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| Economy | Refers to the ways people make, buy, and sell goods and services. |
| Goods | Items that people buy. |
| Services | Activities people do for others for a fee. |
| Global economy | All the world’s economies and how they are linked. |
| Job Market | The need for workers and kinds of work available to them. |
| Labor force | All people over the age of 16 who work or are seeking work. |
| E-commerce | The buying and selling of goods and services via the Internet. |
| Gender equity | Equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of gender. |
| Trend | A change over a period of time. |
| Workforce diversity | Achieved by employing workers with different backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and skills. |
| Team | A group of people who work together to set goals and make decisions to solve problems and put ideas into action. |
| Job sharing | A flexible work arrangement that allows two part-time employees to divide one full-time job. |
| Outsourcing | Using outside resources to do tasks traditionally handled by internal staff. |
| Telecommute | Work at home for a company. |
| Flextime | A work schedule arrangement that allows workers to choose work hours that fit their particular needs. |
