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📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

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Warm-up Questions

What HR words do you already know from workplaces or job ads?
Which HR topic interests you most: hiring, pay, or workplace rules?
Why might learning HR terms help you at work or in interviews?

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📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

Attendance, hiring stages, and keeping employees (00:00 – 02:15)

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1. What does “absenteeism” mean in the video?

A recurring pattern of unplanned, unjustified absences from work
Arriving early to meetings
Working from home two days per week
Planned vacation approved by a manager

2. In the video, who is a “candidate”?

Someone who has submitted an application
A person who has already been hired
Anyone who is interested in a job
A person who has been shortlisted through the selection process

3. What is “confidentiality” described as?

Sharing company information with everyone
A method for selecting candidates
Keeping sensitive information private and sharing it only with authorized individuals
A type of employee benefit

📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

Workplace rules, behavior, and work arrangements (02:15 – 05:09)

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1. According to the video, to “promote” someone means to ____.

Lower an employee’s rank as a penalty
Advance an employee to a higher position (usually as a reward)
End an employee’s contract immediately
Move an employee to a different building

2. What does the video say about “sack” compared with “dismiss” and “fire”?

“Sack” is informal; “dismiss” and “fire” are more formal
“Sack” only means to demote someone
All three are informal terms
“Dismiss” is informal; the others are formal

3. What is “workplace flexibility” in the video?

A rule about confidentiality
A type of compulsory training
Only working part-time hours
Alternative work options in location, schedule, or duties

📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

Time off, rewards, role requirements, and outsourcing (05:09 – 06:40)

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1. In American English, what does “holiday” usually refer to?

Any long trip taken for personal reasons
A financial reward for performance
A specific day off work for a special occasion (e.g., Thanksgiving)
Working from home during winter

2. What is the difference between a job description and a job specification in the video?

Description = pay; specification = benefits
Description = duties/location; specification = qualifications/skills required
Description = qualifications; specification = location
They are the same thing

3. To “outsource” means to ____.

Promote an employee to a higher role
Contract external companies or workers to perform tasks
Give employees incentives like gift cards
Hire someone full-time inside the company

📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

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1. Which set of terms is mainly about pay and rewards?

Applicant, candidate, job specification
Harassment, discrimination, confidentiality
Compensation, benefits, incentives
Outsource, attrition, holiday

2. Which situation best matches “attrition” as defined in the video?

Employees leave voluntarily and their roles remain unfilled
Employees switch from full-time to part-time temporarily
Employees are fired after breaking rules
Employees work remotely instead of in-office

3. Which topic is most closely connected to keeping information private?

Job description
Workplace flexibility
Confidentiality
Credentials

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

📚 Top 20 HR Terms Explained: Boost Your Workplace Vocabulary! 📚

Which HR terms from the video are most useful for your job or job search? Why?
In your opinion, what kinds of benefits and incentives motivate employees most?
What are some good ways for a company to reduce absenteeism or attrition?
How can workplaces prevent discrimination and harassment in daily communication?