Employment Glossary Terms Starting With M

Find job search glossary terms and employment definitions that start with the letter M here. See the individual pages for each letter of the alphabet for other employment glossary terms:
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Management Recruiter
A management recruiter specializes in hiring individuals from a variety of business sectors.

Mandated Employee Benefits
Almost all employers are legally required to provide certain benefits for employees. These include Medicare, Social Security, Workers' Compensation, and unemployment insurance.

Mandatory Overtime
Information on when an employer can require you to work mandatory overtime and how much you are entitled to be paid for the overtime hours you work.

Maternity leave, Paternity leave, Adoption Leave
Family leave, which includes maternity leave or paternity leave and adoption leave, provides for paid or unpaid time off from work after the birth or adoption of a child.

Merit Pay
Merit pay is a pay increase based on goals or achievements set by an employer, rather than a pay rate based on a union contract or a defined pay scale for a position.

Military Protection From Discrimination
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) protects the job rights of those who voluntarily or involuntarily leave employment positions to partake in military service.

Military Recruiter
A military recruiter specializes in hiring individuals to enlist in a variety of military positions.

Mindset
Your mindset is your attitude; it shapes how you understand and respond to situations.

Mini Resume
A mini resume is a summary of your education, work experience, credentials, and accomplishments.

Minimum Wage
Minimum Wage - The current minimum wage, which employers are required to pay a minimum wage, and the federal and minimum wage for each state.

Minimum Wage Exemption
Some jobs and duties are exempt from minimum wage requirements.

Mock Interview
A mock interview is a simulation of an actual job interview.

Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator
The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator is a personality typing test that categorizes people into four personality types: Extroversion or Introversion, Sense or Intuition, Thinking or Feeling, and Judging or Perceiving.

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