This usually implies that the method of reduction involved either layoffs, firings, or both, but wouldn't usually imply resignations or retirements. If the employee is fired rather than laid off, the term "with cause" may be appended to indicate that the separation was due to this employee's performance and/or behavior, rather than being financially motivated.
• VRIF - A Voluntary Reduction in Force - The employee(s) did play a role in choosing to leave the company, most likely through resignation or retirement. In some instances, a company may exert pressure on an employee to make this choice, perhaps by implying that a layoff or termination would otherwise be imminent, or by offering an attractive severance or early retirement package.
• eRIF – Layoff notice by email.
• WFR - Work Force Reduction.

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