AF_AG01_ Recruitment and professional development

Glossary

Unit 1:The HR department an overview.

Word / Translation / Example / pronunciation
Applicant / Sol·licitant / There are a lot applicants for the newvacancy in the company. / applicant
Assessment / Avaluació / The assessment of the candidates will be in a few minutes. / Assessment
Budget / Pressupost / The budget for the new technology department will be increased in 20%. / Budget
Ensure / Assegurar / The company ensures the building placing a security cameras / Ensure
Health care coverage / Cobertura de salut / This year the employees will be decreased their health care coverage due to the crisis.
Labour market / Mercat laboral / The firms try to find a good employees in the labour market
Leadership / Lideratge / Our boss has to improve his leadership if he wants to increase the results of the department. / Leadership
Payroll / Sou / The manager decided to increase the payrolls only 3%. / Payroll
Traits / Característiques / The traits that had the candidates were not suitable for the job / Traits
Profitability / Rendibilitat / The investments made by the company did not give the expected profitability / Profitability
Recruiting / Reclutament / The recruiting of candidates was a success because it was able to select the most suitable person for the job / Recruiting
skills / Habilitat / My colleague has skills that make him unique / skills
Staff / Personal / The company will increase its staff in Asia next year / Staff
Steadfast / Ferm, inalterable / The employees remind steadfast in the support of the old head. / Steadfast
Success / Èxit / The success of the company is not only for executives but for all employees. / Success
suitable / Apropiat, adient / What do you think is the most suitable candidate for the job? / suitable

Unit 2:Teamwork

Word / Translation / Example / Pronunciation
Announcement / Anunci / The director made an announcement yesterday about buying a new business group / announcement
Assessment centre / Centre d'avaluació / The company used the assessment centre in testing candidate selection / Assessment centre
Covering letter / Carta de presentació / Please send your covering letter with your application form. / Cover letter
Degree / Carrera universitària / All candidates must have at least university degree / Degree
Experience / Experiència / The company wanted the candidates demonstrate their experience / Experience
graduate / Graduat / All the applicants are at least graduate / graduate
hierarchy / Jerarquia / The hierarchy of the company is not making seamless information / hierarchy
Indefinitely / Indefinit / he company made me a indefinite contract / Indefinitely
Seniority / Antiguitat / Only seniority in the company will increase my salary / Seniority
Subordinate / Subordinat / All subordinates who had put themselves against him for lack of leadership / Subordinate
Supervisor / Supervisor / The supervisor of the plant had problems with employees pm / Supervisor
To promote / Promocionar / The head of the department decided to promote some members of the department for their good work / promote
Vacancy / Lloc de treball vacant / The HR department receives a lot of applications for the vacancy job in the new department. / Vacancy
Workplace / Lloc de treball físic / The workplace has to be safety for all the workers / Workplace

Unit 3:Planning and recruiting.

Word / Translation / Sentence / pronunciation
database / Base de dades / All resumes will be incorporated into the database of the company / database
deadline / Termini / The deadline for preparing the project is the next Monday / deadline
experience / Experiencia / All candidates must accredit a minimum of two years experience / experience
fines / Multa / The company paid $ 3,000 in fines for pollution / fines
penalties / Sanció / The commission on competition imposed a penalty specimen company / penalties
job bank / Borsa de treball / The job bank has allowed to find many young candidates. / job bank
knowledge / Coneixement / All candidates must have a minimum knowledge of office / knowledge
network / Xarxa / He found his first job through social networks / network
planning / Planificació / The human resource planning is a task that must involve the whole company / planning
profile / Perfil / The profile of candidate is perfect for the vacancy / profile
remuneration / remuneració / The remuneration received counselling services was lower than expected / remuneration
resume / Currículum / Not all resumes were considered for selection / resume
skill / Habilitats / You need to have good communication skills to be a good boss / skill
suitable / Apropiat, adient / What do you think is the most suitable candidate for the job? / suitable
summit / Cimera / The summit was about restoring confidence in the economy / summit
training / Formació / Our workers should have more training in safety at work / training

Unit 4:The interview

Word / Translation / Sentence / Pronunciation
check out / Tria, escull / Check out the various proposals and choose one of them / check-out
handful / Un grapat de / Only a handful of candidates has the suitable skills for the job / handful
handshake / Encaixada de mans / t is important to a handshake when you enter the interview / handshake
outfit / Vestuari / You need a new outfit to go to the interview / outfit
stand tall / Caminar recte / You'd have more chance of success if you'd stand tall. / stand tall
straight away / Anar directe / Go straight away to the director room and explain the results / straight away

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