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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 group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Risk
Personality Type
Contract Labor
Vocational
2. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job Duty
Human Services
Partnership
Skill
3. Commoney known as Social Security
Profit
Workforce diversity
Resume
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
4. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Volunteering
Employment Outlook
Information Technology
Salary Range
5. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Salary Range
Compromise
Check Stub
Ethnic
6. Possibility of loss
Compromise
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Risk
Work Values
7. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
Employment Outlook
Union dues
Government and Public Administration
8. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Stock
Job Outlook
Career Portfolio
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
9. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Priortize
Consumer
Career Goal
10. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Profit
Career Ladder
Competition
Occupation
11. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Entry-Level Jobs
Elective
Attitude
Skill
12. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Persistent
Ability
Personality Type
Business Management and Administration
13. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Law of Demand
Demographics
Employer
Sick Leave
14. Someone who creates a good or service
Corporation
Producer
Outsourcing
Brain Orientation
15. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Work ethic
Reference
Volunteering
Goods
16. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Seasonal Work
Business Management and Administration
Identity
Loss
17. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Union
Study Skills
Internship
Interview
18. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Work ethic
Government and Public Administration
Competition
19. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Volunteering
Government and Public Administration
Manufacturing
Discrimination
20. A definition of work duties
Learning Style
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Temporary Jobs
Job Description
21. A course or program that teaches job skills
Salary
Vocational
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Job Duty
22. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Workforce diversity
Graduate school
Fringe benefits
Resource
23. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Aptitude
Base Pay
Goods
Post-secondary education
24. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Tuition
Partnership
Consumer
Retailing
25. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Global Economy
Year-to-date earnings
Seasonal Work
Values Compromise
26. The type of job in which a person is employed
Tuition
Risk
Aptitude
Occupation
27. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Law of Demand
Discrimination
Union
28. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Work Values
Seasonal Work
Laws of supply and demand
Help-wanted ads
29. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Employment Agency
Deduction
Personality Trait
30. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Specializing
Sick Leave
Scholarships
Self-Concept
31. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Job Description
Union
Priortize
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
32. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Decision-Making Process
Entry-Level Jobs
Apprenticeship
Base Pay
33. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Human Services
Fringe benefits
Punctuality
Ability
34. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Employment Agency
Union dues
Law of Supply
35. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Work Environment
Reference
Financial aid
career cluster
36. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Entry-Level Jobs
Loss
Outsourcing
Competition
37. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Gross pay
Outsourcing
Application form
Overtime
38. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Outsourcing
Business Plan
Semi-monthly Pay
Workforce diversity
39. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Priortize
Commission
Persistent
Loss
40. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Skill
Orientation
Temporary Jobs
Short-Term Goal
41. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Lifestyle
Elective
Union dues
Persistent
42. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Temporary Jobs
GED certificate
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Procrastinator
43. Being on time for work
Base Pay
Vocation
Punctuality
Technical
44. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Overtime
Bi-Weekly Pay
Business Plan
Hospitality and Tourism
45. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Vocation
Conflict
Specializing
46. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Stockholder
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Base Pay
Professional
47. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Deduction
Networking
Brain Orientation
Scholarships
48. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Scholarships
Partnership
Short-Term Goal
Global Economy
49. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Work ethic
Resume
Attitude
Networking
50. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Networking
Salary
Semi-monthly Pay
Profit