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Career Development
Term | Definition |
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Certificate | an official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course contest and have the necessary skills for that area for you career |
Commission | earnings based on how much a worker sells |
Contract worker | employees of a employment agency who works for other businesses on a temporary basis |
Deduction | amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes, insurance, Social Security, and other benefits |
Education and training requirements | the instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment |
Fringe Benefits | extras provided by employers (other than wages) |
Full time | working at least 40 hours per week |
Global Economy | worldwide financial management system |
Job benefits | the extras an employer provides employees in addition to pay such as insurance or paid time off |
Job duty | a task one is expected to perform on the job |
Job Qualifications | a special skill, knowledge, or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job |
License | a permit to do a particular thing or allow an activity to take place |
Nontraditional Occupation/career | a career in which one gender has 25 percent or less of the total workers |
Piecemeal | wages to be paid based on a quantity produced or number of repetition performed |
Salary | fixed amount of money earned, regardless of hours worked |
Seasonal job | a form of employment linked to specific periods of the year and sectors |
Self Employed/Entrepreneur | a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business |
Temporary job | jobs that last for a limited period of time |
Wages | payment for work, usually figured by the hour |
Work Schedule | a set number of days or hours the employee is expected to work |
Employment outlook | the prospect for the future of a job or career |
Entry-level-job | the jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs |
Related occupations | jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar Knowledge and skills |
Volunteering | doing a job without pay to gain experience |
Working conditions | the environment of the workplace |