| A | B |
|---|
| accredited | officially recognized for maintaining standards |
| apprenticeship | training program involving instruction and on the job exerience |
| distance education programs | teaching to students who are not on campus (internet, video conference, etc.) |
| downsizing | terminating employees to cut expenses |
| entrepreneur | someone who owns a business or assumes financial risk for a busines |
| flextime | a system that allows flexible hours |
| internship | paid or unpaid short-term job offered to student interested in a particular field |
| mentor | an experience coworker who acts as a guide for new employees |
| notice | official written notification that you are leaving the company |
| severance pay | amount of money for termination of employee |
| standard of living | way you live as measured by what goods and services you buy |
| telecommute | work from home using communication links to the workplace |
| temporary agencies | private firms that specialize in supplying short-term employees to businesses |
| unemployment insurance | federal and state plan to provide income to workers who have lost their jobs |
