Recruiting
The acronym 'TA' in recruiting stands for
What is 'Talent Acquisition'
The software that holds employee records, benefits, and payroll in central application
What is Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
This term describes AI systems trained to generate new text, images, or code, rather than just analyze existing data
What is generative AI?
The document that houses an organizations policies, procedures, and benefit information
What is the Employee Handbook
What is a Ghost Job
The system recruiters used to move candidates through the hiring process
What is Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
The term for an instruction given to an AI agent like ChatGPT or Claude
What is prompt
The term for when an AI agent generates information that sounds believable but is incorrect
What is hallucination
This type of employment means either party can end the relationship at any time
What is 'At Will'
The term for giving preferential treatment to family and friends at work
What is nepotism
This term describes reaching out to candidates who aren't actively job hunting but might be open to the right opportunity.
What is a passive candidate
What is Microsoft
Skills a human worker can build to stay relevant
What is upskilling?
The 1993 law the guarantees eligible employees 12 weeks of unpaid, job protected leave for family or medical reasons
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
This term describes when HR looks the other way on a known issue to avoid conflict, generally considered bad practice
What is complicity (or willful blindness)?
This recruiting approach organizes search criteria around tasks and abilities rather than job titles or education
Public code that anyone can view or modify
What is open source?
Software that acts on its own to complete multi-step tasks
What is an AI agent?
More than 20 states bar employers from asking candidates about what from their past job
What is salary or wage history
This legal concept protects employees who report wrongdoing from retaliation
What are whistleblower protections?
What recruiters call the 'perfect candidate' that doesn't exist?
What is Purple Squirrel (Purple Unicorn)
The user-facing side of an application
What is front-end?
A model trained on biased data producing biased outcomes
What is algorithmic bias?
The law that allows workers to temporarily extend their health insurance after leaving a company
What is Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
This term describes a company quietly paying a departing employee extra money in exchange for their silence
What is a settlement agreement (hush money/severance with an NDA)?