1. business vocabulary

2. Candidate (noun) A person seeking a job, position, or honor Fred is a candidate for student of the year. There are many candidates for the manager position.

3. Confidential (adj.) Private or secret information This information is confidential. Please do not share it with anyone.

4. Vague (adj.) Not clear; not specific Please don’t be vague about your experience. Give us some details about what you can do.

5. Potential (adj.) Capable of becoming; possible He has great skills and knowledge. He is a potential leader.

6. Loyalty (noun) Faithful and true She has shown great loyalty to the company. Even when another company offered her more money, she chose to stay with us.

7. Initiative (noun) To take action John showed initiative by creating new software without being asked to do so.

8. Interpersonal skills (noun) Ability to communicate and work well with other people Sarah has excellent interpersonal skills. Everyone in the office likes her.

9. Solicit (verb) To ask for something; to request The government is soliciting bids for construction.

10. Unsolicited (verb) To try to sell something without an invitation He sent an unsolicited sales letter to the office offering a discount on new computers.

11. Budget (noun) A plan of costs and expenses The company budget will be cut by 10% next year, so we cannot buy new office furniture.