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| Action Verb | A verb that shows that something is being done, a word that shows action. |
| Chronological | (Of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred. |
| Competency | The ability to do something successfully or efficiently |
| Cover Letter | A letter sent with, and explaining the contents of, another document (resume). |
| Critical Thinking | The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. |
| Employability Skills | The transferable skills needed by an individual to make them 'employable'. Along with good technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers often outline a set of skills that they want from an employee. |
| Employment Agencies | An agency that finds employers or employees for those seeking them. |
| Employment Leads | Information about an open position telling you that a company is hiring - what person or company, what position they're trying to fill, what job skills and/or education are required, etc. |
| Employment Security Commission | For more than 50 years, your ESC has played a key role in North Carolina’s economic vitality, helping employers find the staff they need to carry out their business; serving as a career resource center for workers at all skill levels and age groups; supplying labor market data to government officials, researchers and others; and providing unemployment insurance to people who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. |
| Entrepreneur | A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so |
| Flexibility | Easily changed, able to change or to do different things. |
| Follow-up Letter | A letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc. |
| I-9 Form | Employment eligibility verification form, used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States. |
| Letter of Application | Also known as a cover letter, is a document sent with your resume to provide additional information on your skills and experience; provides detailed information on why are you are qualified for the job you are applying for. |
| Form W-4 | Used by your employer to determine the amount of taxes to withhold from your paycheck, the W-4 Form can help you out at tax time. Here are the details. The W-4 is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) form you complete to let your employer know how much money to withhold from your paycheck for federal taxes |
| Geographic Mobility | The measure of how populations move over time. Geographic mobility, population mobility, or more simply mobility is also a statistic that measures migration within a population. |
| Hourly Wage | An amount of money paid each hour to compensate an employee for the amount of time he/she spends working. |
| Resume | A brief account of a person’s education, qualifications, and previous experience, typically sent with a job application. |
| Salary | A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker. |
| Self-Employment | A situation in which an individual works for himself or herself instead of working for an employer that pays a salary or a wage. A self-employed individual earns their income through conducting profitable operations from a trade or business that they operate directly. |
| Skill Verbs | Use these verbs to describe your skills and accomplishments when writing your resume and cover letters -- to increase the strength of your writing and make potential employers take notice! |
| Technology Management | The field concerned with the supervision of personnel across the technical spectrum and a wide variety of complex technological systems. |
| Master | Having or showing very great skill or proficiency. |
| Networking | Interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career. |
| Pre-employment Tests | Tests that organizations give to job applicants to help them hire employees who are productive, dependable, and low-turnover. |
| Problem Solving | The process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues. |
| Resource | A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person in order to function effectively. |
