employment
gainful occupation
part-time employment
form of employment that carries fewer hours per week than a full-time job
temporary work
situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time
onboarding
mechanism through which new employees acquire the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to become effective organizational members
independent contractor
natural person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to another entity under a contract or verbal agreement.
day job
one's regular employment as contrasted with an occasional, secondary, or coveted job
child labour
exploitation of children through any form of work
contingent work
Type of employment relationship involving non-permanent freelance work with payment based on piece work
entry-level job
job requiring little or no prior work experience in the field, often filled by individuals recently completing school
work release
practice of allowing a prisoner to work outside the prison during the day
indentured servant
ostensibly temporary slave via contract
full-time job
type of employment or study in which a person devotes a minimum number of hours
Lazy girl job
slang term for an easy but highly paid job
holiday job
type of activity
employment of disabled people
workforce accessibility
secondment
assignment of a member of one organisation to another organisation for a temporary period
piece work
employment system where the worker is paid according to the number of units produced
micro job
temporary, task-type job of all types
employment conditions
conditions governing employment under law or a collective bargaining agreement
self-employment
state of being employed by oneself
no-show job
paid position for which no attendance is actually expected, granted as a form of corruption
casual employment
employment that is not ongoing or fulltime, typically with hourly wages
gainful employment
form of employment
precarious work
non-standard employment poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household
national service
system of either compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military, of various countries
Walmart greeter
employee greeting those who enter a Walmart store
ghost job
non-existent job posting or job interview
underemployment
underutilization of workers' talents or skills in employment
bullshit job
category of jobs which are meaningless or harm to society, theorized by anthropologist David Graeber in a 2018 essay
Working in the United States
legal barriers for employment in the United States
job sharing
employment arrangement where typically two people are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis to perform a job normally fulfilled by one person working full-time
side job
job that a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income; additional job providing extra income