NAME AND SURNAME: ________________________________________________ BRANCH: __________ GROUP: _____

Vocabulary

E NGLISH FOR BUSINESS — HUMAN R ESOURCES (HR)

I- DEFINITIONS :
A. Match the words in the box to their definitions in the chart below .
① Human Resources ③ to recruit ⑤ job description ⑦ benefits
② headcount ④ to head hunt ⑥ compensation ⑧ incentives

_________________________________: to proceed in attracting, finding, and selecting new employees. People responsible for this
must match qualified people with the right jobs through screening and interviews.
_________________________________: the compensation given to employees in addition to salary or wages. They may
include vacation time, insurance plans, and pensions plans.
_________________________________: this lists the tasks, responsibilities, and qualifications of a job.

_________________________________: these differ from benefits as they are usually tied to a specific performance goals,
such as meeting a sales target. They may include financial bonuses, company funded
trips or conferences.
_________________________________: instead of hiring people who apply for a job, a company may to do this to get them
from other organizations. The responsibility of someone in charge of this is to find
qualified employees to fill specific positions.
_________________________________: it is the money which a company pays its employees in salary, wages, or bonuses. Many
companies have an organized structure for this that links pay to performance and the
length of employment.
_________________________________: this deals with the management of a company’s employees. It includes hiring,
training, employee development, pay and benefits.
_________________________________: this is how we call the number of people employed in a company or organization . In
HR, we often talk about increasing, reducing or cutting this number.

B. Listen to the recording and check your answers.

II- GAP -FILLING :

C. Listen to the recording again and fill in the gaps with the missing words from the list above.
1. Rather than hiring experienced employees on high salaries, we prefer to _________________________ and train young
college graduates.
2. Sales teams are often offered _________________________, such as bonuses for meeting or exceeding sales targets.
3. If you have any questions about your benefits or vacation, please talk to our office of _________________________
_____________________ management.
4. I enjoy my job but the _________________________ isn’t really good enough to live in a city like New York.
5. You should read the ____________________ _____________________ before your interview, so you can match your skills to
the position. carefully
6. I worked at KPMG for 10 years but recently I was _________________________ for an executive position at Deloitte.
7. Recent changes to our employee _________________________ package include a new dental plan and extended holidays.
8. Reducing our _________________________ by 15 people has allowed us to cut our payrol l expense by 25%.