Useful vocabulary to get a band 8 score in the IELTS

Work and Careers

The ability of people to produce useful results at work.

To pay part of the cost of something, usually in order to help people.

The ability to work hard but also enjoy a good quality family and social life.

To give them positive reasons for working hard.

Rewards from an employer which are not financial.

Any form of money payment (salary, commission, pension etc.)

Money given in addition to salary, usually in return for achieving targets.

Any reward that makes people work harder.

Enjoyment of a job for non-financial reasons.

Dependent on hitting a target.
Example: "My boss once offered me a target-related bonus, but it was almost impossible to achieve!"

Training while working, not by leaving work to go to college etc.

Training throughout your time in a job, not just at the start.

Programmes of training or education when employees can spend entire days out of work.

The possibility of promotion or higher level work in future.

Meeting at which an employer gives feedback to a worker
on their work over a fixed period.

A situation where a worker loses their job because of changes in the company (not because of personal mistakes) (verb = to make someone redundant).

To change the organization of a company, usually in order to make it more effective or to save money.

To make an organization smaller and employ fewer people.

To stop doing work inside the company and send it to other companies or other countries, usually to save money.

The total number of people working in an organization, company or country.

The department in a company which manages recruitment, employment and training.