Applying for a Job
A form the company uses for applicants to complete. Requests personal identification information as well as a history of job experience.
What is a Job Application
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed in an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.
What is a Salary.
A person who is actively searching for a job.
Who is a Jobseeker.
On- or off-campus job offered as part of a student's financial aid package. Student is employed by the school but the funding for the position comes from the federal or state government.
What is a Work Study.
Employment that is usually considered somewhere between 30-40 hours a week.
What is Full-Time.
A two-way meeting which an employer uses to get to know more about a candidate prior to making a decision of hire.
What is an Interview.
Are the financial rewards and other compensation employees receive in addition to their regular paycheck. May include medical coverage; paid vacation, holidays/sick days.
What are Benefits.
An event held where various companies and employers recruit potential employees. Usually, there are booths or tables set up for each company looking to hire students.
What is a Career Fair.
Is a work site experience during which a person spends time one-on-one with an employer/employee observing daily work and asking questions.
What is Job Shadowing.
Employment that is usually considered somewhere between 0-29 hours a week.
What is Part-Time.
Qualifications and skills necessary for a certain position.
What are Job Requirements.
The amount of money you earn after money is taken out for taxes and deductions.
What is Net Income.
An inspection of public and private records by a potential employer and is a standard part of the hiring process.
What is a Background Check.
Is a form of experiential learning where students work for a company during the summer to learn more about their future career path, can be paid or unpaid.
What is an Internship.
Also called the Employment Eligibility Verification form, this document states that you are legally authorized to work in the United States.
What is an I-9 Form.
A brief account of one's personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experiences typically used to apply for a job.
What is a resume.
A qualified employer-sponsored retirement plan that eligible employees may make salary-deferral contributions.
What is a 401(K).
Cultivating productive relationships with employees, companies, and others within your profession. Facilitates sharing of information and ideas.
What is Networking.
A combination of paid on-the-job training and related classroom training in a specific career.
What is an Apprenticeship.
The process by which a new employee settles into their new job. This includes learning the job and how to do it along with learning the company culture.
What is Onboarding.
A brief letter, which overviews a candidates qualifications as they directly relate to the job, usually information not able to include on the resume.
What is a Cover Letter.
The amount of money you earn before anything is taken out for taxes and deductions.
What is Gross Income.
A short, concise, introduction of yourself which typically lasts about 30 seconds but no more than 60 seconds.
What is an Elevator Pitch.
A person who starts a business or a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise.
Who is an Entrepreneur.
The division of a company that is focused on the employees.
What is Human Resources.