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Career vocabulary 1
career vocabulary words unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| benefits | employer provided advantages such as health insurance, sick leave etc. |
| career path | plan for an employees step by step advancement in a company |
| competition | rivalry among those who are attempting to achieve the same goal |
| contract | a verbal or written agreement between two or more people or groups of people |
| discrimination | unfair treatment because of race, sex, color, religion, or age |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets up and runs his or her own business |
| executive | high ranking employee who manages the affairs of a department in a company |
| human resources | the department that screens job applicants and manages employee records. |
| income | the money a person receives from work or investments |
| internship | an on the job learning and training program |
| job review | an evaluation of an employee's work by an employer |
| journeyman | a skilled worker who has mastered a trade |
| mentor | an experienced person who helps and advises an inexperienced person |
| minimum wage | the lowest hourly pay rate that a business can legally pay it's workers |
| pension | a regular payment to a retired person by a former employer |