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Business Essentials
6.01 Key terms
Term | Definition |
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Accountability | The state of being accountable, liable, or answerable |
Ambition | Desire for the work or activity; energy |
Appearance | Outward impressions, indications, or circumstances |
Attitude | Manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regards to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind |
Gratitude | The quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful |
Professionalism | Professional character, spirit, or methods, human relationships are very important to your daily life. As an employee, each day is significantly influenced by your relationships with others on your team |
Interdependence | Is a term that refers to two (or more) things needing or relying on one another. You are dependent upon people, just as they are dependent upon you. Interdependence is especially important at work. Your behavior at work affects everyone else on your work |
Responsibility | The state or fact of being responsible , answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management |
EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race , color, religion, sex, national, origin, age, disability or genetic information |
Harassment | An act or instance of harassing; torment, vexation, or intimidation: |
Bullying | To act the bully toward; habitually intimidate, abuse, or harass |
Discriminatory | Characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as indication of bias related to age, color national origin, religion, sex, etc.: |
Labor Unions | An organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employees; trade union. |
Collective Bargaining | The process by which wages, hours, rules, and working conditions are negotiated and agreed upon by a union with an employer for all the employees collectively whom it represents. |
OSHA: Occupational Safety and health Administration | Responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace |
Hazards | Something causing unavoidable danger, peril, risk, or difficulty |
Values | Principles or beliefs that guide and regulate actions and behavior |
Human Resources (HR) Department | Is the company department charged with finding, c=screening, recruiting, and training job applicants, as well as administrating benefits |
Applications | A person who makes a formal application for something, especially a job |
Job Applications | A form that employers ask job application to fill out to learn about their work history |
Letter of Application | Document you send with your resume, that provides additional information about skills and experience related to the job you are applying to |
Resume' | A formal document that provides an overview of your professional qualifications , including your relevant work experience, skills, education, and notable, accomplishment |
Interview | A formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out if they are suitable for a post of employment |