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Career Orientation Basics
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Someone who creates a good or service
Vocational
Producer
Occupation
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
2. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Temporary Jobs
On-the-job training (OJT)
Credit
3. Business owned by one person
Post-secondary education
Information Technology
Sole Proprietorship
Education/Training Requirements
4. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Net pay
Seasonal Work
Job Market
Sick Leave
5. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Resource
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Skill
6. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Orientation
Working Conditions
Deduction
Volunteering
7. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Profit
Deduction
Career
Work ethic
8. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Assessment
Vocation
Global Economy
Law of Supply
9. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Competition
Assessment
Technical
Work ethic
10. Standards one believes is important about their work
Elective
Work Values
Finance
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
11. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Procrastinator
Vocation
Ethnic
Letter of Application
12. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Credit
Decision-Making Process
Networking
13. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Ethnic
O*Net
Workforce diversity
Brain Orientation
14. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Goal
Free Enterprise System
GED certificate
Temporary Jobs
15. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Technology
Job Duty
Entry-Level Jobs
16. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goal
Consumer
Full-Time Job
Entrepreneur
17. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Associate degree
Internship
Decision-Making Process
Job Duty
18. Earnings above base pay
Job Outlook
Conflict
Persistent
Overtime
19. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Architecture and Construction
Financial aid
Resume
20. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Employer
Self-Concept
Marketing Sales and Service
Stock
21. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Work
Seasonal Work
Job Market
22. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Base Pay
Working Conditions
Retailing
Economy
23. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Prerequisite
Career Ladder
Identity
Working Conditions
24. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
GED certificate
Assessment
Seasonal Work
Letter of Application
25. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Business Management and Administration
Global Economy
Volunteering
26. A decision or plan that can be changed
Compromise
Orientation
Producer
Tentative Decision
27. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Education/Training Requirements
Values
Salary Range
28. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Career Goal
Research
Letter of Application
29. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Specializing
Technology
Decision
Interest
30. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Follow-up Letter
Decision-Making Process
Net pay
31. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Scholarships
Education and Training
Sole Proprietorship
Annual Leave
32. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Workforce diversity
Year-to-date earnings
Enterprise
Learning Style
33. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Temporary Jobs
Net pay
Free Enterprise System
Credit
34. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Reference
Competition
Outsourcing
Discrimination
35. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Tuition
Conflict
Bi-Weekly Pay
Semi-monthly Pay
36. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Competition
Wage
Orientation
Personnel
37. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Short-Term Goal
Assessment
Entry-Level Jobs
Graduate school
38. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Applicant
Retailing
Application form
39. An amount of money charged by others for services
Fee
Letter of Application
Gross pay
Work
40. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after they successfully complete a required set of college courses in both general and specific areas - usually lasting 4 years
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41. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Interest
Attitude
Employment Agency
Bi-Weekly Pay
42. A thank you letter written following an interview
Law Public Safety and Security
Follow-up Letter
Career Goal
Government and Public Administration
43. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Outsourcing
Job
Enterprise
44. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Work Environment
Learning Style
Tuition
Demographics
45. A person who works with you
Co-worker
Evaluate
Long-Term Goal
Goal
46. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
classifieds
Vendor
Study Skills
Deduction
47. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Competition
Job Outlook
Laws of supply and demand
48. Typical way of life
Lifestyle
Information Technology
Work ethic
Ability
49. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Procedure
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Law Public Safety and Security
Research
50. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Identity
Scholarships
Career Interest Area
Employment Outlook