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Career and Professio
LBS English Expedition 2023 - Day 10
Question | Answer |
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Applicant | job seeker who has applied for employment at a company. |
Background check | review process performed by a company on a particular job applicant to determine if they are qualified, legitimate, truthful, and whether there are any items in their past which could harm the company were it to hire the applicant. |
Benefits | items and services offered by a company on top of monetary compensation (salary). |
Branding Statement | A branding statement is a short summary describing a job seeker efficiently and effectively to prospective employers. |
Career | a person’s life-long journey through the world of work unique to that person. |
Degree | a professional certificate awarded by a university after successful completion of an academic course track. |
Cover letter | employment document that a job seeker writes to formally state their application for a job, explain why they’re qualified, and detail why they’d be an ideal candidate and future employee, if hired. |
Resume | application document detailing a candidate’s work history, personal information, skills, academic qualifications, degrees, awards, publications, achievements, and other pertinent information. |
Elevator Pitch | short speech meant to persuade someone to take an action or consider an idea proposed. |
Employment | relationship between a worker (employee) and a hirer (employer), usually a company or a private client. |
Employment gap | when there is a significant space of unemployed time a person has between two jobs. |
Hard Skills | skills and abilities which are able to be taught and quantified, for the most part. |
Internship | temporary work program offered by an organization to an individual, often a student or recent graduate, looking to build experience or skills in a particular field. |
Butcher | a person that works with meat. They cut the meat and sell it in their shop. |
Electrician | a person that works with electric circuits |
Engineer | a person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures. |
Lecturer | a person that gives lectures, usually in a university. |
Politician | a person who works in politics. |
Tailor | a person that makes clothes for others, many times producing exclusive items of clothing. |
Pharmacist | a qualified person that works with and dispenses medicine. |