- Abandon Rate
- Abilene Paradox
- Absence Management
- Absenteeism
- Acqui-hiring
- Ageism
- Agile HR
- Applicant Tracking System
- Apprenticeship
- Attrition
- Baby Boomers
- Back Pay
- Background verification
- Basic Salary
- Behavioral Competency
- Benchmarking
- Bereavement Leave
- Blind Hiring
- Boomerang Employees
- Business Casual
- Candidate Experience
- Candidate Ghosting
- Candidate Persona
- Candidate Pool
- Cooling Period
- Corporate Catfishing
- Cultural Fit
- Disciplinary Action
- Diversity Training
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Dry Promotion
- Employee Assessment
- Employee Benefits
- Employee Experience
- Employee Lifecycle
- Employee Morale
- Employee Net Promoter Score
- Employee Persona
- Employer Branding
- Exit Interview
- Floating Holiday
- Functional Resume
- Generation Z
- Gig Economy
- Gig Workers
- Golden Handcuffs
- Hostile Work Environment
- Inpatriate
- Involuntary Termination
- Job Description
- Job Rotation
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Matrix Organization
- Merit Pay
- Micro Retirement
- Millennials
- Minimum Wage
- Negligent Hiring
- Negligent Referral
- Negligent Retention
- Nepotism
- Passive Candidate
- Pay Equity
- People Analytics
- Predictive Hiring
- Quiet Quitting
- Quiet Vacationing
- Recruiting Automation
- Reskilling
- Sabbatical
- Side Hustle Culture
- Skills Gap
- Social Media Recruiting
- Succession Planning
- Talent Pipeline
- Talent Pool
- Talent Relationship Management (TRM)
- Time-to-Fill
- Time-to-Hire
- Turn-around Time
- Upskilling
- Wage Drift
- Whistleblower
- Work Ethic
- Work-Life Balance
- Workforce Planning
- Workplace Diversity
- Wrongful Termination
How Do They Differ?
HR professionals often encounter various terms that can be confusing or easily conflated due to their similarities or overlapping nature. Here are some common "This vs. That" terms to clear the confusion.
- Active Candidate vs Passive Candidate
- Applicant Pool vs Candidate Pool
- Applicant Tracking System vs Recruitment CRM
- Asynchronous video interview vs Synchronous video interview
- ATS vs CRM
- Background Check vs Background Verification
- Behavioral Interview vs Situational Interview
- Blind Hiring vs Inclusive Hiring
- Blue Collar vs White Collar
- Candidate Experience vs Candidate Journey
- Candidate Nurturing vs Candidate Engagement
- Career Development vs Career Advancement
- Compensation vs Benefits
- Compliance Training vs Skills Training
- Contingent Worker vs Contractual Worker
- Contingent Worker vs Freelancer
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) vs Employer Branding
- Cover Letter vs Letter of Intent
- CTC vs Gross Salary
- Cultural Competence vs Cultural Intelligence
- Diversity vs Inclusion
- Employee Benefits vs Perks
- Employee Engagement vs Employee Satisfaction
- Employee Referral vs Employee Advocacy
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) vs Stock Options
- Employee Turnover vs Employee Attrition
- Employer Branding vs Corporate Branding
- Employer Branding vs Recruitment Marketing
- Employment Law vs Labor Law
- Equity vs Equality
- Exit Interview vs Stay Interview
- Floating Holiday vs PTO
- Glass Ceiling vs Glass Cliff
- Hard Skills vs Soft Skills
- Headhunting vs Talent Poaching
- Hiring Funnel vs Interview Funnel
- Holacracy vs Hierarchical Structure
- HR Analytics vs People Analytics
- HR Strategy vs HR Tactics
- In-house Recruitment vs Outsourced Recruitment
- Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Employee Motivation
- Job Description vs Job Specification
- Mentoring vs Coaching
- Multigenerational Workforce vs Generational Diversity
- Onboarding vs Orientation
- Pay Equity vs Pay Equality
- Performance Appraisal vs Performance Management
- Performance Bonus vs Commission
- Performance Review vs 360-Degree Feedback
- Pre-Screening vs Assessment Testing
- Probationary Period vs Trial Period
- Quiet Hiring vs Quiet Firing
- Quiet Quitting vs Quiet Firing
- Recruitment vs Talent Acquisition
- Remote Work vs Hybrid Work
- Resume Screening vs Resume Parsing
- Resume vs CV
- Retention vs Attrition
- Severance Pay vs Redundancy Pay
- Synchronous Interview vs On-Demand Interview
- Talent Management vs Performance Management
- Talent Pool vs Talent Pipeline
- Time-to-Fill vs Time-to-Hire
- Training vs Development
- Upskilling vs Reskilling
