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The GCC & Talent Acquisition Dictionary

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Compensation & Benefits 39 Recruitment & Hiring Metrics 19 GCC Operating Models 21 Agile & Project Management 26 HR Mental Models 20 Sourcing & Candidate Attraction 19 Interviewing & Assessment 16 Talent Management & Development 18 Onboarding & Employee Lifecycle 12 Contingent & Global Employment 18 US Employment Law & Compliance 19 Employee Experience & Engagement 11 HR Operations, Roles & Analytics 17 Recruitment Models & Search Types 11 Exits, Separation & Redundancy 13

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1099 Worker 13th Month Pay 30-60-90 Day Plan 360-Degree Feedback 401(k) 9-Box Grid 9/80 Work Schedule

A

Abilene Paradox Acquihire Affirmative Action Affordable Care ActACA Agent of RecordAOR Agile HR Agile Release TrainART Americans with Disabilities ActADA Anchoring Bias Applicant Tracking SystemATS Assessment Centre At-Will Employment Attrition

B

Baby Boomers Backfill Background VerificationBGV Ban-the-Box Base Salary Behavioral Interview Belbin Team Roles Bench Strength Blind Recruitment Boolean Search Boomerang Employee Buddy System Build-Operate-TransferBOT Business Process OutsourcingBPO

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Campus Recruitment Candidate Experience Candidate Net Promoter ScorecNPS Candidate Persona Candidate Relationship ManagementCRM Captive Centre Career Pathing Centre of ExcellenceCoE Change Management Change Request Chief Human Resources OfficerCHRO Co-employment COBRA Compa-Ratio Compensation Benchmarking Confirmation Bias Constructive Dismissal Contingency Search Contingent Workforce Contract-to-Hire Cost Centre Cost to CompanyCTC Cost-of-Living AdjustmentCOLA Cost-per-Hire Counteroffer Critical Path Cross-Functional Team Culture Add

D

Daily Stand-up Deferred Compensation Direct Hire Diversity, Equity & InclusionDEI Drop-off & Ghosting Dunning-Kruger Effect

E

Employee Assistance ProgrammeEAP Employee Engagement Employee Experience Employee Handbook Employee Orientation Employee Referral Employee Resource GroupERG Employee Stock Ownership PlanESOP Employer Branding Employer of RecordEOR Employer Value PropositionEVP Engineering R&DER&D Equal Employment OpportunityEEO Executive Search Exempt vs Non-Exempt Employee Exit Interview

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Fair Labor Standards ActFLSA Family and Medical Leave ActFMLA Fixed vs Variable Pay Flexible Work Arrangement Forced Ranking Foreign Subsidiary Form I-9 & E-Verify Fringe Benefits Full-Cycle Recruiting Full-Time EquivalentFTE Furlough

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Gantt Chart Garden Leave Generation XGen X Generation YGen Y Generation ZGen Z Gig Economy Global Business ServicesGBS Global Capability CentreGCC Global Employment OrganizationGEO Global In-house CentreGIC Global Innovation CentreGIC Global Mobility Global Payroll Global Role Golden Handcuffs Gratuity Gross vs Net Pay Groupthink Growth Mindset

H

Halo and Horn Effect Hawthorne Effect Headcount Headhunting Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory Hire-Train-DeployHTD Hiring Manager HR Audit HR Business PartnerHRBP HR Compliance Human Capital ManagementHCM Human Resource Information SystemHRIS

I

Impostor Syndrome Inbound Recruiting Independent Contractor Individual ContributorIC Internal Mobility Interview Scorecard Interviewer Bias

J

Job Description Job Requisition Johari Window Joining Ratio

K

Kanban Key Hire KSAKSA

L

Leadership Development Learning Management SystemLMS

M

Managed Service ProviderMSP Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Maternity Leave Matrix Organisation Mentoring Milestone Misclassification

N

Nearshoring Negligent Hiring Non-Compete Agreement Non-Disclosure AgreementNDA Notice Period Notice-Period Buyout

O

Objectives and Key ResultsOKRs Offboarding Offer Acceptance Rate Offer Letter Offshore Development CentreODC Offshoring Onboarding Outplacement

P

Paid Time OffPTO Panel Interview Pareto Principle Parkinson’s Law Passive Candidate Pay Compression Pay Equity Pay Grade Pay Transparency Payroll Cycle People Analytics People Operations Performance Appraisal Performance Improvement PlanPIP Permanent EstablishmentPE Peter Principle Phone Screen Preboarding Probation Period Product Backlog Product OwnerPO Professional Employer OrganizationPEO Program Increment Planning Progressive Discipline Project Charter Project Kickoff Project Management OfficePMO Provident FundEPF Psychometric Test Purple Squirrel

Q

Quality of Hire Quiet Quitting

R

RACI Matrix Recruitment Funnel Recruitment Process OutsourcingRPO Reduction in ForceRIF Redundancy Reference Check Relocation Bonus Reskilling Restricted Stock UnitsRSU Resume Parsing Retained Search Retaliation Retention Retention Bonus Retention Window Returnship Right-to-Work

S

Salary Band Sandwich Generation Say-on-Pay Scale-Up Hiring Scaled Agile FrameworkSAFe Scope Creep Scrum Scrum Master Second-Chance Hiring Selection Ratio Servant Leadership Service Level AgreementSLA Set-Up & Growth Phases Severance Pay Shadow Payroll Shared Services CentreSSC Sign-On Bonus Silver Medallist Candidate Site Leader Situational Interview Skill-Based Pay Skills Gap Skills-First Hiring Source of Hire Sourcing Span of Control Specialist & Niche Talent Sprint Sprint Retrospective Staff Augmentation Stakeholder Management Statement of WorkSOW Statutory Benefits Stay Interview Strategic Workforce PlanningSWP Structured Interview Succession Planning Superannuation

T

Talent AcquisitionTA Talent Intelligence Talent Management Talent Mapping Talent Pipeline Talent Pool Tax Equalisation Technical Interview Tier-2 Expansion Time-to-Fill Time-to-Hire Time-to-Productivity Total Compensation Total Rewards Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development

U

Unconscious Bias Upskilling User Story

V

Vendor Management SystemVMS Video Interview Visa Sponsorship

W

W-2 Employee Waterfall Model Work Breakdown StructureWBS Work Visa

X

Gen X→ Generation X

Y

Gen Y→ Generation Y Yield Ratio

Z

Gen Z→ Generation Z Zero-Based BudgetingZBB
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