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| Your first contact with a potential employer |
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| Letter informing a prospective employer that you are interested in working for their company |
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| FICA(Federal Insurance Contributions Act) |
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| Government legislation that funds Social Security |
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| Progressive tax on the financial income of individuals, companies, decreased estates, and certain bakruptcy estates paid to the government. |
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| A meeting between an employer and an applicant; the employer asks the applicant questions to assess whether he or she has the right social skills and intelligence for the job |
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| The amount subtracted from a paycheck, either by governmen requirement (mandatory taxes,Social Security, etc.) or at the employee's request (Health insurance, retirement plan, etc.) |
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| The document that lists personal work history |
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| The career fied you should be in according to your interests and personality traits |
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| an unmarried taxpayer who provides more than 50% of the cost of keeping up a home for both their self or antoher qualified individual |
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| a person who relies on someone else for financial support |
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| also know as FIT (Federal Income Tax) withholding. this is pay as you earn taxation. taxes are taken out of your wages or other income before you receive the money. |
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| the number you calculate and nput on yor form W-4 so your employer can calculate the amount of income tax to withhold from your paycheck. the more allowances you claim, the less income tax will be withheld. usually, you claim one allowance each for yourself, your spouse, and each of your dependents. |
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| amount subtracted from an employee's gross pay to reach net pay |
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