Across
- 2. the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, and other earnings, before taxes and deductions
- 3. a tax figured as a percentage of someone’s earnings used to pay for public goods and services
- 5. a one page letter summarizing your skills, past experiences, goals, and how they align with the organization or company you are applying to
- 8. money gained through employment and investment returns
- 9. the lowest wage permitted by law
- 11. a type of insurance coverage that pays for medical events
- 12. a payment usually of money for labor or services completed
- 14. a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person for a potential job or acceptance to a school
- 15. a document that highlights a persons education, work and academic experiences, honors, community involvement and skills
- 18. a time when a person is paid for work
- 19. building relationships both personally and professionally through meeting people and interacting with them
- 21. amount of money an employee is paid each year
- 24. the nations retirement program that helps provide retirement income for the elderly and pays disability
Down
- 1. the “take-home” money after all taxes and deductions have been made from the gross income
- 4. refers to strategies of saving and investing to be able to sustain oneself during retirement
- 6. someone who can comment on your personal character, work ethic, or past work experiences, usually as a part of the job application process
- 7. also known as the job market and refers to the supply and demand for labor
- 10. a letter written by someone who can highlight your skills, accomplishments, leadership experience, academic success, extracurricular involvement, ambition
- 13. an internship is a temporary job
- 16. skills that are practiced over time, and often are a reflection of how you exist in you daily communication, leadership, problem solving, creativity, ect
- 17. a percentage of the total sales, paid to an employee instead of or in addition to salary and wages
- 20. exhibiting acceptable qualities or behaviors connected to the expectations of the setting
- 22. stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act
- 23. the nations health care program for the elderly and disabled, provides hospital and medical insurance to those who qualify
