Terms Flashcards
Outsourcing
Sending a job to another location, often another country,because of the advantages it provides to the company
Apprenticeship
A time when a person uses on the job training while working alongside a skilled apprentice
Networking
Making positive connections with people from many different backgrounds in an effort to build future oppurtunities
Entrpeneur/self employment
Working for yourself or building your own business from the start
Post secondary education
Any educational training that you may enroll in after highschool
Degree
A title you recieve after the successful completion of program of study
Background check
An investigative process that involves looking at any public records or crimminal behavior in your past
Objective
Including only actual info
Subjective
Own opinions and may be left to personal interpertation
First impressions
The taste or feel that a person leaves with another person the first time that they hear,see,talk with, or work with them.judged by it quickly
Customer service
Treating the customers of your business in a way that will make them feel important, listened to,helped and satisfied so that they will continue their business with you
Burning bridges
Treating people in a way that breaks positive connections so that the relationship is broken and left in a negative way
Confidentially
Keeping info private and protected from being seen or heard
Automation
Using automated machines or equipment to do work, rather than being done manually
Labor union
An organization of workers that have bonded together to achieve common goals/better working conditions,wages,work rules
Boundaries
The limits of what is acceptable
Sexual harrassment
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors
Work ethic
The set of rules that are right in the work place the expected behavior
Resume
A summary of your skills, experiences and career intrests used to get an interview
Innovation
The introduction of something new, a new idea,method device, example- latest technology and work
