Chapter 6 - The Career Fitness Program

temporary agencies/leasing agencies (noun)

• Companies that specialize in providing temporary or contract workers to businesses, handling the recruitment, payroll, and administrative aspects of the employment relationship.

• Organizations that focus on permanent job placements for employees.

• Agencies that provide training and development programs for workers.

• Firms that offer consulting services to improve business operations.

Affirmative action

• Programs that promote equal opportunity in education and employment.

• Policies that aim to maintain the status quo in hiring practices.

• Procedures that reinforce existing biases and stereotypes.

• Programs, policies, or procedures that attempt to overcome the effects of past discrimination, bias, and/or stereotyping.

Barriers

• Anything that enhances access to goods and services.

• Anything that prevents a person from equal access to the use of goods, services, facilities, and so on.

• Anything that promotes equal opportunities for all individuals.

• Anything that limits the availability of resources.

computer literacy (noun)

• The ability to use and understand basic computer operations, software applications, and digital technologies.

• The skill to write complex code and develop software applications.

• The knowledge of hardware components and their functions.

• The capability to troubleshoot network issues and manage servers.

Sexism

• Any attitude, action, or institution that subordinates or assigns roles to a person or group of persons based on gender.

• A belief that one gender is superior to another.

• The practice of treating all individuals equally regardless of gender.

• A social movement aimed at achieving gender equality.

Gender role

• Social behavior that is prescribed and defined for males and females according to tradition.

• A biological difference between males and females.

• A personal choice regarding one's identity and expression.

• A societal expectation that varies by culture and time.

Discrimination

• Practices that promote equality among all individuals.

• Policies that are encouraged by law to support diversity.

• Practices, policies, or procedures that are specifically prohibited by law; any action that limits or denies a person or group of persons opportunities, privileges, roles, or rewards on such prohibited bases as their sex, race, age, and so on.

• Actions that are legally required to ensure fairness in the workplace.

Gender fair

• Practices and behaviors that treat males and females similarly; may imply separate but equal.

• A concept that promotes the superiority of one gender over another.

• Policies that exclusively benefit one gender at the expense of the other.

• A movement aimed at eliminating gender roles entirely.

educated worker (noun)

• An individual who possesses a significant level of formal education, typically a college degree or higher, and applies their knowledge and skills in the workforce.

• A person who has completed high school education but lacks further qualifications.

• An employee who works in manual labor without any formal education.

• A professional who only has vocational training and no college degree.

telecommuter (noun)

• A person who works from home or a remote location using electronic communication to connect with their employer.

• A person who travels frequently for work and stays in hotels.

• A person who works in an office but occasionally works from home.

• A person who is unemployed and looking for work.