| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| A list of duties required of an employee in a specific position. | {Job} description | 81%
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| A program which, under certain conditions, allows people to retire before the legal retirement age. | {Early} retirement | 69%
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| An organization’s purpose and reason for being: its ultimate goal. | {Mission} statement | 65%
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| Policies or practices designed to make people of various backgrounds feel welcome and ensure they have support to perform to the fullest of their abilities in the workplace. | Diversity, {equity} and inclusion (DEI) | 58%
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| The guiding principles of an organization that help shape what work a company does and how they do it. These principles can also act as a guiding light for the business in ambiguous or difficult situations. | {Core} values | 54%
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| A conversation held when an employee is leaving to gather feedback and insights. | {Exit} interview | 54%
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| The achievement by an employee of a higher pay grade or more responsible position. | Promotion | 54%
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| The “personality” of a company, encompassing the work environment as well as values, ethics, expectations, models of communication and recognition, and more. | Company {culture} | 46%
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| How happy or fulfilled an employee is with their job. This encompasses attitudes toward the company as a whole, their team and manager, and their day-to-day work. | Employee {satisfaction} | 46%
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| The process of integrating new employees into the organization. | Onboarding | 46%
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| A sum of money that might be paid to an employee who is terminated through no fault of their own. | {Severance} pay | 46%
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| A description of where an organization envisions itself in the future when it achieves its mission. | Company {vision} | 42%
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| A work environment created when harassing or discriminatory conduct is so severe and pervasive it interferes with an individual's ability to perform their job; creates an intimidating, offensive, threatening or humiliating work environment; or causes a situation where a person's psychological well-being is adversely affected. | {Hostile} work environment | 38%
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| Skills related to behavioral and interpersonal abilities, such as the ability to effectively communicate, problem-solve, collaborate and organize (as opposed to technical skills). | {Soft} skills | 38%
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| The act of praising and rewarding positive employee accomplishments or behaviors, either publicly or privately. | Employee {recognition} | 35%
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| A group of individuals specified in anti-discrimination laws, such as women, older workers, people with disabilities, minorities and others. | {Protected} class | 35%
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| Unwelcome workplace conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. | Harassment | 31%
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| The process of introducing new employees to their jobs, co-workers and the organization by providing them with information regarding such items as policies, procedures, company history, goals, culture and work rules. | Orientation | 31%
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| A tool to give an employee with performance deficiencies the opportunity to succeed. It may be used to address failures to meet specific job goals or to mitigate behavior-related concerns. | {Performance} Improvement Plan | 31%
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| The process of finding new employees to work at a company.Identifying and preparing potential candidates for key roles in the future. | Recruitment | 23%
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| Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a modification or adjustment of a job process or work environment that will better enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions of a job. | {Reasonable} accommodation | 15%
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| The process used to anticipate the future needs of the organization and to assist in finding, assessing and developing the human capital necessary to realize the strategy of the organization. | {Succession} planning | 15%
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| An agreement that employees sign that prevents them from using the sensitive information they handle as part of their job outside of their responsibilities. | {Confidentiality} agreement | 12%
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| The skills and qualities that contribute to effective job performance. | {Behavioral} competency | 8%
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| Consolidating multiple job levels into broader pay ranges. | Broadbanding | 4%
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