B. Employment

Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. In this relationship, the employer conceives of a productive activity, generally with the intention of creating financial revenues, and the employee contributes labour to the enterprise, usually in return for payment. Employment also exists in the public, nonprofit and household sectors. An employer is any entity that hires employees; it can be either a person, a company, an organization or a corporation.

The employee may contribute to the evolution of the enterprise, but the employer maintains control over the productive infrastructure, such as intellectual property and business contacts (the former can be particularly important with regards to copyright law, as in "works for hire" within the scope of employment and as a function thereof can and usually are considered to be authored by the employer, not the employee who actually made them). Many persons sell their labor without having legal standing as employees. These workers are called independent contractors.

Job

In general, the word job refers to any discrete activity of economic production. In this sense, a group may divide up a set of tasks among its members, each task being "the job" of the individual it is assigned to. However, the word "job" has become synonymous with "employment". This refers to the long term relationship between a labourer and those who have legal control of the other factors of production. In this sense, labourers talk of "getting a job", or "having a job". This conceptual metaphor of a "job" as a possession has led to its use in slogans such as "money for jobs, not bombs". Similar conceptions are that of "land" as a possession (real estate) or intellectual rights as a possession (intellectual property).

Factors considered when choosing your fist job

I want to:

• enjoy my job

• like the people I work with

• have enough money to afford the things I enjoy

• receive training

• find the work stimulating

• have an inspirational* boss

• have a good social life

• have the opportunity to take professional qualifications

• work for a respected** company

• have a position of responsibility

• be passionate about the industry I work in

• have job security***

• be in control of freedom at work

• work for a well-known company

• not have to work overtime or at weekends

• have a job that will take me abroad

• have an excellent salary

• have other people think what I do sounds good

*-motivating; **-people think well of (the company); ***-no worry about losing your job

Employer

An employer is a person or institution that hires employees or workers. Employers offer wages to the workers in exchange for the worker's labor-power.

Employers include everything from individuals hiring a babysitter to governments and businesses which hired many thousands of employees. In most western societies governments are the largest single employers, but most of the work force is employed in small and medium businesses in the private sector.

Within large organizations the management of employees is often handled by Human Resources departments.

An organization which has workers who labour for something other than wages, such as volunteers, is generally not considered an employer. Someone who works under a threat of physical force is known as a slave and slave owners are also not considered employers.

There are differing types of employers. Some are permanent and provide a guaranteed salary, other employers hire workers on short term contracts or rely on consultants.

To prevent this employees can organize into labour unions or government regulations can intervene in the economy. Some companies also feel that a happier work force is a better one and thus offer extra benefits to improve morale and performance. Early forms of wages included salt (from which the word salary is derived).