Personal finance

2. formal meeting
4. A one-page letter summarizing your skills, past experiences, goals, and how they align with the organization or company you are applying to.
6. A percentage of the total sales, paid to an employee instead of or in addition to salary and wages.
8. skills-Skills that are practiced over time, and often are a reflection of how you exist in your daily communication, leadership, problem-solving, creativity, collaboration
11. cover future expenses.
12. The lowest wage permitted by law, as determined by each state.
16. tax figured as a percentage of someone’s earnings, used to pay for public goods and services.
17. The sum of all wages, salaries, profits, and other earnings, before taxes and deductions.
18. insurance-Everyone must have this.
21. gained through employment and investment returns.
22. part of the nation's healthcare program for elderly and disabled people. This calculates as a 1.45% deduction of your gross income.
23. security-is part of the nation's retirement program that pays retirement income and disability benefits. This calculates as 6.2% of gross income.

1. letter written by someone who can highlight your skills
3. “take-home” money after all taxes and deductions have been made from the gross income.
5. who can comment on your personal character, work ethic, or past work experiences
7. document that highlights a person’s education, work and academic experiences, honors, community involvement, and skills.
9. for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, and is a combination of Social Security and Medicare.
10. acceptable qualities or behaviors connected to the expectations of the setting
13. internship is a temporary job (usually 2-3 months) that allows experience in a work environment for a specific career, and can help narrow down a career choice.
14. A payment usually of money for labor or services completed, and usually according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.
15. Amount of money an employee is paid each year. This is different than hourly wage.
19. time when a person is paid for work, also known as a part of the workforce.
20. market- “job market”