1/ To be screened (shortlisted) applicants must be in their early thirties and have stayed

(lived) in the United States.

2/ Starting salary is not very high, but promotion prospects are good.

3/ Our profit-sharing scheme is not successful (is a failure).

4/ He got familiar with the corporate culture at the head office.

5/ Although the multinationals generally pay higher wages, they can also indulge in

practices which use a lien to the local labour force (workforce) such as a greater

flexibility of work.

6/ They have revised (changed) their salary grid and classification from the results of

aptitude tests.

7/ International companies should offer clear carreer paths to their expatriates.

(or à expatriate executives)

8/ The foreman has been on a sick leave for two weeks.

9/ With seamless (borderless) Europe young graduates must henceforth consider

accepting a job in a European Community (European Unity) country.

10/ Globalization though at its beginning, has a strong impact on labour organization and

the job sharing (the sharing of work).

11/ London is the European capital which attracts the largest number of young entrepreneurs

because of the flexibility of the labour market and low wage costs.

12/ In sectors such as the civil service, a good way to increase one’s salary is to work

overtime.

13/ He claims that he resigned whereas (but) in fact he was actually dismissed.

14/ It is the second time they have refused to grant a wage increase (a pay rise).

15/ Many trainees expect to be offered a job in the company where they have carried out

their traineeship.