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Obj. 6 Vocab

Obj. 6 Vocab. Attribute : Quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something . Cafeteria benefits plan : Plan that allows employees to choose the benefits they want.

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Obj. 6 Vocab

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  1. Obj. 6 Vocab

  2. Attribute: Quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something. • Cafeteria benefits plan: Plan that allows employees to choose the benefits they want. • Career portfolio: Collection of accomplishments which showcases an applicant’s skills, interests and abilities; work samples. • Chronological: The science that deals with determining details and events.

  3. Competence: Acceptable levels of achievement. • Contact list: List of people one knows who might be helpful in a job search. • Cover letter: A letter of introduction and purpose; a one-page letter a job seeker sends to an employer telling them who he/she is and why he/she is sending a resume. • E-mail: (Electronic mail) Message delivered to a computer from another.

  4. Electronic resume: A resume sent via the Internet. • Employment Security Commission (ESC): Public government employment agency in North Carolina. • FICA: Amount of social security tax withheld from a paycheck. • Flextime: A plan that allows employees to set their own work schedules within a wide range of hours. • Follow-up letter: Brief letter written in business form to thank the interviewer for the interview.

  5. 401(k) program: Type of retirement program offered to employees; contributions can be paid out tax free at any time. • Fringe benefits: Any financial extras beyond the regular pay check, such as health insurance, life insurance, paid vacation and/or retirement. • Gross pay: Amount of salary or wages earned for a certain period of time before deductions are withheld. • Honesty: Truthfulness; sincerity. • Interview: A formal, personal meeting, esp. one arranged for formal discussion or to evaluate an applicant.

  6. Job application: Document that job seekers fill out so employers can use it to screen applicants. • Job lead: Information about a job opening. • Letter of application: Letter written to an employer to apply for a job. • Net pay: Amount of income left after taxes and deductions have been taken out. • Networking: Communicating with people one knows or can get to know to share information and share advice.

  7. Occupational skills: Learned abilities to perform tasks or duties of a specific occupation. • Private employment agencies: Help employers locate workers and job seekers; locate jobs for a fee. • Professionalism: The ability to handle problems and criticism gracefully and maturely. • Psychological test: Pre-employment exams given to find out more about a job applicant’s personality, character, and interests.

  8. Referral: Recommendation from a contact who is part of one’s network. • Resume: A summary of one’s personal information, education, skills, activities, interests, and employment experience. • Salary: Fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time, usually a month or a year. • Unemployed: Not working and looking for work.

  9. W-4 Form: Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate that shows the employer how much tax to withhold from an employee’s check. • Work ethic: How a person feels about his or her job and the effort he or she puts into it. • Work permit: Written statement that makes is legal for an underage student to work for an employer.

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