Employment Dictionary

A guide to terms about employment

All content on one page (useful for printing, presentation mode etc.)

A - Absolute employment Absolute employment is a measure of the proportion of the total population that is employed. Children of any age, seniors, and those unable to work are counted as unemployed.
A- Analytical Skill Analytical skill is the ability to visualize, articulate, and solve complex problems and concepts, and make decisions that make sense based on available information
A - Andrea Adams Andrea Adams was a broadcaster and journalist. She was the first person to publicize the significance of workplace bullying.
A - Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network The Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network is an employer-led body in England. Its remit is to encourage more employers to become involved in apprenticeships in England
A - Attendance allowance (political) An attendance allowance is a per diem payment made (most typically, though not exclusively) to public representatives to cover the costs they incur in attending an assembly away from home.
B - BA-X The German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit - BA) promotes since january 2007 the labour market index BA-X.
B - Backgroundcheck - Introduction A background check or background investigation is the process of looking up public records, commercial records and financial records (in certain instances such as employment screening) about a person.
B - Backgroundcheck - Pre-employment screening Pre-employment screening is used to verify the accuracy of an applicant's claims as well as to discover any possible criminal history, workers compensation claims, or employer sanctions.
B - Backgroundcheck - Pre-employment screening 2 More pre employment screening
B - Backgroundcheck - Pre-employment screening in the US Laws Due to the sensitivity of the information contained in consumer reports and certain records, there are a variety of important laws regulating the dissemination and legal use of this information
B - Backgroundcheck - Pre-employment screening - reasons They are frequently conducted to confirm information found on an employment application or résumé/curriculum vitae.
B - Backgroundcheck - Pre-employment screening - Info The amount of information included on a check depends to a large degree on the sensitivity of the reason for which it is conducted—e.g., somebody seeking employment at a minimum wage job would be subject to far fewer requirements than somebody applying to work for the FBI.
B - Backgroundcheck - Public pay sites Taking advantage of public records availability in the United States, a number of Web based companies began purchasing U.S. public records data and selling it online, primarily to assist the general public in locating people. Many of these sites advertise background research and provide employers and/or landlords with fee-based checks
B - Basic income - Introduction A basic income is a proposed system of social security, that periodically provides each citizen with a sum of money that is sufficient to live on. Except for citizenship, a basic income is entirely unconditional. Furthermore, there is no means test; the richest as well as the poorest citizens would receive it.
B - Basic income - Arguements One of the arguments for an basic income was articulated by the French Economist and Philosopher André Gorz:"The connection between more and better has been broken; our needs for many products and services are already more than adequately met, and many of our as-yet- unsatisfied needs will be met not by producing more, but by producing differently, producing other things, or even producing less.
B - Basic income - Examples of implementation The U.S. State of Alaska has a system which provides each citizen with a share of the state's oil revenues.The USA also have the Earned income tax credit for low-income taxpayers. In 2006 a bill, written by members of the advocacy organization USBIG, to transform the credit into a partial basic income, was introduced in the US congress, but did not get passed. In 2008, a pilot project with a basic income grant was started in the Namibian village of Otjivero. The city of Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada had an experimental basic income program ("Mincome") in the 1970s.
B - Break A break at work is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from his/her job. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's policies, the break may or may not be paid.
C - California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs The California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (CAROCP) is an organization that promotes and supports ROCPs in providing career education, career development, and workforce preparation that contributes to student academic and career success and to the economic development of California. CAROCP has 72 centers and programs in California. The programs offers occupational training to anyone over 16 years old.
C - Career Career is a term defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as an individual's "course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)". It usually is considered to pertain to remunerative work (and sometimes also formal education).
C - Career Assessments Career Assessments are tests that are designed to help individuals understand their unique personality profile (i.e., interests, values, aptitudes and skills), and how this profile impacts their potential success and satisfaction with different career options. Career assessments are often used by individuals or organizations, such as University career centers, career counselors, outplacement companies, corporate human resources staff, executive coaches, vocational rehabilitation counselors, schools, and many others who wish to offer better guidance to individuals on their career decisions.
C - Career diversity Career Diversity is the practice of working professionals cultivating multiple careers at the same time rather than making a job transition.
C - Career pathways 1 Career Pathways is a workforce development strategy used in the U.S. to support workers’ transitions from education into and through the workforce. This strategy has been adopted at the federal, state and local levels in order to increase education, training and learning opportunities for America’s current and emerging workforce.
C - Career pathways 2 Another organization dedicated to workforce development and construction education is the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). NCCER is a not-for-profit 501 education foundation created in 1996 to develop standardized construction, maintenance, and pipeline curricula with portable credentials and help address the critical skilled workforce shortage.
C - Career break A career break is a period of time out from employment. Traditionally, this was for mothers to raise children, but it is now used for people taking time out of their career for personal development and/or professional development.
C - Career management Definitions of career management
