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Types of Employment
Job requirments
Benchmarks
Other Career Jargon
100

Fixed amount of money earned, regardless of hours worked

Salary

100

Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week, depending on the employer

Part time job

100

A task one is expected to perform on the job

Job Duty

100

An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve

Goals

100

Amount of money taken from an employee’s gross pay for taxes, insurance, Social Security, and other benefits

Deductions

200

Earnings based on how much a worker sells

Commission

200

A form of employment linked to specific periods of the year and sectors

Seasonal Job

200

A permit to do a particular thing or allow an activity to take place

License

200

A goal that you expect to achieve in 5 or more years

Long Term Goal

200

A set number of days or hours the employee is expected to work

Work Schedule

300

 Payment for work, usually figured by the hour

Wages

300

Working at least 40 hours per week

Full Time

300

a special skill, knowledge, or ability specifically listed that enables a person to perform a particular job

Job qualification

300

A goal that you expect to achieve in 1 year or less

Short Term Goal

300

Above and Beyond the standard extras, provided by employers to employees (other than wages)

Fringe Benefits

400

The extras an employer provides employees in addition to pay such as INSURANCE or PAID TIME OFF

Job Benefits

400

Employees of an employment agency who work for other businesses on a temporary basis

Contract Worker/ Contractor

400

An official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course content and have the necessary skills for that area  for your career

Certificate

400

Steps a person takes to choose between 2 or more possibilities

Decision Making Process

400

A career in which one gender has 25% or less of the total workers

Nontraditional Occupation/Career

500

Wages to be paid based on a quantity produced or number of repetitions performed

Piecemeal

500

Employment that last for a limited period of time

Temporary Job

500

The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment

Education & Training requirements

500

A goal that you expect to achieve in 2 to 5 years

Medium Term Goal

500

Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal

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