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The most complete HR glossary and recruitment terms to help you navigate your day-to-day work.

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A

Active candidate

Applicant tracking

Affirmative Action Plan (AAP)

Assessment Centre

Applicant files

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Aptitude and ability tests

Active job searching

Applicant flow data

Availability analysis

B

Behavioural Questions

Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)

Bereavement Leave

Blue collar workers

Balanced scorecard

Behavioural Risk Management

Blended workforce

Business casual attire

Bradford formula

Bullying (workplace bullying)

Business continuity planning

BYOD (bring your own device)

Behavioural Based Interview

Business Process Outsourcing

Background Check

C

Change Management

Contract Recruiter

Contract Worker

Compensation Package

Corporate Social Responsibility

Continuous Candidate Engagement CCE)

Candidate-Centric Recruiting

Core Competencies

Candidate Sourcing

Culture-Fit Questions

Candidate Journey

Candidate Assessment

Candidate Portal

Casual Employment

Collaborative Hiring

Company Culture

Competency Based Interview

Candidate Engagement

Candidate Experience

Candidate Persona

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Contingent Recruitment

Content Management Systems

Contact Management Software

Candidate Management

D

Disciplinary Action

Diversity (and Inclusion)

Direct Placement

E

Employee Retention

Execuitve Coaching

Early Return to Work Program

Employee Assessments

Employee Referral Program

Employee Self-Service

Employment History

Entry Level Job

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Executive Recruiter

Employment Contract

Employer Branding

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Emotional Intelligence

Employee Referral

Executive Search Definition

E Recruitment Online

Employment Agency

Employee Value Proposition

Employee Rate Turnover

Employee Motivation

Employee Engagement

F

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

Free Job Boards

Freelance Worker

Full Life Cycle Recruiting

Flexible Work Arrangements

Facebook Recruitment

Factor comparison

Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

G

Generalist Recruiter

Group Interview

H

Human Resource Management (HRM)

Hawthorne Effect

Human Capital Management

Hiring Workflow

Hiring Strategy

Hidden Job Market

I

Informational Interview

Internal Recruiter

Interview Process

Interim Recruitment

Internal Recruitment

Independent Contractor

Interview Scorecard

J

Job Description

Job Offer Letter

Job Board Aggregator

Job Search Engine

Job Requirements

Job Requisition

K

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Knowledge Mapping

L

Leadership Development

Loyalty Programs

Learning Management Software and Systems

LinkedIn Recruitment

Learning Management

M

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Managed Service Provider (MSP)

Mobile Recruiting

MOOC (massive open online course)

Micromanagement

N

Nondisclosure Agreement

Non-Compete Agreement

O

Outbound Hiring

On the Spot Interview

Open Job Interview

On-Target Earnings (OTE)

OH&S (Occupational Health & Safety)

Offer Management

P

Personality Tests-Psychometric Testing

Preferred Supplier List (PSL)

PreScreen/Screening Interview

Pre-Employment Testing

Panel Interview

Performance Management

Performance Appraisal

Preferred Supplier Agreement

Payroll Software

Passive Candidate

R

Recruitment Plan

Reference Check

Retention Strategy

Recruiting Metrics

Recruitment Workflow

Reputation Management

Recruiter Performance

Recruiting Software

Recruitment Marketing

Recruiting Automation

Recruitment Management System

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Retained Recruitment

S

SMSF (Self Managed Superannuation Fund)

Split Placement

Social Recruiting

Specialist recruiter

Sponsored Job Posting

Succession Planning

Strategic Hiring

Social Networking

T

Transferable Skills

Twitter Recruiting

Talent Aquisition

Talent Sourcing

Talent Pipeline

Talent Management

U

Unstructured Interview

V

Vendor Management System

Video interview

W

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