appoint /a'point/ [v T] to choose someone for an important job: The President has appointed a new Minister of Culture. appoint sb director/manager/principal
etc In 1989 he was appointed managing director.
appoint sb to a job/position/post This is the first time a woman has been appointed to such a senior position.
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recruit /ri'kruit/ [и T] to find new people to work for a company, organization, or military force. The police department is
to take away someone's job
five /faiэг/ [f T] to make someone leave their job, because they have done something wrong or because their work is not satisfactory: She kept arriving late, and in the end they fired her. I You're fired! fire sb for (doing) sth He was fired for being drunk at work.
sack sb/give sb the sack s<ek (sb),
,giv (sb) бэ 'sack/ British to make someone leave their job, because they have done something wrong or because their work is not satisfactory: They sacked the coach after the team lost 10 games in a row. +for She was given the sack for trying to organize a trade union.
lose your job /,lu:z pJ 'dsDbl-'dscnb/ if
you lose your job, your job is taken away from you: Things have been really difficult since Terry lost his job. I Thousands of workers lost their jobs when the car factory closed.
get the sack /.get дэ 'sack/ вягтбн if you get the sack, your job is taken away from you, especially because you have done something wrong or your work is not satisfactory: He got the sack after he was caught stealing money.
lay sb off/make sb redundant /lei
(sb) 'of, ,meik (sb) ridAnd^nt/ if a company
lays someone off or makes them redundant, it makes tyiem leave their job because it does not nee&4hem any more: If sales
Lay sb off is used in both British and
American English, and it can mean either
that someone loses their job permanently, or that they lose it for a short period. Make sb redundant is used only in British English and means that someone loses their job permanently.
redundancy /rrdAndansi [n C/U] British when a company takes away someone's job because it does not need them any more: The decline in car sales led to many redundancies.
redundancy pay/money (=money you receive from a company when you lose your job) He used his redundancy money to buy a boat.
plural redundancies
to ask for a job
apply /a'plai/ [и I] to formally ask to be considered for a job that has been advertised, especially by writing a letter or answering the questions on a form: / applied in September, but I didn't hear from them till the following January apply for a job/post/position Dear Sir.; J am writing to apply for the post of Training Officer.
applying - applied - have applied
application /,aepirkeij\?n/ [n C] a formal request to be considered for a job, often consisting of a form on which you have to answer questions about your education, your work experience etc + /or Ben's just sent off an application for о job in Dubai.
application form (=a piece of paper on which you have to answer questions about yourself when you apply for a job) You have to give details of your previous work experience on the application form.
job application She filled out hundreds of job applications before she got the job she wanted.
applicant!candidate rxphkjnt, kasn
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trying to recruit more black officers. 1
It's getting more and more difficult to recruit experienced staff
promote /ргэ'тэш/ [и T often passive] to give someone who works in an organization a more important job than the one they had before
be promoted Did you hear that David's been promoted?
be promoted to She was promoted to Assistant Principal. promotion (n C/U] when someone is given a more important job in an organization: What are my chances of pro motion if I stay here? (=am I likely to be promoted?) I Darren has had two promotions since he joined the BBC in
1990.
keep failing, we'll have to lay off even more people. I The two banks merged to form a single company, and hundreds of workers were made redundant.
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d^dЈt|-deit, -d^t/ [n C] someone who is being considered for a job: We 're interviewing applicants all week.
+/or How many candidates are there for the job?
CV British resume american / sii vi:, rezju- mei||'rei-, .rezo'mei/ [n CI a written statement giving details of your education, the examinations you have passed, your previous jobs
etc, which you send to an organization
when you are trying to get a new job
В when someone is asked questions to find out if they are suitable for a job
interview /'int9rvju:/ In C] a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job: I'm always very nervous in interviews.
+ for She has an interview on Thursday for a job at MTV.
interview /'int9rVju:/ [v T1 to meet someone and ask them a lot of questions so that you can decide whether they are suitable for a job: We're interviewing two candidates today and three more tomorrow.
ш when someone does not have a job
unemployed /,Anim'pbid«; [adjl someone who is unemployed does not have a job. a poor neighbourhood where 50 per cent of the men are unemployed the unemployed (=people who are unemployed) What can the government do to help the unemployed?
unemployment /.лшт'рЫтэт [n U]
when people do not have jobs: t/nem- ployment increased by more than 30,000 last month. I The survey found that people's biggest worries were about crime and unemployment. high unemployment (=when a lot of people are unemployed) The North-East is an area of high unemployment. unemployment benefit British (=money paid by the government to people who have no job)