An HR Glossary for HR Terms
C
Career Plateau
Competency Based Pay
D
Disability Leave
Dual Labor Market
E
Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits Administration
Employee Database
Employee Empowerment
Employee Engagement in HR
Employee Management
Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
Employee Onboarding
Employee Orientation
Employee Relations
Employee Satisfaction
Employee Turnover
F
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
H
Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO)
Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
HR Business Partner
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Human Resources Information System (
Human Resources Management System (HRMS)
I
Indirect Compensation
Informal Communication
J
Job Classification
K
Knowledge Management
M
Military Leave from Work
O
Occupational Stress
Onboarding
P
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Passive Candidate
Payroll Software
Performance Improvement
Performance Management
Performance Review
Preferred Provider Organisation
Q
Qualifying Life Event
R
Recruiting Software
S
Sourcing
T
Talent Acquisition
Talent Management
Time-to-Hire
Time Tracking
The BambooHR HR Glossary
Welcome! If you’re here, chances are good you’re already walking the HR walk, which is why we’ve created an HR glossary: to help you talk (and write) the talk as well.
From the technical to the everyday, from Applicant Tracking System to Work/Life Balance (we haven’t found any Z words yet), we made a list of the most common HR terms and buzzwords, then focused on defining them in plain, easy-to-understand language. So, whether you’re a seasoned HR professional, a brand-new HR specialist, or just researching the human resources industry and looking for the words you need to know, you’ll find them here.
Our hope is that this glossary will be a resource for you in multiple aspects of your work. Whether you’re deciphering an email from the executive team, gaining a better understanding of an article (maybe one of ours) on HR responsibilities and key initiatives, or looking and sounding like a boss as you pitch a new training and development program, we’re here to help.
