What is HR?
50 years ago, Human Resource departments were not as common as they are today. Instead, more such departments were called this name.
What is Personnel?
In this type of resume, all work-related information appears in a timeline sequence.
What is a chronological resume?
This is the percentage of sales that some employees receive in addition to or instead of a base wage.
What is a commission?
ADA
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
This is Marvel's Black Widow's full name.
What is Natasha Romanoff?
This is the acronym for the foundation of a company's HR technology.
What is HRIS?
This type of interview question calls for a simple, informational answer. It is best when trying to elicit specific information from a candidate.
What is a closed-ended question?
This is the cost typically paid to doctors for routine visits when an employee has a standard HMO or PPO plan.
What is a co-pay(ment)?
EEOC
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?
This is the name for the box of ice cream containing vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry flavors side-by-side.
What is Neapolitan?
This is the common term for the "e-recruiting systems" that organizations use to support their recruiting efforts.
What is an Applicant Tracking System?
This angelic term is used when a person becomes overly focused on one aspect of a candidate that it influences all other judgements about that candidate.
What is the halo effect?
This is the full-name of the legislation that grants employees 12 weeks of unpaid time away from work to care from themselves or a dependent.
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
ADEA
What is the Age Discrimination Act (1967)?
This is the little plastic thing on the end of your shoelace.
What is an aglet?
This is the full name of the national HR professional organization.
What is the Society of Human Resource Management?
This is a term, often used when rating candidates, that refers to attributes that are difficult to measure.
What are intangibles?
This term, not to be confused with casualwear, is a legal term that means giving the right to a present or future payment, asset, or benefit. It is most commonly used in reference to retirement plan benefits.
What is vesting?
_________ of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is Title VII?
In bowling, this is the far right pin often left after a right-handed bowler's first attempt.
What is the 10-pin?
This is the author of HR for Dummies.
Who is Max Messmer?
Applicants using phrases such as "participated in" or "familiar with" are examples of this potential resume red flag.
What is weasel wording?
Exempt/Non-exempt are common designations for employees. This is the policy such employees are actually "exempt" from.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
COBRA
What is the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act?
This U.S. President was assassinated in a train station by a unstable individual who was seeking a position in his administration.
Who was James Garfield?