The number of hours an employee can be away and still get paid
What is Paid Time Off/PTO?
This is the conversation an applicant has with a member of the team to see if they are fit for the job
What is an interview?
This is the base rate per hour an employer will pay an employee, or an entrepreneur will set as their standard rate of pay per hour
What is an hourly rate?
This person is an employee who does not work more than 40 hours per week, is often paid at an hourly rate, and does not have access to benefits
What is a part-time employee?
This person works for themselves, sometimes not under a business name, often gaining income by forming contracts with businesses and organizations to provide specific services
What is an independent contractor/freelancer?
The number of hours an employee can be out of work due to sickness if they come back with a doctor's note
What is Sick Time?
This social media platform is most popular with connecting people to opportunities and professional networks
What is LinkedIn?
This is the agreed upon amount of money a full-time employee will be paid throughout the course of the year
What is a salary?
This person is an employee who works at least 40 hours per week, is often afforded benefits (paid leave, insurance, etc.), and is typically paid a yearly salary
What is a full-time employee?
This is a business structure that protects small business owners from being liable for any legal damages that may come from their operation
What is a Limited Liability Company/LLC?
The time an employee may take away to care for family and parental duties, or personal sickness, without being fired. May be paid or unpaid.
What is Family & Medical Leave/FML?
This is unpaid work opportunity is popular with high school and college students to gain more experience in their target field, which sometimes leads to a paid position
What is an internship?
This is the document that is attached to your paycheck detailing accrued time off, taxes that are taken out, and the amount of time worked in a pay period
What is a paystub?
This person, or group of people, are responsible for onboarding employees, handling payroll, and assessing the best course of action for altercations within the workplace
What is Human Resources/HR?
This is the tax-identification for a person who is operating a business on their own, with no other employees
What is a sole proprietor?
These kinds of jobs do not guarantee paid time off or other benefits
What is a Part-Time, or Contract/Seasonal Job?
This method of contacting potential employers relies on an applicant sending a resume and cover letter without having a prior connection to the company
What is a cold call/cold email?
This is the amount of money an employee makes before taxes are taken out
What is gross pay?
This person is responsible for managing the financial status of a business, creating budgets and forecasts for the financial health of the company
What is the Chief Financial Officer/CFO?
This is the document a freelance worker must submit to a company, organization, or individual whom received their services in order to be paid
What is an invoice?
This is the typical amount of time a full-time employee must work at a job before using their time-off benefits
What is 90 days?
This term refers to favor or preference being shown to people in the application process or workplace based on family or friendship connections
What is nepotism?
This is the method of payment that does not require a physical check to access the money that has been paid for services or employment; often goes into a banking account
What is direct deposit?
This person directs the mission and vision of a company, makes executive decisions that determines the trajectory of the company, and is the public-facing figure of the company
What is a Chief Executive Officer/CEO?
This is the tax document independent contractors must receive to have taxes paid out of their income every year
What is a 1099 Form?