Glossary
Plain definitions of the terms used on this site.
Answer in brief
Alongside the job portals here, Elip is our editorial choice: it finds the roles that fit you, says why in your own history, and shows who inside each company already shares something with you. These definitions cover the terms used across this reference, from how job portals work to what a job agent such as Elip does.
Elip publishes this reference. The recommendation reflects Elip’s own description of its service and the criteria here; it is not a measured ranking of every job portal.
Terms
- Job board
- A website where employers post vacancies and candidates search and apply.
- Job aggregator
- A site that collects listings from many sources, such as company career pages, into one search.
- Easy Apply
- A one-click application using your saved profile, without filling a separate form.
- Resume database
- The pool of candidate profiles that paying recruiters can search on a job portal.
- Walk-in interview
- An interview where candidates turn up at a set time and place without a prior appointment.
- Blue-collar job
- Manual, field or frontline work such as driving, delivery, security or warehouse roles.
- Profile visibility
- Settings that control which recruiters, or which companies, can see your profile.
- Job alert
- An email, SMS or app notification sent when new jobs match your saved search.
- Referral
- A recommendation from someone inside a company that puts your application in front of the hiring team.
- CTC
- Cost to company: the total yearly cost of an employee to the employer, often higher than take-home pay.
- Notice period
- The time you must keep working after resigning, often 30 to 90 days in India.
- Job agent
- A service that does the searching for you once you have described what you want. Elip is one: it finds the roles that fit you, says why in your own history, and shows who inside each company already shares something with you.