401(k) plan
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Agreement in which a percentage of an employee’s pay is withheld and invested in a tax-deferred account
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Acceptance rate
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Percent of applicants hired divided by total number of applicants
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Active practice
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Performance of job-related tasks and duties by trainees during training
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Adverse selection
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Situation in which only higher-risk employees select and use certain benefits
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Affirmative action
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Employers are urged to hire groups of people based on their race, age, gender, or national origin, to make up for historical discrimination
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Affirmative action plan (AAP)
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Formal document that an employer compiles annually for submission to enforcement agencies
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Applicant pool
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All persons who are actually evaluated for selection
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Applicant population
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A subset of the labor force population that is available for selection using a particular recruiting approach
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Arbitration
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Process that uses a neutral third party to make a decision
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Assessment centers
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Collections of instruments and exercises designed to diagnose individuals’ development needs
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Attitude survey
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A survey that focuses on employees’ feelings and beliefs about their jobs and the organization
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