Vocabulary in Employment Advertisements

1. Entry level
The first (lowest) level in the company; implies room for
advancement.
2. Exp/exp’d
Experience/experienced. Ideally, every employee walks
into a business fully trained with lots of experience ready
to do the job. The reality is that we generally start out in
entry level positions, which are at the bottom of the
company’s organizational chart, because many of the skills
required can be learned on the job.
3. F/T
Full-time; in general 35 – 40 hours per week. Varies by
province.
4. P/T
Part-time; in general up to 30 hours per week. Varies by
province.
5. Line, prep, dish
Restaurant positions that do not require certification. Line
indicates simple cooking, like assembling sandwiches or
grilling burgers for someone else on the line to assemble.
Preparation work includes cutting up vegetables, making
salads, putting food on plates. Dishwashing usually means
loading industrial dishwashers, but often requires some
washing by hand as well. Smaller restaurants may do all
their dishwashing by hand.
6. Req/req’d
Requires/required.
7. Mgmt/mgr
Management/manager. Experience is required for a
management position, but is not needed for a manager
trainee, which is an entry level position with the intention
of advancement to management.
8. Up to
Payment will be “up to” the amount quoted. This term is
generally only used to describe the payment for
commission sales jobs. These types of jobs sometimes
require a person to make some sort of investment to get
started and there is no guarantee of any salary.