Employment

right|thumb|242x242px|Peter (enslaved man)|Peter, a slave from Louisiana, in 1863. The scars are the result of a whipping by his overseer.

activities performed as a means of support

Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other entity, pays the other, the employee, in return for carrying out assigned work. Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties. Employees in some secto

activity done by a person to earn money

agreement between employer and employee or labor union on terms of work and compensation

An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period of time. Once confined to medical graduates, internship is used to practice for a wide range of placements in businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies and political parties. They are typically undertaken by students and graduates looking to gain relevant skills and experience in a particular field. Employers benefit from these placements because they often recruit employees from their best interns, who have known capabilities, thus saving time and money in the long run. Internships are

Self-employment is the state of working for oneself rather than an employer. Tax authorities will generally view a person as self-employed if the person chooses to be recognised as such or if the person is generating income for which a tax return needs to be filed. In the real world, the critical issue for tax authorities is not whether a person is engaged in business activity (called trading even when referring to the provision of a service) but whether the activity is profitable and therefore potentially taxable. In other words, the trading is likely to be ignored if there is no profit, so o

social fund managed by the European Union

equilibrium of personal life, professional life and family life

illegal work

social class of working people whose incomes fall below a poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income

process of managing feelings and expressions to fulfill the emotional requirements of a job

the act of looking for employment

form or collection of forms that an individual seeking employment, called an applicant, must fill out as part of the process of informing an employer

document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the person being recommended

thumb|right|200px|In 2014, university graduates from the U.S. were often unable to find a job requiring a degree; 44% could only find service jobs such as barista positions that do not require postsecondary education. Underemployment is the underuse of a worker because their job does not use their skills, offers them too few hours, or leaves the worker idle. It is contrasted with unemployment, where a person lacks a job at all despite wanting one.

assurance that an individual is likely to retain employment, with relatively low chance of becoming unemployed

Ergophobia (also referred to as ergasiophobia or ponophobia) is described as an extreme and debilitating fear associated with work (manual labor, non-manual labor, etc.), a fear of finding or losing employment, or fear of specific tasks in the workplace. The term ergophobia comes from the Greek "ergon" (work) and "phobos" (fear).

employment arrangement where typically two people are retained on a part-time or reduced-time basis to perform a job normally fulfilled by one person working full-time

occupation with guaranteed income security

technique used by employers

Employability refers to the attributes of a person that make that person able to gain and maintain employment.

hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their name

field of study that can have different meanings depending on the context in which it is used

age at which a person can be legally employed

work for occupying time or that creates only an illusion of value

problem producing an impact on an organization