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| 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 | Message delivered to a computer from another. |
| Electronic Resume | A resume sent via the Internet. |
| Employment Security Commission | 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. |
