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  • What is the difference between an employee and an employer
    An employee is a person who works for someone and an employer is a person who gives you a job/work
  • What is salary?
    Money you get for your work
  • Permanent job. What is it?
    a job for an unspecified period of time
  • Another terms for : Working from home...
    Home office, work remotely, remote working
  • How do we call people who work together for a company?
    colleagues, co-workers, staff
  • Where can you find a job offer?
    Among friends, on the internet or in newspapers, you can go to job/employment office or job agency.
  • Extra hours in addition to normal working hours
    Overtime
  • What is the difference between "perk" and "tip"?
    Perk is an advantage or something extra, such as a company car that you are given because of your job while "tip" is a small amount of money given to someone
  • Why do people quit their jobs?
    They move house, bad working conditions, low salary, bad boss
  • What is a job application or covering letter?
    a letter that is written and sent to a company to apply for a job
  • The opposite of to hire
    to fire
  • What parts does a CV have?
    Photo, personal details, education and qualification, work experiences, skills (hard and soft), interests, references
  • When you work usually 15-25 hours a week it means that...
    you have a part -time job
  • When you work usually 40 hours a week it means that
    you have a full-time job
  • Flex-time .What is it?
    The employee can set his own working schedule
  • What does an electrician do? What skill should he have?
    your answer
  • Name three employee perks.
    A private free health care, a company car, free food or coffee etc.
  • Name some factors that influence our choice of a job position?
    Family, distance, salary, means of transport, working hours, overtimes, working conditions, other benefits-health care service, kindergarten, sickday, vacation
  • Name 3 well-paid jobs
    your answer
  • Another word for a person who is in charge of the work
    Boss or supervisor
  • What is curriculum vitae or resume?
    A short document with information about you.
  • Temporary job.What is it?
    a job for a specific period of time , for example 1 year
  • What does it mean when we say mental work or job
    That you usually use your mind to create something
  • Name some badly-paid jobs
    your answer
  • When you are 65 years old ...
    you are retired
  • What does it mean to be "laid off"
    You lose your job, because the company is reducing the amount of employees
  • When you get hired, what kind of paper do you need to sign with your employer?
    a contract
  • I am going to quit my job! means...
    I am going to leave my job or resign.
  • When you work a specific block of hours at night, or in the morning, or in the afternoon or evening
    Shifts
  • Which is the WRONG collocation? You can __________a good living in sales if you have the right attitude,
    make
    earn
    do
  • Benefits for an employee. Give examples
    Health insurance, life insurance, paid leave, pension fund, minimum wage, overtime compensation etc.
  • What do you need when applying for a job?
    A job application, a CV-curriculum vitae, certificates and diplomas + documents proving youŕ skills
  • What does it mean when we say manual work or job
    That you usually work with your hands
  • What is the diffrerence between pay raise and promotion?
    Pay raise means increasing your salary and promotion means increasing your authority, position or career