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A–Z of CIPD terms

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

 

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

 


A

  • accreditation of prior certificated learning (APCL)
  • accredited centres
  • Act (of Parliament)
  • ad hoc
  • advanced practitioner
  • Advanced Practitioner Standards
  • advanced standing
  • adviser
  • Affiliate (level of membership)
  • Affiliate member/membership
  • and (not &)
  • Annual Conference & Exhibition
  • approved development and assessment centres (ADACs)
  • approved status
  • assessment against national standards
  • assessor (generic)
  • Assessor and Verifier Awards or Assessor and Verifier Units (except when used with bracket device at top of document)
  • Associate (level of membership)
  • Associate member/membership
  • awayday
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B

  • (a) bachelor's degree
  • branch (generic)
  • (Leeds) Branch (place + Branch)
  • Branch Adviser (job title)
  • branch adviser(s) (generic)
  • Branch Chairs’ Day
  • Branch Council (specific)
  • broadbanding
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C

  • candidate
  • Candidate Handbook (CIPD publication)
  • career management (no hyphen, unless essential for clarity)
  • Case Studies Club
  • case study (no hyphen, unless essential for clarity)
  • CD-ROM
  • centre (generic)
  • century, eg twenty-first century
  • certificate award
  • Certificate in Business Awareness and Advanced Professional Study (CBAAPS)
  • Certificate in Employment Relations Law and Practice (CERLAP) 
  • Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP)
  • Certificate in Recruitment and Selection (CRS) 
  • Certificate in Training Practice (CTP)
  • Chartered Companion
  • Chartered Fellow
  • Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  • Chartered Member
  • Chartered membership (meaning all three grades of Member, Fellow and Companion)
  • the CIPD 
  • CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition
  • CIPD member/membership
  • CIPD Professional Standards (Standards if referring to part of the Professional Standards)
  • CIPD update (CIPD e-newsletter)
  • CIPD website
  • click-through
  • (the) Coalition Government (specific)
  • (a) coalition government (generic)
  • code of practice
  • code of professional conduct and disciplinary procedures
  • (the) Communities (online)
  • content management system (CMS)
  • Continuing Professional Development (CIPD product)
  • continuing professional development (generic)
  • co-operate
  • co-ordinate, co-ordinator
  • copyright symbol – © (on first reference only)
  • Core Management
  • Core Personnel and Development
  • Core P&D (in tables only)
  • cost-benefit (eg a benefit that involves less cost)
  • cost–benefit analysis (use en dash, not hyphen, as this is an analysis of cost against benefit)
  • cost-effective
  • Council (CIPD)
  • Course Tutor (job title)
  • course tutor(s) (generic)
  • CPD Adviser (job title)
  • CPD adviser(s) (generic)
  • CPD Membership Advisers' Handbook (CIPD publication)
  • CV
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D

  • dataset (no hyphen)
  • decision-making (n. and adj.)
  • defined-benefit (DB) pension scheme
  • defined-contribution (DC) pension scheme
  • Directive (EU legislation)
  • Directory (CIPD Learning Directory)
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E

  • e-commerce (upper-case ‘E’ at beginning of sentence)
  • e-learning (upper-case ‘E’ at beginning of sentence)
  • email (upper-case ‘E’ at beginning of sentence)
  • e-newsletter (upper-case ‘E’ at beginning of sentence)
  • Employee Development (module)
  • Employee Reward (module)
  • equal opportunities
  • Executive Board (specific)
  • executive briefing (CIPD series of publications)
  • Experience Assessment
  • extranet
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F

  • factsheet
  • FAQs
  • far-reaching
  • first-come, first-served
  • Flexible Learning+ (product)
  • flexitime
  • focused/focusing/focuses
  • Forum (ie Reward Forum, Public Sector Forum)
  • forum(s) (generic)
  • full-time (always hyphenate)
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G

  • Gala Dinner
  • Generalist Personnel and Development (field)
  • a government (generic)
  • government (adj.)
  • the Government
  • Government
  • Graduate (level of membership)
  • Graduate member/membership
  • Green Paper
  • the Guardian
  • guide (CIPD series of publications)
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H

  • hands-on
  • homepage
  • homeworking
  • HR
  • HR Profession Map (But, use lower case when not giving full title, for example, 'find our how the map can help you'.) 
  • HR Software Show
  • Human Resources Planning (module)
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I

  • Impact (CIPD magazine)
  • In a Nutshell... (CIPD e-newsletter)
  • in-house (always hyphenate)
  • the Institute (when referring to the CIPD only)
  • institute(s) (generic)
  • International (Global) Employee Relations (module)
  • Internet
  • intranet
  • Ireland (do not use Eire or Republic of Ireland)
  • IT
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J