C - Contingent workforce 1 A contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as freelancers, independent professionals, temporary contract workers, independent contractors or consultants. Contingent Workforce Management (CWM) is the strategic approach to managing an organization's contingent workforce in a way that it reduces the company's cost in the management of contingent employees and mitigates the company's risk in employing them.
C - Contingent workforce 2 Drivers of growth Among several other contributing factors, globalization has had a large impact on the growth in using contingent labor. Globalization contributes to rapid growth in industries, increased outsourcing, and a need for flexibility and agility to remain competitive
C - Contingent workforce 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of using Contingent Workers
C - Cover Letter A cover letter or covering letter is a letter of introduction attached to, or accompanying another document such as a résumé or curriculum vitae.
D - Day Job A day job is a form of occupation taken by a person in order to make ends meet while working another low-paying (or non-paying) job in their preferred career track
E- Electronic job fair An ELECTRONIC JOB FAIR is very similar to a traditional job fair.
E - Employability 1 refers to a person's capability of gaining initial employment, maintaining employment, and obtaining new employment if required (Hillage and Pollard, 1998). In simple terms, employability is about being capable of getting and keeping fulfilling work
E - Employability - origins of The concept of employability has been in the literature for many years. Current interest has been driven by:
E- Employability - definition While there is no singular definition of employability, a review of the literature suggests that employability is about work and the ability to be employed; ie
E- Employability - 4 components 1 This suggests that we can separate out four main elements in respect of individuals’ employability: the first three are analogous to the concepts of production, marketing and sales, and the fourth the marketplace in which they operate.
E - Employability - 4 components 2 Deployment These are a linked set of abilities which include:
E - Employability - 4 components 3 Presentation Another key aspect of employability is being able to get a particular job, once identified — sometimes included under career management skills, but is given prominence as a separate element here due to its crucial importance to securing employment. It centres around the ability to demonstrate ‘employability’ assets and present them to the market in an accessible way. This includes
E - Employability - 4 components 4 In the context of personal circumstances and the labour market Finally and crucially, the ability to realise or actualise ‘employability’ assets depends on the individual’s personal and external circumstances and the inter-relationship between the two. This includes
E - Employability - Priorities for action For the state, as well as raising the skill profile of the existing workforce, especially at lower levels to boost flexibility and competitiveness, there are a number of potential priority groups including:
E - Employability - Issues of public policy The above definition of employability provides a basis for analysing the policies affecting the employability of certain groups (e.g. 16 and 17-year-old school leavers), or conversely how major policy initiatives (e.g. the New Deal) impact on employability. A brief review of government initiatives in this area suggests that policy is aimed:
E- Employment Handbook 1 An employee handbook (or employee manual or staff handbook) details guidelines, expectations and procedures of a business or company to its employees. Employee handbooks are given to employees on one of the first days of his/her job, in order to acquaint them with their new company and its policies
E- Employment Handbook 2 "I agree" form New employees are usually required to sign a form stating they have read and understand the information, and accept the terms of the employee handbook. Failure to do so within a timely manner may result in termination. Revisions to an employee handbook vary from company to company. At many larger companies, a revised handbook comes out annually.
E- Employee Handbook - the need for Federal and state laws and the growing number of cases of employee related litigation against management strongly suggests that a written statement of company policy is a business necessity for firms of any size.
E - Employer of last resort Employers of last resort are employers in an economy which workers go to for jobs when no other jobs are available. Colloquially, this may refer to work which is undesirable to most people or pays poorly - for instance, in the United States economy, many fast-food industry jobs represent last-resort employment for many workers.
E - Employment development department 1 Employment Development Department (EDD) is part of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency of the executive branch of the State of California. EDD offers a variety of services to millions of Californians under the Job Service, Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, Workforce Investment, and Labor Market Information programs. As California's largest tax collection agency, EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California workers.
E- Employment development department - History A 1935 California statute created the Department of Employment, which was renamed in 1968 to the Department of Human Resources Development by another statute. The name of the department was changed in 1974 to "Employment Development Department".
E - Employment development department - Directors office The director of EDD between November 2004 and the present has been Patrick W. (Pat) Henning. A "self-described progressive, a lifelong Democrat and labor activist," Henning was appointed to his position by Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
E- Employment development department - Branches 1 Administration Branch The Administration Branch provides administrative support to the Department, including providing business operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget
E - Employment development department - Branches 2 Information Technology Branch The Information Technology Branch is responsible for automation planning, policy, development, maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automation systems within the Department. The branch provides data processing technical support and services for one of the largest information technology environments in State government, including the planning, development, maintenance, installation, and support of telecommunications systems such as cabling, voice, and data equipment.
E - Employment development department - Branches 3 Unemployment Insurance Branch Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance program provides benefits to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and willing to accept employment.

Sections

Employment Dictionary