This document provides a matching exercise and sentence completion activity about employment trends terms. Students are asked to match words to form compounds related to jobs, work, and human resources. They then complete sentences using these compounds, covering topics like job satisfaction, work-life balance, attrition rates, maternity leave, redundancy packages, human resources, job security, and communication skills. Finally, students are asked to complete sets of sentences using the same word to show understanding of terms like regulations, labor, apply, build, workforce, labor, earned, record, and difficult. The purpose is to learn and practice vocabulary around employment, hiring, and managing staff.
This document provides a matching exercise and sentence completion activity about employment trends terms. Students are asked to match words to form compounds related to jobs, work, and human resources. They then complete sentences using these compounds, covering topics like job satisfaction, work-life balance, attrition rates, maternity leave, redundancy packages, human resources, job security, and communication skills. Finally, students are asked to complete sets of sentences using the same word to show understanding of terms like regulations, labor, apply, build, workforce, labor, earned, record, and difficult. The purpose is to learn and practice vocabulary around employment, hiring, and managing staff.
This document provides a matching exercise and sentence completion activity about employment trends terms. Students are asked to match words to form compounds related to jobs, work, and human resources. They then complete sentences using these compounds, covering topics like job satisfaction, work-life balance, attrition rates, maternity leave, redundancy packages, human resources, job security, and communication skills. Finally, students are asked to complete sets of sentences using the same word to show understanding of terms like regulations, labor, apply, build, workforce, labor, earned, record, and difficult. The purpose is to learn and practice vocabulary around employment, hiring, and managing staff.
A. Match the words to make compounds. 1. Job a. skills 2. Work-life b. package 3. Attrition c. satisfaction 4. Maternity d. security 5. Redundancy e. rates 6. Human f. leave 7. Job g. resources 8. Communication h. balance B. Complete the sentences with compounds from the box. job satisfaction work-life balance attrition rates maternity leave redundancy package human resources job security communication skills 1. Promotion opportunities, a friendly working atmosphere and flexible working hours are all factors which can affect ………………… 2. It doesn't matter how many hours you work: if you have worked continuously for the same employer for two years, you are entitled to have a ………………………when you are laid off. 3. Despite high ………………………., call centres in India are expected to continue to grow. 4. Most employers today are looking for people who can work across a wide variety of tasks within the workplace so ……………………….., the ability to get on with other people and work in a team, are particularly important. 5. High employee turnover is a huge …………………………….challenge for managers. 6. …………………………….used to be a given, but today growing numbers of professionals are reinventing themselves by setting up as portfolio workers. 7. When my …………………………….was up, my employers agreed to let me finish at 3 o'clock instead of 5 so I could spend more time with my baby. 8. Portfolio workers should be able to have a better …………………………….but the people who employ them often expect them to be on call 24/7. C. Complete each set of sentences with the same word. 1. A. The new regulations ………………..to all companies employing 150 people or more. B. Fraudsters can use your personal details to …………..for credit cards, loans and other financial products. C. She is planning to ……………….for a full-time job as a computer technician. 2. A. Our consultant helped us to resolve the conflict and to ……………mutually beneficial relationships. B. The new manager's ambition is to ……………… up the company to be an industry leader. C. We will …………..on last year's success and improve our earnings before interest and tax by 15 per cent. 3. A. How can consultation exist when company directors may be thinking of substituting their permanent workforce with a cheaper …………… supply based overseas? B. At the meeting, workers will vote whether to withdraw their ……………. or to continue working. C. The company is desperately trying to keep ………………costs down. 4. A. The manager soon ………………….a reputation as an expert on conflict resolution. B. She worked extremely hard but only ……………….a meagre wage. C. While he was in Canada, he ………………..a living as a music teacher. 5. A. The British car industry had one of its most depressing years on …………………. B. The company was trying to raise production to a ………………..level. C. The candidate should have a proven ……………….of excellent research or be able to demonstrate potential for such research. 6. A. Organisations are ………………. rid of staff but they will buy back some of them on a portfolio basis. B. After I had the baby it was ………………to be impossible to combine full-time work with my family commitments. C. The work was ……………….. too stressful and I started having trouble sleeping.