  • job-holder
  • job-shadowing
  • job-sharer, job-sharing
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K

  • knowledge management (no hyphen, unless essential for clarity)
  • knowledge-sharing
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L

  • Labour Market Outlook (CIPD quarterly report)
  • Learning and Skills Update (previously Online Training Digest)
  • Learning Directory
  • lifelong (no hyphen)
  • Limited
  • login (no hyphen)
  • logout (no hyphen)
  • Ltd
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M

  • Management Development (module)
  • Managing Technology-Based Learning (module)
  • (a) master's degree
  • member/membership (generic)
  • the Midlands
  • mindset (no hyphen)
  • multimedia
  • MyEvent
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N

  • National Vocational Qualification (NVQ)
  • neurolinguistic
  • newspaper titles: should appear in italics with lower-case ‘the’; ‘the’ not italicised except for The Times and The Economist
  • non-studying Affiliate (member)
  • NVQ/SVQ Level 4 in Personnel, Training and Development or Management
  • NVQs/SVQs (when plural)
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O

  • On Course (CIPD publication)
  • one to one, not 1:1
  • ongoing
  • online
  • (online) Communities (web area referred to in a printed document)
  • organisation, organise
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P

  • part-time (always hyphenate)
  • PC (not p.c.)
  • Pensions (module)
  • people management (no hyphen, unless essential for clarity)
  • People Management (magazine)
  • People Management Online (magazine online)
  • per cent and percentage (when writing percentages, use number plus %, except where the percentage is at the beginning of a sentence, when it should be spelled out)
  • performance criteria
  • Performance Management (module)
  • policy-making, policy-maker
  • postcode
  • Post-Conference Update (in italics if referred to in body text)
  • postgraduate (but post- prefix usually hyphenated)
  • PR
  • prepaid
  • Press Office
  • private sector (no hyphen unless essential for clarity)
  • professional assessment
  • Professional Assessment Application Pack
  • professional assessment of competence (PAC)
  • Professional Development Scheme (PDS)
  • Professional Qualification Scheme (PQS)
  • Professional Standards when referring to the whole Professional Standards (Standards when referring to part of the Professional Standards)
  • Professional Standards Workbook (CIPD publication)
  • profit-sharing
  • program (computers)
  • programme (other senses)
  • project management (no hyphen, unless essential for clarity)
  • public sector (no hyphen unless essential for clarity)
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Q

  • Qualification Routes (body copy)
  • Qualification routes (exception – when used as title at top of a document with the bracket device)
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R

  • re-admission, re-admit
  • registered symbol – ® (on first reference only)
  • Regulations (when referring to a specific piece of legislation)
  • reinstate
  • rejoin
  • reply-paid
  • reprint
  • Research Insight (CIPD series of publications)
  • research report (CIPD series of publications)
  • resit, resitting
  • rewrite
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S

  • Scotland Branch
  • Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs)
  • selection and assessment centres
  • self-employed (self- prefix always hyphenated)
  • ‘senior management is …’ (singular), ‘those in senior management are …’ (plural)
  • shortlist, shortlisted
  • sign up (no hyphen)
  • spam
  • specialisation
  • Specialist and Generalist Personnel and Development (field – not electives)
  • Specialist Personnel and Development (field – not electives)
  • stand-alone (adjective)
  • Standards (when referring to part of the Professional Standards)
  • straightforward
  • Student member/membership
  • studying Affiliate (member)
  • subcategory
  • subheading
  • survey report (CIPD series of publications)
  • NVQ/SVQ (when referring to both) and NVQs/SVQs (when plural)
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T

  • teambuilding
  • teamwork/teamworking
  • the Telegraph
  • teleworking
  • The Economist
  • The Times
  • timescale
  • Toolkit (CIPD publishing product)
  • Topics for Trainers (original exercises for trainers that can be printed off the website by members)
  • trademark symbol – ™ (on first reference only)
  • turnout
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U

  • upskilling (no hyphen)
  • URL (universal resource locator – web address)
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V

  • verifier (generic)
  • versus (in body), vs (abbreviated or in tables)
  • Vice-President (job title)
  • vice-president(s) (generic)
  • videoconference, videoconferencing
  • Vocational Education and Training (module)
  • vocational qualification(s) (generic)
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W

  • the web
  • web-based
  • webmaster
  • webpage
  • website
  • whistleblower, whistleblowing (no hyphen)
  • White Paper
  • work–life balance (note use of en dash, not hyphen)
  • worldwide
  • World Wide Web
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