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Career Orientation Basics
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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. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Vendor
Career
Internship
Procrastinator
2. Learning on the job
Career Ladder
Time Management
On-the-job training (OJT)
Orientation
3. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Wage
Vocation
Reference
Prerequisite
4. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Associate degree
Part-Time Jobs
Credit
5. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Personality Type
Values
Assessment
Job Market
6. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Research
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Reference
7. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Salary Range
Partnership
Vocational
Job Shadowing
8. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Hospitality and Tourism
Education/Training Requirements
Information Technology
9. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Application form
Plan
Architecture and Construction
Specializing
10. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Listening Skills
Professional
Qualification
Specializing
11. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
On-the-job training (OJT)
Specializing
Bi-Weekly Pay
Career Interest Area
12. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Wholesale
Job Duty
Job Market
Values
13. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Demographics
Interest Inventory
Self-Esteem
14. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Personality
Employment Agency
Self-Concept
Values
15. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Law of Demand
Job Outlook
Plan
Brain Orientation
16. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Prerequisite
Wholesale
Consumer
Law of Supply
17. Personal standards by which one lives
Values
Union
Seasonal Work
Economy
18. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Listening Skills
Prerequisite
Technology
Personnel
19. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Graduate school
Part-Time Jobs
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Human Services
20. As the price increases producers produce more
Brain Orientation
Related Occupations
Law of Supply
career cluster
21. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Occupation
Schedule
Self-Esteem
Decision-Making Process
22. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Vocation
Services
Bi-Weekly Pay
Volunteering
23. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Resource
Graduate school
Procedure
Information Technology
24. The type of job in which a person is employed
Workforce diversity
Goods
Letter of Application
Occupation
25. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Part-Time Jobs
Education/Training Requirements
Bi-Weekly Pay
Laws of supply and demand
26. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Commission
Law of Demand
Career Goal
Fee
27. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Job Duty
Workforce diversity
Deduction
Full-Time Job
28. Collection of information about oneself
Goal
Screen out
Goods
Career Portfolio
29. Temporary work during the summer
Apprenticeship
Seasonal Work
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Internet
30. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Sick Leave
Business Plan
Schedule
Fee
31. Commoney known as Social Security
Identity
Short-Term Goal
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Global Economy
32. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Technology
Bachelor's degree
Architecture and Construction
Union
33. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Wage
Job Description
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Services
34. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Post-secondary education
Ability
Application form
Marketing Sales and Service
35. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Tuition
OOH
Scholarships
Screen out
36. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Human Services
GED certificate
Work
classifieds
37. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Seasonal Work
Economy
Law of Demand
Manufacturing
38. As the price increases producers produce more
Prerequisite
Education and Training
Law of Supply
Volunteering
39. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Associate degree
Goods
Work
40. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Skill
Law Public Safety and Security
Risk
Net pay
41. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Application form
Scholarships
Work ethic
Financial aid
42. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Global Economy
Commission
Semi-monthly Pay
GED certificate
43. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Conflict
Attitude
Networking
Self-Esteem
44. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Employment Outlook
Credit
Persistent
Career Goal
45. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Ethnic
Apprenticeship
Free Enterprise System
classifieds
46. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Post-secondary education
Year-to-date earnings
Wage
Demographics
47. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Education/Training Requirements
Bi-Weekly Pay
Persistent
Global Economy
48. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Business Management and Administration
Full-Time Job
Self-Concept
Marketing Sales and Service
49. Someone who creates a good or service
Outsourcing
Employment Agency
Sole Proprietorship
Producer
50. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Work ethic
Goal
Discrimination
Entry-Level Jobs