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Career Orientation Basics
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Credit
Values
Orientation
Resume
2. Earnings above base pay
Time Management
Overtime
Net pay
Finance
3. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Union
Career Goal
Apprenticeship
Personality Trait
4. Business which two or more people own and operate
Career Portfolio
Partnership
Net pay
Elective
5. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Sole Proprietorship
Compromise
Short-Term Goal
Qualification
6. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Marketing Sales and Service
Architecture and Construction
Work Values
7. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Union dues
Tentative Decision
Services
Wage
8. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Help-wanted ads
Personality Type
Retailing
Full-Time Job
9. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Information Technology
Consumer
Internet
Scholarships
10. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Decision-Making Process
Persistent
Base Pay
11. A group of employees
Job
Personnel
Full-Time Job
Volunteering
12. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Risk
Temporary Jobs
Prerequisite
Interview
13. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Full-Time Job
Job lead
Career Ladder
Internship
14. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interview
Tuition
Interest Inventory
Internship
15. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Career Portfolio
Net pay
Consumer
Priortize
16. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Retailing
Architecture and Construction
Deduction
Salary Range
17. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Networking
Identity
Check Stub
18. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Retailing
Fringe benefits
GED certificate
Learning Style
19. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Career Goal
Economy
O*Net
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
20. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Risk
Personality
Job Description
21. 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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22. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
classifieds
Discrimination
Associate degree
Work Environment
23. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Corporation
Short-Term Goal
Hospitality and Tourism
Competition
24. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Goal
Producer
Career Interest Area
25. Work that a person does for pay
Job
Goods
Year-to-date earnings
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
26. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Interview
Temporary Jobs
Bi-Weekly Pay
Personality
27. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Education/Training Requirements
Work Environment
Follow-up Letter
Tuition
28. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Research
Union
Procedure
29. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Architecture and Construction
Check Stub
Application form
Net pay
30. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Year-to-date earnings
Year-to-date earnings
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Business Plan
31. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Interview
Commission
OOH
Salary Range
32. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Stock
Vendor
Job Shadowing
33. A thank you letter written following an interview
Personnel
Business Management and Administration
Financial aid
Follow-up Letter
34. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Work
Gross pay
Stock
Economy
35. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Gross pay
Job Shadowing
Co-worker
36. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Services
Time Management
O*Net
Union
37. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Vocation
Part-Time Jobs
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Specializing
38. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Career Goal
Year-to-date earnings
Fringe benefits
Resume
39. A person who works with you
Interview
Gross pay
Economy
Co-worker
40. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Discrimination
Vocation
Business Plan
Internship
41. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Education and Training
Contract Labor
Conflict
42. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Architecture and Construction
Job Duty
career cluster
Employment Agency
43. Any education or training following high school
Law Public Safety and Security
Credit
Post-secondary education
Application form
44. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Business Plan
Listening Skills
Networking
Base Pay
45. Temporary work during the summer
Sick Leave
Seasonal Work
Work ethic
Professional
46. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Law Public Safety and Security
Job Shadowing
Temporary Jobs
Internet
47. Possibility of loss
Bi-Weekly Pay
Partnership
Risk
Procrastinator
48. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Evaluate
Stock
Education and Training
Procrastinator
49. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Listening Skills
Corporation
Job Market
Related Occupations
50. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Specializing
Specializing
Education/Training Requirements
Employer