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| Job Services Center | A state employment service that provides free job placement, along with vocational counseling, testing, and statewide placement. |
| clearinghouse | A service that provides information on job vacancies in a field for a specified geographical area. |
| fee paid | A term indicating that the fee ordinarily charged a successful job applicant by a professional placement service will be paid by the employer. |
| DOE | In job-advertising jargon, an abbreviation for "depends on experience". |
| EOE | An abbreviation for Equal Opportunity Employer. |
| resume | A well-organized summary of educational bacground, work experience, and pertinent personal data that gives a prospective employer an overview of your entire work history, education, and skills. sometimes called a data sheet or vita. |
| vita | Sometimes called a data sheet or resume, it is a well-organized summary of an applicant's education ad professional bacground plus pertinent personal data. |
| chronological resume | A resume that lists the most recent job or education experience first and the remaining data in reverse chronological order. |
| functional resume | A resume that concentrates on duties performed or skills acquired. |
| portfolio resume | A type of resume used in fields such as modeling, fashion, art, advertising, and design. Examples of the applicant's work accompany the portfolio resume. |
| targeted resume | This resume highlights expectional qualifications that would fit the job you want by bulleting important points in the upper third of the resume. |
| Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ) | Personal information that relates directly to a job being sought (as certain physical standards for modeling) -- under civel rights legislation, the only personal data that may be required of a job applicant. |
| Application Letter | A carefully constructed letter applying for a particular position and containing a description of major qualifications relating to the job, a reference to the enclosed resume that presents other qualifications, a request for an interview, and a statement of where the applicant can be reached. |
