A few HR-isms I previously mocked actually became key as I decided on my next job:
Total Value of Compensation began as attempt to get people to look past the (depressingly) average salaries and consider their other benefits. In addition to making me realize what health insurance really costs, it showed me that there really is more to the iceberg than base salary. When it came down to comparing offers, I tallied up salary, bonus, 401(k), pension, insurance, and total days off to get an overall dollar figure for compensation.
Work-Life Balance is another bit of corporate double-speak: work hard, but don’t totally burn out. For me, this came down to weighing what a company offered versus what they expected. High pay, but long days and little vacation? No thanks.
Grab Hold of Your Career is perhaps the best one: you control your destiny, and it may very well lie beyond the walls of your current employer, though they probably won’t tell you that part! 
