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Full employment!

04.02.2010
Are you an employee or an employer?
Are you an employee or an employer?
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Work is all about employment — and employers and employees. Our test looks at how to form words from the base word employ. Can you type the correct form in the box to complete our statements?

1. Last summer was really good for our agriculture business! We ___________ twice the usual number of seasonal workers to pick our fruit crops.
Landwirtschaft
Saisonarbeiter(innen)
unser Obst ernten
2. I try to go on as many training courses as I can, because I know they will help to make me more ___________ if I have to look for another job in the future.
3. The company that I work for is going to outsource its IT section. From next month it will ___________ a small local firm to maintain the computer network.
auslagern
warten
4. A high level of graduate ___________ was experienced in the UK in the early 1980s.The economic recession at that time meant that work was hard to find even for those coming out of universities with good qualifications.
Hochschulabsolventen, -absolventinnen
5. In the past, ___________ men and women in their late fifties might have found it very hard to get another job. Now we are moving into an age where older workers will be given greater opportunities to stay in work and will expect to continue working for much longer.
6. We are one of the biggest companies in this area, ___________ almost 25% of the working population.
arbeitende Bevölkerung
7. Many ___________ have not yet joined the trade union, but they may change their minds and join if the current management continues to cut jobs.
Gewerkschaft
sich anders besinnen
8. The large number of migrant workers from Eastern Europe are attractive to many ___________ because they are willing to work for very low wages.
Wanderarbeiter(innen)
9. After attacking his boss like that, John will find himself ___________ in this business. Word gets around quickly and there won't be a single company that will consider him for work now.
Es spricht sich schnell herum
in Betracht ziehen
10. This contract sets out the terms of your ___________ with this company.
Bedingungen

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