Employment terms-definitions

Permanent employment is

• a job with no pre-determined end date of employment.

• a specific date of employment

Temporary employment is

• working for a specific period of time.

• working full time.

Self-employment is

• where someone who works for another.

• when a person works for themselves.

Being unemployed means

• that a person has a job.

• does not have a job.

Underemployment means

• a person is forced to work in a job for lower pay than their qualifications

• that a person works in a job that does not use their training

Brain drain refers to

• highly skilled workers leave a country for another country to find work

• persons work in another city

Your career is

• your job that you work in .

• the occupation one takes for a significant period of time and allows for advancement.

A person's work ethic is

• their standard and acceptable rules of conduct in the workplace.

• unacceptable behaviour in the workplace.

An employer is

• a person or an organisation that employs persons.

• someone who works for another.

Employees are

• persons who work for a person or an organisation.

• a person who hires others.