Glossary of HR Terms and Keywords

• A
• Absconding
• Absenteeism Policy
• Absolute Rating
• Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
• Apprenticeship
• Artificial Intelligence
• Attrition
• B
• Background Check
• Balanced Scorecard
• Basic Salary
• Behavioural Competency
• Behavioural Interview Questions
• Behaviourally Anchored Rating Scale (BARS)
• Benchmarking
• Benefits
• Bereavement Leave
• Best Practice Policies
• Blended Workforce
• Bonus
• Branding
• Breach of Contract
• Budget
• Bullying
• Bumping
• Business Process Outsourcing
• C
• Candidate Experience
• Career Break
• Career Path
• Casual Employment
• Churn Rate
• Coaching
• Code of Conduct
• Cognitive Ability Testing
• Compensation
• Competency Based Training
• Competency-Based Pay
• Competitive Advantage
• Compliance
• Conditions of Employment
• Confidentiality Agreement
• Confirmation Letter
• Contingency Recruiting
• Contract of Service
• Cost Per Hire
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Cross-functional Teams
• Curriculum Vitae
• D
• Disciplinary Action
• Discrimination
• Downsizing
• Dress Code
• E
• Emotional Intelligence
• Employee Advocacy
• Employee Assessment
• Employee Database
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Exit Survey
• Employee Lifecycle
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Relations
• Employee Satisfaction
• Employee Self Service
• Employer Brand
• Employer Value Proposition
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Equity Theory
• Exit Interviews
• Expatriate
• F
• Factor Comparison
• Functional Job Analysis
• G
• Gamification
• Generation X
• Generation Z
• Gratuity
• Grievance
• Gross Misconduct
• Gross Salary
• H
• Hawthorne Effect
• Hierarchy of Needs
• HR Audit
• HR Compliance
• Human Capital Management
• Human Resource Management System
• Human Resource Outsourcing
• I
• Incentive Pay
• Induction
• Informal Communication
• Internships
• J
• Job analysis
• Job boards
• Job Classification
• Job Description
• Job Evaluation
• Job Rotation
• Johari Window
• K
• Key Performance Indicators
• KSAs
• L
• Labour Market
• Layoff
• Leadership Development
• Learning Management System (LMS)
• Leave of Absence
• Lump sum payment
• M
• Management by Objectives (MBO)
• Mentoring
• N
• Negotiation
• Nepotism
• Net Salary
• Nigerian Labour Law
• Non-Disclosure Agreement
• O
• Offboarding
• Offer Letter
• Onboarding
• Organizational Change
• Organizational Culture
• Outsourcing
• P
• Paid Leave
• Part-time Employee
• Payroll Software
• Performance Appraisal
• Performance Review
• Probation
• Q
• Quality Management Recruitment
• R
• Recruitment Software
• Redundancy
• References
• Remote Work
• Remuneration
• Retention
• Retrenchment
• S
• Sabbatical Leave
• Salary
• Skill Gap
• Stakeholders
• Succession Planning
• Supervisor
• T
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Talent Management Software
• Tax
• Taxable Income
• Turnover
• U
• Unconscious Bias
• V
• Virtual HR
• Voluntary Benefits
• W
• Wage Drift
• Work-Life Balance
• Workforce Analysis
• Workforce Planning
• Wrongful Termination