Work & Career
Work & Career
B1 workplace French moves past simply naming a job (covered back at A1) into talking about the job itself — applying, interviewing, describing responsibilities, and discussing career changes.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
postuler à / pour un poste — applying for a position
J'ai postulé pour ce poste la semaine dernière.
I applied for this position last week.
postuler pairs with pour (or, less commonly, à) before the position — postuler pour un emploi, postuler à un poste — and is the standard verb for 'to apply', distinct from candidater (more formal/administrative) and demander (too generic, not used this way). English 'apply for' always takes 'for', so English instinct correctly points toward pour most of the time — but don't assume 'apply for' maps onto a single fixed French preposition in every context, since postuler à is an equally valid alternative.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
| French | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| le CV | luh say-VAY | résumé/CV |
| l'entretien d'embauche | lahn-truh-tee-AN dahm-BOHSH | job interview |
| le poste | luh post | position/job |
| l'entreprise (f) | lahn-truh-PREEZ | company |
| le salaire | luh sah-LAIR | salary |
| le/la collègue | luh/lah koh-LEG | colleague |
| le patron / la patronne | luh pah-TROHN / lah pah-TRON | boss |
| démissionner | day-mee-see-oh-NAY | to resign |
| embaucher | ahm-boh-SHAY | to hire |
| licencier | lee-sahn-see-AY | to lay off/dismiss |
| le stage | luh stahzh | internship |
| le télétravail | luh tay-lay-trah-VYE | remote work |
| la retraite | lah ruh-TRET | retirement |
| les responsabilités (f) | lay res-pon-sah-bee-lee-TAY | responsibilities |
| la promotion | lah proh-moh-see-OHN | promotion |