What level is The Corporate Workplace & Employment Lifecycle?

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French Vocabulary

The Corporate Workplace & Employment Lifecycle

Terminology for recruitment, human resources, contracts, and career progression within a corporate environment.

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Lesson Summary

Terminology for recruitment, human resources, contracts, and career progression within a corporate environment.

Vocabulary

Travailler en entreprise

The vocabulary of professions was introduced in professions and fields of employment. The present lesson supplies the lexicon of the recruitment process, employment contracts, and professional advancement. It also reviews the use of the passé composé with être for the passive constructions être embauché(e) and être licencié(e).

Recrutement (Recruitment)

French	English
le poste	position / job
l’offre d’emploi (f)	job offer / vacancy
le CV (curriculum vitae)	CV / resume
la lettre de motivation	cover letter
postuler (à)	to apply (for)
l’entretien (m)	interview
le recruteur / la recruteuse	recruiter
le candidat / la candidate	candidate / applicant

Le contrat et les conditions

French	English
le contrat de travail	work contract
le CDI (contrat à durée indéterminée)	permanent contract
le CDD (contrat à durée déterminée)	fixed-term contract
le stage	internship
le stagiaire	intern
le salaire	salary
le temps plein	full-time
le temps partiel	part-time
la période d’essai	probationary period

Évolution professionnelle

French	English
être embauché(e)	to be hired
être licencié(e)	to be laid off / fired
démissionner	to resign
la promotion	promotion
la réunion	meeting
le projet	project
le service	department
le/la responsable	manager / head of
le collègue	colleague

Examples

J'ai postulé pour un poste de responsable marketing. J'ai envoyé mon CV et ma lettre de motivation hier.
The passé composé (ai postulé, ai envoyé) reports completed actions in the recruitment process.
Après son stage, elle a été embauchée en CDI. Elle est très contente.
The passive a été embauchée uses être as auxiliary in the passé composé; CDI stands for contrat à durée indéterminée.

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