What Does It Mean When the HR Status Is in Progress?. The employment application process can be a nerve-wracking time. Once an application has been submitted, days can seem like weeks as ...

You just don't know — for every application, does the job exist, is the job still open, are you a good fit, is it a good wage, do they already have someone that they're interviewing?

What does progress mean to you? We asked activists, entrepreneurs, historians, and economists how they define this deceptively simple term.