A Recruitment Glossary
This glossary is designed to help Cambodians who are working in Human Resources deal with the common terms used through the recruitment process. If you are an HR Manager, a hiring manager or a business owner, all of us at Top Recruitment Cambodia hope that you find this information useful.
| Active candidate | Someone who is looking to change their job or they are looking for their first job. |
| Applicant | Someone who applies for a job, usually in response to a job advertisement |
| Assess | To measure the effectiveness of someone |
| Candidate | Someone who is being considered for a job |
| Competency | The ability, knowledge and/or skills to do something successfully |
| Cover letter | The letter written by an applicant which explains why they are a suitable candidate for a job |
| Criteria | Standards used for judging or deciding |
| CV | Curriculum Vitae (a Latin word), sometimes called a Resume. It is a list of all the jobs someone has held, their education and other information which relates to their career |
| Evaluate | Observe and measure someone with the goal of giving them a ‘value’ or score |
| Fit | Suitability. Someone who is a ‘fit’ for a job is qualified and suitable for it |
| Hiring manager | The manager who wants or needs to hire employees |
| Human Resources Manager | The manager who has responsibility for all aspects of the people in the organisation |
| Job board | An online list of jobs which are open and for which employers are looking for applicants. Usually posting a job is free for employers as the website makes a profit from selling advertising |
| Job description | A written document detailing the responsibilities and duties of a position. This is usually an internal document in the organisation and can be used to assess employee performance. |
| Job portal | An online list of jobs which are open and for which employers are looking for applicants. Employers usually pay to advertise on a job portal and applicants usually have to complete an online profile. The profile is held in a database behind the portal where employers can access it. |
| Jobseeker | Another word for a candidate or an applicant |
| Line manager | The manager who an employee directly reports to |
| Organisation | This can be a company of any size, a development agency or other entity (like a school for example) which may not be registered as a company and may or may not exist to make a profit. |
| Organisational structure | A chart which shows all the reporting relationships in an organisation |
| Outsourcing | Using a third-party vendor for a non-core function. Examples might be a bank having a service contract with a company to supply guards, or cleaners. Processes can also be outsourced, for example a call-centre might answer enquiries or a delivery agency deliver messages or packages. Professional services are also considered outsourcing and these can be an accountant, lawyer, a real estate agency, travel agent or recruitment agency. |
| Passive candidate | Someone who is not thinking about changing their job but might become a candidate after they are approached by a hiring manager, a recruiter or a friend and the new job is discussed with them |
| Portfolio | A collection of creative work. For creative professionals (designers, architects, photographers) their portfolio is often more important than their CV when they are looking for a job. |
| Recruiter | Anyone who is carrying out the recruitment function. |
| Recruitment agency | A company which employs consultants to source talent for their clients |
| Talent acquisition | The process of finding and hiring people who match the organisation’s needs. |
| Talent management | Looking at the human capital needs of an organisation and planning to meet those needs. It is the science of strategically planning human resources to improve the value of the business and making it possible for the business to achieve its goals. |
| Talent mapping | Identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the employees – usually in your own sector and particularly in your competitors |
| Trait, Attribute, Characteristic, Quality, Feature | These words all have a very similar meaning and in recruitment they are all used to talk about people. They refer to ‘parts’ of the person, usually based on the person’s knowledge or skills. |
