VOCABULARY: JOBS AND WORK

confusing words

vocabulary

jobs and work

convenient / suitable

Convenient (adj): fitting in well with a person's needs, activities, and plans. "I phoned your office to confirm that this date is convenient" Suitable (adj): right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation. “These toys are not suitable for children under five"

interview / interrogation

Interview (n): a meeting of people face to face, especially for consultation.Interrogation (n): the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated.“Would he keep his mouth shut under interrogation?"

qualities / qualifications

Qualities (n): distinctive attributes or characteristics possessed by someone or something. “He shows strong leadership qualities" Qualifications (n): a pass of an examination or an official completion of a course, especially one conferring status as a recognized practitioner of a profession or activity. "I left school at 15 with no qualifications"

notice / advertisement

Notice (n): notification or warning of something, especially to allow preparations to be made. “Interest rates are subject to fluctuation without notice"Advertisement (n): an announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy. “Advertisements for alcoholic drinks"

recruit / apply

Recruit (v): seek to employ “The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants”Apply (v): also means to ask in a formal way. “You had to apply for the job”

employee / trainee

Employee (person): a worker who is hired to perform a job. Trainee (person): if you're a trainee, you're being taught to do a new job.

make redundant / sack

Make sb redundant: dismiss (a person who is no longer needed) from a job. “More than 200 of the company's employees have already been made redundant.”Sack sb: fire (someone). “The company sacked him for improper conduct. “

hand in (one's) notice / resign

Hand in (one's) notice: to give a formal notification that one is quitting or resigning from one's job. “I'm planning on handing in my notice as soon as this project is finished.”“A number of people handed in their notices in protest to the board's recent decision.” Resign (v): to quit or retire from a position. When people resign, they're leaving something, like a job or political office. “Congressmen resign after a scandal.”

salary / wage

Salary : the pay you earn for doing your job. Wage : if your job pays a good wage, it means that you earn a lot of money for the hard work you do. A worker's wage is how much money he/she makes.

perk / pay rise

Perk : something extra you get, in addition to a salary, in exchange for working. “The major perk of your job at an ice cream shop might be all the hot fudge sundaes you can eat."Pay rise : an increase in the amount of money you earn for doing your job.