Training
An educational transfer of information re a particular skill (i.e. customer service training)
Two Weeks Notice
A notification to an employer of an employee’s intent to resign.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Resume Glossary: S
Salary
The payment of an employee by the employer for their services which may be measured in reference to a period of time. Originally from the Romans who paid soldiers in Salt.
Salary Negotiation
A negotiation between the applicant and employer to determine a salary.
Skill
Ability, expertise, or capacity in a particular area
SMART or SMART Goals
Acronym representing specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (targets/goals)
Social Networking Site
An online community designed to connect users. A vertical Social Networking Site will be focused around a specific topic
Soft Skills
Qualities that are difficult or intangible to define as opposed to hard skills which can be directly measured
Strategic Networking
The process of meeting people with the intent of using the relationships gained as a resource in the future
Resume Glossary: R
Recruit
A recently enlisted member of a group
Recruitment
The process of looking for new employees to hire
Resumes are formatted in a variety of resume styles such as the following:
- Functional Resume: lists education, experience by skill area.
- Chronological Resume: lists work experience and education by time.
- Reverse Chronological Resume: lists experience and education by time, most recent first.
- Video Resume: a video resume is typically streamed across the internet
- Audio Resume: an audio resume is an auditory resume.
- Web Resume: a resume that is hosted online and delivered through hyper text transfer protocol.
- Simple Resume: less than two pages in length-- highlighting experience and education that are most applicable.
Resume Fraud
Resume Fraud (a part of application fraud) is the act of providing fabricated or exaggerated claims in a resume. This is sometimes referred to as Resume Padding.
Resume Objectives provide context to your goal for employment. These are helpful for HR persons who are trying to better understand an applicant and their prospective role within a company.
Resume Writing Service
A professional service whereby professional resume writers craft a resume that is tailored to your goals and experiences.
Retire
Cease employment with a company, industry, and/or leave the work force
Resume Words: Q
Qualifications
The combination of a person’s experience, education and skill sets that designates them as an appropriate fit for a particular job.
Resume Words: P
Perk
Short for perquisite; benefits the employer supplies to augment a cash salary
Personality Assessment
A psychological test intended to determine your motivation, personal interests and values, actions, and attitude
Personnel
A company’s work force
Personnel Officer
Responsible for finding and training new hires and managing new employees as well as other human resource issues
PLCs
Acronym for Public limited company which is an international designation for large, public corporations that can sell shares of stock to the public.
Can also be an acronym for personal line of credit, or product life cycle.
Promotion
the progression in status or position at a company usually accompanied with increases in responsibility and salary
Psychometric Testing
A psychological test that is based upon a psychometric theory. Psychometrics according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometric_testing):
“Psychometrics is the field of study concerned with the theory and technique of educational and psychological measurement, which include the measurement of knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. The field is primarily concerned with the construction and validation of measurement instruments, such as questionnaires, tests, and personality assessments.
It involves two major research tasks, namely: (i) the construction of instruments and procedures for measurement; and (ii) the development and refinement of theoretical approaches to measurement. Those who practice psychometrics are known as psychometricians and, although they may also be clinical psychologists, they are not obliged to be so and could instead be (for example) human resources or learning and development professionals. Either way specific, separate, qualifications in psychometrics are required.”
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