Recruiting & Staffing Glossary
A Comprehensive Guide to Industry Terms
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Industry Terms
Activity Report
API
Applicant
Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Automated Invoicing
Automations
Background Checks
Behavorial Assessments
Burden
Business Intelligence
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Candidate
Candidate Alerts
Candidate Debrief
Candidate Management System
Candidate Scoring
Candidate Screening
Candidates Sourcing
Career Page
Compensation
Container Search
Contingency Search
Contingent Workforce
Contracts Staffing
Counter Offer
Data Migration
Direct Hire
Diversity
Employee Referral
Engaged Search
Employee of Record (EOR)
Employee Onboarding
Employment Contract
Fall-off
Fill Rate
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Generation X
Generation Y
Generation Z
Guarantee Period
Gross Pay
Gross Profit
Gross Margin
Hiring Manager Portal
Hotlist
HR Software
Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Interview
Interview Prep
Internal Recruiting
Job Advertising
Job Alerts
Job Board Integration
Job Description
Job Posting
Job Matching
Job Order Data Sheet
Job Requisition
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Knowledge Worker
Mega Database
Millennials
Mobile Recruiting
Most Placeable Candidate (MPC)
Multi-factor Authentication
Net Pay
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
Offer
Offer Accepted
Onboarding
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Parser
Permanant Placement (Perm)
Pipeline
Pipeline Velocity
Preferred Member
Presentation on an Existing Job Order (POEJO)
Professional Employer Organization (PEO)
Recruiter
Recruiter Profile
Recruiting Agency
Recruitment
Recruitment Automation
Reference Checking
Relocation
Resume
Resume Data Sheet (RDS)
Retained Search
Rollup List
Screening
Sendout
Sequencing
Sourcing
Split Placement
Sponsorship
Staffing
Staffing Software
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Standard Occupational Code (SOC)
Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition Software
Temporary Staffing
Temp To Hire
Timesheet
Time-to-Hire
Turn Down
Video Interview
VISA
Virtual Recruiting
VMS
Win Rate
Workers Compensation