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500+ HR Glossary and HR Terminologies for HR Professionals and Recruiters.

We understand how difficult it is to learn all the current and evolving HR terms and nomenclature. But that’s no excuse for you to stop learning. That’s why we did all the homework and created this cheat sheet, aka glossary, for you to refer to all the key terms, abbreviations, and jargon. If you ever discover new terms that deserve a place here, feel free to write to us.

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360 Degree Feedback
4DX
80/20 Rule { Pareto Principle }
9 Box Model

A

Abilene Paradox
Absconding
Absent With Out Leave { AWOL }
Absenteeism
Absolute ratings
Accrued Leave
Acqui-Hiring
Active Candidates
Ad-Hoc
Affirmative Action Plan {AAP}
Ageism
Agency Recruiters
Agile HR
ALE (Applicable Large Employer)
Allowance
Analytical Thinking
Analytics in Hiring
Annual Quota
Annuity
API
Applicant
Applicant Volume
Applicants Per Opening
Application Completion Rate
Appointment Letter
Appraisal
Apprentices Act
Apprenticeship
Approval Chain
Aptitude Testing
Arrears
Assessment year
Assessments
Attendance Cycle
Attendance Integration
Attendance Policy
Attendance Regularization
Attrition Rate
Audit

B

Baby Boomers
Backfill
Background screening / Pre Employment Screening
Backup Server
Balance Of Payments {BOP}
Balance Score Card { BSC }
Bank Statement
Basic Salary
Before-Tax Deduction
Behavioral competency
Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale {BARS}
Behavioural Interview
Bell Curve
Benchmarking
Bereavement Leave
Biometric
Biweekly Pay
Blended Workforce
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification
Bonus
Boolean Search
Boomerang Employee
Bradford Formula
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
Buddy System
Bumping
Business Agility
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)

C

C Level Executive
C-Level Jobs
Calibration
Campus Hiring
Candidate
Candidate Call Back Rate
Candidate Centric Recruiting
Candidate Engagement
Candidate Experience
Candidate Journey
Candidate Management
Candidate Persona
Candidate Portal
Candidate Satisfaction
Candidates Per Hire
Career Break
Career Path Ratio
Career plateau
Carry Forward
Casual Leave
Caucus
CEO vs COO
CESS
Challans
Change Management
Chief Executive Officer {CEO}
Chief Financial Officer ( CFO )
Chief Operating Officer { COO }
Churn Rate
Coaching
Commission
Comp Off
Compa-Ratio
Company Culture
Company Policy
Compensation
Compensation Analytics
Competency
Competency Based Pay
Compliance
Compliance Framework
Compliance Reports
Conditions of Employment
Confirmation Letter
Consolidated Statement
Contingent Worker
Continuous Candidate Engagement {CCE}
Continuous Feedback
Contract Labor Act
Core Values
Corporate Identification Number { CIN }
Corporate Social Responsibility { CSR }
Cost Centre
Cost Per Hire
Cost to Company ( CTC )
Cover letter
Credit Voucher
Crisis Management
Cross Functional Teams
Culture Add
Culture Fit
Custom Career Pages
CV / Resume

D

Data Breach
Data Driven Recruitment
Database Management
Dearness Allowance { DA }
Decentralization
Deductions
Defamation
Deferred Compensation
Delayering
Delphi Technique
Desk Audit
Development
Difference Between Gross Income and Net Income
Difference Between Gross Profit and Net Profit
Difference Between Job Specification and Job Description
Differences Between Training and Development
Digital Transformation
Direct Hire
Disciplinary Action
Discretionary Bonus
Disparate Treatment
Diversity Hiring
Downsizing
Dual Labour Market
Due Diligence

E

Earnings
EDLI
EFQM
Electronic Challan cum Return { ECR }
Electronic Signature
Emotional Intelligence
Employee Assessment
Employee Assistance Program { EAP }
Employee benefits administration
Employee Branding
Employee Contract
Employee Engagement
Employee Goals
Employee Grievance
Employee life cycle
Employee Net Promoter Score
Employee Offboarding
Employee Onboarding
Employee Orientation
Employee Referral
Employee Referral Program
Employee Relations
Employee Retention
Employee Self Service { ESS }
Employee Shifts
Employee State Insurance { ESI }
Employee Termination
Employee Turnover Rate
Employee Value Proposition
Employees Provident Fund Organization { EPFO }
Employer Brand
Employer Branding
Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Employment Contract
Employment History
eNPS or Employee Net Promoter Score
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Equal Employment Opportunity { EEO }
Equity
Equity Theory
ESIC
Ex-Gratia
Exempt Position
Exit Interview
Expatriate
Expense
External Stakeholders

