Overview
This glossary explains the terms used throughout CareerTruss. If you come across an unfamiliar word in the platform or documentation, you'll likely find it here.
Always expanding
New features introduce new terminology. This glossary is updated as CareerTruss evolves.
A–Z Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Applicant | A student who has applied to an internship. |
| Application | A submission made by a student for an internship opportunity. |
| Application Gate | A rule or condition that must be satisfied before an application can proceed. |
| Application Status | The current stage of a student's application. |
| Auto-Archived | The inactive state reached when an internship remains paused for the defined enforcement period. |
| Auto-Paused | An internship temporarily hidden from students because the employer has unresolved application activity under EIES. |
| Career Score | A profile quality indicator that helps students complete important profile information. |
| cTb | CareerTruss Bridge - The Bridge that connects Students and Employers/Companies or vice versa |
| cTb credits | CareerTruss Bridge Credits, the platform's internal credit and payment system. |
| CTNE | CareerTruss Notification Engine, the system responsible for generating and delivering platform notifications. |
| Employer | A company or organization that publishes internship opportunities. |
| Employer Role | The account role used by organizations managing internship opportunities. |
| Employer Submission | Internship information submitted by an employer for administrative review. |
| EIES | Employer Inactivity Enforcement System, the system that monitors unresolved employer application activity and applies automated enforcement. |
| External Application | An application process that redirects applicants to another website. |
| Grace Period | The additional time given to an employer to resolve overdue applications before enforcement occurs. |
| Internal Application | An application completed directly within CareerTruss. |
| Internship | An opportunity offered by an employer for students or early-career professionals. |
| Listing | An internship opportunity published by an employer. |
| Listing Status | The current lifecycle state of an internship listing. |
| Moderation | The review process performed before a listing becomes publicly visible. |
| Moderation Queue | The collection of employer submissions awaiting administrative review or action. |
| Needs Changes | A moderation outcome indicating that an employer must modify the submission before publication. |
| Notification | A system-generated message triggered by a platform event. |
| Notification Dispatcher | The service responsible for processing queued notifications and delivering them to their recipients. |
| Notification Template | A predefined message structure used by CTNE for a specific notification event. |
| Pending Review | A listing waiting for moderation before publication. |
| Profile | A student's or employer's information displayed within CareerTruss. |
| Published | An internship that has passed moderation and is publicly visible. |
| Reactivation | The process of returning an auto-paused internship to an active state. |
| Resolved Application | An application that no longer requires employer action and therefore does not contribute to EIES inactivity. |
| Saved Roles | A collection of bookmarked internship opportunities. |
| Site Superintendent | The administrative role responsible for overseeing the CareerTruss platform. In the current system, this corresponds to the Admin role. |
| Standard Internship | A regular internship classified as either Unpaid or Stipend. |
| Status | The current stage of an application or internship listing. |
| Student Role | The account role used by students searching and applying for opportunities. |
| Training / Bootcamp | An internship-type opportunity involving structured training and classified separately from standard internships. |
| TBA | To be announced. |
| Verification | The process of confirming ownership of an email address. |
| Warning | An EIES state in which an employer has overdue application activity but still has time remaining in the grace period to respond. |
| Withdrawn | An application voluntarily withdrawn by the student. |
Related pages
Application Status Reference
Understand every application status.
Quickstart
Learn the basics of CareerTruss.
Accounts & Roles
Understand Student and Employer accounts.
Documentation status: Stable