Career Mgt. 006 Vocabulary, 18-34
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- Letter of application
- Letter written to an employer to apply for a job.
- Job application
- Document that job seeks fill out so employers can use it to screen applicants.
- Professionalism
- The ability to handle problems and criticism gracefully and maturely.
- Occupational Skills
- Learned abilities to perform tasks or duties of a specific occupation.
- Work permit
- Written statement that makes it legal for an underage student to work for an employer.
- W-4 form
- Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate that shows the employer how much tax to withhold from an employee's check.
- Networking
- Communicating with people who knows or can get to know to share information and share advices.
- Net pay
- Amount of income left after taxes and deductions have been taken out.
- Job lead
- Information about a job opening.
- Resume
- A summary of one's personal information, education, skills, activities, interests, and employment experience.
- Work Ethic
- How a person feels about his or her job and the effort he or she puts into it.
- Private employment agencies
- Help employers locate workers and job seekers; locate jobs for a fee.
- Interview
- A formal, personal meeting, especially one arranged for formal discussion or to evaluate an applicant.
- Referral
- Recommendation from a contact who is part of on's network.
- Psychological test
- Pre-employment exams given to find out more about job applicant's personality, character, and interests.
- Salary
- Fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time, usually a month or a year.
- Unemployed
- Not working and looking for work.