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Job Sharing: The practice of two different employees performing the tasks of one full-time position.

Job Shadowing: A temporary, unpaid work experience opportunity where students learn about a particular job (typically in a field of interest) by walking through the work day as a shadow to an employee.

Job Title: A specific name given to a particular job which is used to distinguish that job from other jobs within the organization.

Job Satisfaction: Used to define how an employee feels regarding their job, work environment, pay, benefits, etc.

Job Sampling: During the selection process, the term refers to the practice of observing and measuring how an applicant actually performs certain selected job tasks.

Job Redesign: The process of restructuring a job by adding, changing or eliminating certain tasks or functions in order to make the job more satisfying or challenging.

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Job Rotation: The practice of transferring employees for temporary periods of time between varying jobs within an organization. Often used as a training and development method.

Job-Relatedness: The requirement that an employer be able to demonstrate that a particular action, policy or job requirement is related to the actual job.

Jobber: A term for a market maker used on the London Stock Exchange.