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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.