F

Factor comparison
Factory Act
Fair Labor Standards Act
FIFO { First In First Out }
Financial Incentives
Financial Year
Fixed Pay
Flexi Benefit Pay
Flexible Benefits Plan
Floating holidays
Food Coupons
Forced ranking
Forecasting
Form 10C
Form 12B
Form 12BA
Form 12BB
Form 12C
Form 15G
Form 15H
Form 16
Form 16A
Form 16B
Form 24G
Form 24Q
Form 26AS
Form 26QB
Form 27C
Form 27EQ
Form 49B
Form 64A
Form I-9
Full and Final Settlement
Functional job analysis
Furlough

G

Gamification
Gender Expression
Gender Identity
Gender Wage Gap
Generation X
Generation Y { Millennials }
Generation Z { Zoomers }
Ghosting
Goal Cascading
Golden Handcuffs
Gratuity
Grievance
Gross & Effective Hours
Gross Salary
Group interview

H

Harvard Model
Hawthorne Effect
Headhunter
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Hiring Journey
Hiring Manager
Hiring Process
Hiring Strategy
Hiring Workflow
Holidays
Hostile Work Environment
House Rent Allowance { HRA }
HR Analytics
HR Audit
HR Consulting
HR Generalist
HRMS
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP)
Human Resources {HR}
Human Resources Information System (HRIS)

I

In House Talent
In-Basket Technique
In-mail
Inbound Recruiting
Incentive Pay
Incentives
Inclusion
Inclusive Workforce
Individual Coverage Health and Reimbursement Arrangements(ICHRA)
Induction
Informal Communication
Insurance
Intellectual property
Intern
Internal Communication
Internal Hiring
Internal Job Posting
Internal Promotion Rate
Internship
Interview Panel
Interview Scheduling
Investment
ISO 9000
ISO 9001
ISO 9004
IT Declaration
IT recruiter
ITR filing

J

Job Analysis
Job Board
Job Classification
Job Description
Job Dissatisfaction
Job Enrichment
Job Evaluation
Job Hopper
Job Poaching
Job Posting
Job reference immunity statutes
Job Requisition
Job Role
Job Rotation
Job Seeker
Johari Window
Journal Voucher
Just Cause Termination

K

Kanban
Key Performance Indicator { KPI }
Key Responsibility Areas { KRA }
Knowledge Based Pay
Knowledge Management
KSA

L

Labor Union
Labour Welfare Fund {LWF}
Last In First Out {LIFO}
Lateral Hiring
Lateral Move
Leadership Development
Learning And Development (L&D)
Learning Management System {LMS}
Leave Balance
Leave Credit
Leave Encashment
Leave Policy
Leave Restrictions
Leave Sharing Scheme
Leave Travel Allowance {LTA}
Leave Type
Leave Year
Legal Entity
Loans
LOP Reversal
Loss Of Pay (LOP)

M

Management By Objectives { MBO }
Management Styles
Marginal Relief
Maternity Benefit Act
Maternity Leave
Matrix Organization
Mentoring
Merit Pay
Micromanagement
Mindfulness At Work
Minimum Wages Act
Minority Business Enterprise
Mock Interview
Muster Roll

N

National Pension Scheme {NPS}
Negligent Hiring
Nepotism
Net Pay
New Hire Turnover
New-Hire Reporting
Nominal Group Technique { NGT }
Non Disclosure Agreement
Non Discretionary Bonus
Non Exempt position
Non Taxable Allowance
Normalize Rating
Notice Buyout
Notice Period

O

Objectives
Objectives and Key Results {OKR}
Observation Interview
Occupational Stress
Offer Acceptance
Offer Letter
Offer Letter Acceptance Rate
Offer Management
Ombudsman
On Roll / Off Roll Payroll
One on One Meeting
One Time Payments & Deductions
Oral Reprimand
Organization Development { OD }
Organization Tree
Organizational Change
Organizational Culture
Organizational Team
Orientation
Outsourcing HR
Overhead
Overtime

