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English 13 Public

Work based collocations and definitions

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lay off staff

to stop employing people because there is not enough work for them

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high turnover of staff

when a company's staff change very frequently

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unpaid overtime

extra hours that you work for which you are not paid

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work unsocial hours

to work late at night or very early in the morning

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take on (new) staff

to employ new people

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land a job

to succeed in getting a job

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on the job training

training while a person is working

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hand in my notice

to tell an employer that you are going toleave your job

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menial tasks

boring work that does not require much skill

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highly motivated

extremely keen to work hard

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manual labour

work that involves your hands

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seeking promotion

to try and get a more important or better paid job in the same company

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high-powered job

a very important and demanding probabaly with stress

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