HR & Recruiting Glossary

This glossary will support any HR professional, business owner, or hiring manager. Here you will be able to find the knowledge of key terms and concepts shaping the hiring world.

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Search Engine


A Search Engine is a program that searches for specific items in a database, namely the internet. These items may correspond to key search terms specified by a user. Results will include articles, websites, and data, all related to the given search terms. An example of a search engine is google.com.


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