20 Jun 2021

Let’s talk about work…

Match the words in Column A with the definitions in Column B

 

Column A

Column B

1.     A team player

a.     An evaluation of an employee’s work by their manager, often done yearly

2.     A performance review

b.     (informal) to fire/sack somebody from their job

3.     A track record

c.      someone who has a vested interest in the success or failure of a project or product

4.     An ad

d.     Someone’s past performance or work history.

 

5.     To let somebody go

e.     Someone who works well with other people as part of a group

6.     The trade press

f.      The ability to see clearly what you or a company can achieve in the future

7.     A degree

g.     A public notice, usually to sell something or to tell people that a company is looking for new workers; short for ‘an advertisement’

8.     vision

h.     to work with people from different divisions or departments

9.     collaborate

i.       magazines and newspapers specially for businesspeople working in a particular industry

10.  a stakeholder

j.      A qualification students get when they pass a university course

 

Answers

1 e

2 a

3 d

4 g

5 b

6 i

7 j

8 f

9 h

10 c

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