TOPIC 6:EMPLOYEES

6.2: RECRUITMENT
6.3: LEAVING A COMPANY
TOPIC 6.2: RECRUITMENT

-The business of recruiting or hiring people to work for a

company.
-Usually this is managed by the Human Resources or
Personnel department.
 Hire (v)

• to employ someone or pay someone to do

a particular job

• Eg: The rest of the staff have been hired

on short-term contracts.
 Recruitment consultant (n)

• a person or service that helps professional people to

find work by introducing them to potential
employers

• Eg: Recruitment consultants are a great way to find

out what is going on.
Headhunt (v)

• to persuade someone to leave their job by

offering that person another job with more
pay and a higher position

• Eg: They may headhunt her for the position

of Executive Producer.
Reference (n)

• a letter that is written by someone who

knows you, to describe you and say if you
are suitable for a job

• Eg: The firm offered to give her a

reference.
Recruit (v)

• to persuade someone to work for a company

• Eg: Some organizations employ outside

agencies to recruit staff for them, especially
for managerial jobs.
Referee (n)

• A person who gives you a reference, for

example when you applying for a job.

• Eg: He was one of my referees when I

successfully applied for the position.
Probationary (adj)
• relating to a period of time when you are new
to a job or activity and are being watched and
tested to see if you are suitable.

• Eg: At the end of the probationary period, you

will become a permanent employee.
 CV (Curriculum Vitae)

• a short written description of your education,

qualifications, previous jobs, your personal
interests.
• Send a CV when applying for a job.

• Eg: Send them a copy of your CV.

TOPIC 6.3: LEAVING A COMPANY

 Move to another job or retire

 Be forced to leave job by the company
 Unfair dismissal Dismiss

• If an employee claims • The employer tells

unfair dismissal, they the employee that
begin legal action they are no longer
against their needed to do the job
employer in which they have been
they claim that they doing.
were dismissed from • Eg: If you think you
their job unfairly. have been unfairly
• Eg: They are dismissed, you can
claiming unfair complain to an
dismissal at a industrial tribunal.
tribunal.
 sack fire

• to remove someone • to remove someone

from a job. from a job.
Eg: Nine more staff
were sacked this week. • Eg: He has fired staff
• Give someone the and cut costs,
sack. restoring profits.
Eg: The workers were
given the sack last week.
• Get the sack.
Eg: After four months I
got the sack.
give someone notice Hand in your notice

• The employer tells • You tell your

the employee that he employer that you
or she must leave his intend to leave your
or her job within a job soon within a
fixed period of time. fixed period of time.
• Eg: They were given • Eg: Two of the
28 days’ notice to company’s
leave their jobs. executives have
handed in their
notice.
 severance redundant

• A sum of money that • having lost your job

a company gives to because your
its employees when it employer no longer
has to stop needs you or cannot
employing them. afford to keep paying
you.
• Eg: Workers will be
given 60 days 'notice • Eg: The software
and paid severance giant is to make 270
based on length of staff redundant in the
service. UK.