Jobs

Jobs

Job Applications

• To describe job applications, the French phrases are ‘demandes d’emploi’ or ‘candidatures’.
• When changing careers, you might want to say ‘Je veux changer de carrière’ (I want to change my career).

Job Roles and Responsibilities

• The term for responsibilities in French is ‘responsabilités’ while roles translate to ‘rôles’.
• A common phrase to describe your responsibilities might be ‘Mes responsabilités incluent…‘ (My responsibilities include…).
• If you’re being promoted, you’d say ‘Je suis promu’ while a demotion would be ‘Je suis rétrogradé’.

Unemployment

• If you are looking for a job, you would say ‘Je cherche un emploi’ (I’m looking for a job).
• Being unemployed can be stated as ‘Je suis au chômage’ in French.
• The French for unemployment rate is ‘taux de chômage’ and to say that the unemployment rate is rising, you’d say ‘Le taux de chômage augmente’.

Retirement

• Retirement in French is ‘la retraite’ and a retiree is referred to as ‘un retraité’.
• The phrase for going into retirement is ‘prendre sa retraite’, as in ‘Mon père a pris sa retraite l’année dernière’ (My father retired last year).
• Talking about pensions, you would use the term ‘pension de retraite’.

Volunteering

• French for voluntary work is ‘le travail bénévole’, and a volunteer is a ‘bénévole’.
• If you offer to volunteer, you might say ‘Je souhaite faire du travail bénévole’ (I want to do voluntary work).
• Talking about what you’ve gained from volunteering, for instance, you could say ‘Le travail bénévole m’a aidé à développer mes compétences de leadership’ (Volunteering has helped me develop my leadership skills).