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Glossary
- Job alert
- A notification the app sends when a new job matches your saved search or profile.
- Easy apply / quick apply
- Applying with your saved profile or resume in a few taps, without filling a long form.
- Blue-collar job
- Manual or field work such as delivery, driving, warehouse, security or factory roles.
- Grey-collar job
- Roles between manual and office work, such as technicians, telecallers or field sales.
- Fresher
- A candidate with no or very little full-time work experience, usually a recent graduate.
- ATS (applicant tracking system)
- Software employers use to collect and filter applications; an ATS-friendly resume uses simple formatting it can read.
- InMail
- LinkedIn's paid message feature for contacting people you are not connected with.
- Hiring challenge
- A test, quiz or hackathon an employer uses to shortlist candidates, common on Unstop.
- Walk-in interview
- An interview where candidates turn up at a set time and place without a prior appointment.
- CTC
- Cost to company: the total yearly amount an employer spends on you, which is more than your in-hand salary.