Row 1
Successes and key points a jobseeker include on their resume relevant to the prospective company and the role applied for.
Accomplishments
Programs or some form of non-monetary compensation an employer may give as a perk to employees alongside monetary compensation. They include health insurance, paid leave, gym memberships, etc.
Benefit
Personal details on a resume and cover letter, including addresses, phone numbers, and other info, which allow the employer or recruiter to reply to the candidate.
Contact Information
The entirety of a candidate’s past work history, including volunteer work and any knowledge and skills gained as a result of prior training, tasks, and responsibilities.
Experience
An employee of a company’s management team, often in human resources, who is responsible for the entirety or majority of the hiring process
Hiring Manager
Someone who has applied for employment, a position, or for a project in return for compensation.
Applicant
Work done as an occupation that takes up a significant period of one’s life and employment history
Career
The collective beliefs and values shared by employees in a given company’s work environment.
Corporate Culture
A brief note, email, or phone call that reminds the employer that a candidate has submitted a resume or job application and is awaiting a response.
Follow-Up
An activity a candidate may include on their resume which they do/did for pleasure and enjoyment.
Hobbies
A document a candidate prepares and submits to a company in hopes of obtaining a position.
Application
Tools that are designed to help individuals understand how a variety of personal attributes (i.e., data values, preferences, motivations, aptitudes and skills), impact their potential success and satisfaction with different career options and work environments.
Career assessments
The history of institutionalized instruction listed on a resume, such as high school, university, or vocational school.
Education
Work that takes up an employee’s regular hours, usually designated as around 40 hours per week.
Full-Time
The department of a company that deals with employees and their relationship to the company, including the hiring process, benefits, time off, and more.
Human Resources
A person who works for another person or a company to learn a trade and the skills required of that trade.
Apprenticeship
An official document, usually accredited by a significant industry body, which attests to a candidate’s proficiency, knowledge, or training in a particular field, software, course, industry, or hardware.
Certification
A work position that is paid.
Employment
The aim of an employee, employer, or company.
Goal
A meeting between a candidate and an employer or representative of a prospective company.
Interview
Investigation into the truth of a prospective candidate’s statements from their submitted application and/or resume.
Background Check
The sum of all remuneration and benefits given to an employee for work rendered. It usually includes a monetary value (wages), but also often includes non-monetary perks and benefits such as paid time off, gym memberships, company vehicles, etc
Compensation
A period of time between two jobs where an employee has no employment. Could be due to seeral reasons, such as a career change, internship, education, illness, child leave, etc.
Employment Gap
Specific abilities and know-how, such as knowledge of a particular software program.
Hard Skills
A discharge of employees from a company, often temporary and often due to financial reasons or restructuring. They differ from firing because usually the position was terminated.
Layoff