P

Paid Leave
Paid Time Off { PTO }
Partial Payments
Passive Candidate
Pay Band
Pay Cycle
Pay Grade
Pay Register
Payments of Wage Act
Payroll
Payroll Outsourcing
Payroll Reconciliation
Payslip
Peer Appraisal
Peer-to-Peer Review
Peers
Penalization
People Analytics
Performance Analysis Quadrant { PAQ }
Performance Appraisal
Performance Bands
Performance Development Plan { PDP }
Performance Planning
Perks
Pink Slip
PIP
Pre-Boarding
Pre-Employment Testing
Pre-Screening
Pro-Rata
Probation Period
Probationary Arrangement
Professional Fees
Professional Tax
Promotion
Provident Fund { PF }
Psychometric Test
Public Provident Fund { PPF }
Pulse Survey
Purple Squirrel
Purple Unicorn

Q

Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
Quality of Hire
Queen Bee Syndrome

R

Rating Scale
Reasonable Person Standard
Reconciliation
Recruiting Metrics
Recruitment Funnel Effectiveness
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
Reduction in Force
Redundancy
Reference Check
Referral Rate
Reimbursement
Rejection
Relieving Letter
Religious Accommodation
Remote Interview
Requisition
Resident Alien
Resignation
Restricted Holiday
Resume Parser
Resume Parsing
Retention Rate
Retention Strategy
Retrenchment
Reverse Mentoring
Review Process
Reviewee
Reviewer
Rewards and Recognition { RnR }
Right to Manage
Right to Work state
Risk Management
Roster Management
Rotational Training

S

SAAS
Sabbatical
Salaried Employee
Salary
Salary Advances
Salary Breakup
Salary On Hold
Salary Revision
Salary Structure
Satisfaction Rate
Scorecard
Screening
Selection Ratio
Self Review
Self-Employed Health Insurance Deduction
Self-Employment Tax
Sensitivity Training
Severance Pay
Shops And Establishment Act
Short Leave
Shortlisting
Shrinkage
Sick Leave
Signatory
Situational Leadership
Skill Matrix
Skills Gap
Smart Goals
Social HR
Social Media Background Screening
Social Media Recruiting
Soft Skills vs Hard Skills
Source Of Hire
Sourcing
Sourcing Channel Effectiveness
Split Placement
Staffing
Statutory Employee
Statutory Leave
Stipend
Strategic Hiring
Strategic Human Resource Management
Strategic Planning
Sub Ordinates
Succession Planning
Summary Dismissal of Employment
Surcharge
SWOT Analysis
System Changeover
Systemic discrimination

T

Talent
Talent Acquisition
Talent Management
Talent Pipeline
Talent Pool
Talent Retention
TAN
Tangible Rewards
Tax Deduction at Source { TDS }
Tax Regime
Tax Savings
Taxable Allowance
TDS Return
Telecommuting
Temp to Hire
Termination Letter
Third-Party Sexual Harassment
Time in Lieu
Time to fill
Time to Hire
Time to Productivity
Total Labour Cost
Total Quality Management
Total Remuneration
Traces
Training and Development
Training Needs Analysis { TNA }
Turnover costs

U

Unconscious Bias
Unemployment
Unfair Labor Practice
Universal Account Number { UAN }
UpSkill
Upskilling
Upward Mobility

V

Vacancy Rate
Value statement
Variable Pay
Vestibule Training
Virtual Meeting
Vision Statement
Voluntary Benefits
Voluntary Provident Fund (VPF)
Voluntary Time-Off (VTO)
Voluntary Turnover Rate
Volunteer Time Off

W

Wage drift
Walk-in
War of Talent
Warning Letter
Weekly Off
Weingarten Rights
Wellness Program
White Collar vs Blue Collar Workers
Work Behaviour
Work Ethics
Work From Home { WFH }
Workforce
Workforce Analysis
Workforce Management { WFM }
Workforce Planning
Workplace Bullying
Workplace Diversity
Wrongful Termination

X

X Ray Search

Y

Year-end Processing
Yellow Dog Contract
Yield Ratio

Z

Zoom Fatigue
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