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Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Commission | earnings based on how much a worker sells |
| Certificate | an official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course contest |
| Part time | jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week, depending on the employer |
| Education and Training requirements | the instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment |
| Fringe Benefits | extras provided by employers (other than wages) |
| Full Time Job | working at least 40 hours per week |
| Contract Worker | employees of an employment agency who work for other business on a temporary basis |
| Global Economy | worldwide financial management system |
| Deduction | amount of money taken from an employees gross pay for taxes, insurance, and social security |
| Job duty | a task one is expected to preform on the job |
| Job benefits | the extras an employer provides in addition to pay |
| Job qualificators | a special skill, knowledge, or ability that enables a person to preform a particular job |
| Nontraditional occupation/career | a career in which one gender has 25 percent or less of the total workers |
| Work schedule | a set numbers of days or hours the employee is expected to work |
| Salary | fixed amount of money earned, regardless of hours worked |
| License | a permit to do a particular thing or allow an activity to take place |
| Temporary job | jobs that last for a limited period of time |
| Piecemeal | wages to be payed based of a quantity produced or a number of repetition preformed |
| Wages | payment for work, usally figured by the hour |
| Self employed/entrepreneur | a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of business |
| Seasonal job | a form of employment linked to a specific periods of the year and sectors |