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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. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Decision
Assessment
Applicant
Personality
2. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Values
Credit
Base Pay
Wholesale
3. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Enterprise
Union dues
Contract Labor
Check Stub
4. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Ability
Lifestyle
Temporary Jobs
Ethnic
5. Careful use of resources including money and materials
career cluster
Internet
Economy
Fringe benefits
6. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Marketing Sales and Service
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Government and Public Administration
7. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Financial aid
Qualification
Persistent
Employment Agency
8. Work that a person does for pay
Work
Specializing
Wage
Job
9. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Contract Labor
Commission
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Fee
10. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Risk
Screen out
Finance
11. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Law of Demand
Assessment
Business Management and Administration
Education/Training Requirements
12. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Net pay
Profit
Union dues
Personality Type
13. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Decision-Making Process
Semi-monthly Pay
Career Portfolio
Help-wanted ads
14. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Decision
OOH
Self-Esteem
Ability
15. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Technical
Work Environment
Personality
Business Plan
16. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Learning Style
Salary
Technical
Loss
17. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Values
GED certificate
Workforce diversity
Law of Supply
18. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Work ethic
Attitude
Contract Labor
19. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Resource
Career Goal
Elective
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
20. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Interest Inventory
Commission
Consumer
Reference
21. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Workforce diversity
Work Values
Manufacturing
Networking
22. Any education or training following high school
Tuition
Demographics
Post-secondary education
Base Pay
23. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Skill
Personality
Job Market
Prerequisite
24. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Risk
Interest
Interest
25. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
Procrastinator
Goal
Skill
26. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Technology
Scholarships
Job Shadowing
Employer
27. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Listening Skills
Associate degree
Internet
Personality Trait
28. Commoney known as Social Security
Law of Supply
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Prerequisite
Working Conditions
29. Someone who creates a good or service
Decision-Making Process
Producer
Human Services
Entry-Level Jobs
30. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Sick Leave
Profit
Part-Time Jobs
31. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Deduction
Payroll
Values Compromise
Fringe benefits
32. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Conflict
Fringe benefits
Networking
Volunteering
33. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Outsourcing
Fee
Salary Range
34. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Education and Training
GED certificate
Work Environment
Qualification
35. An amount of money charged by others for services
Fee
Job Shadowing
Services
Identity
36. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Outsourcing
Gross pay
Competition
Time Management
37. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Goal
Apprenticeship
Enterprise
38. Standards one believes is important about their work
Profit
Year-to-date earnings
Work Values
Part-Time Jobs
39. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Resource
Manufacturing
Payroll
Full-Time Job
40. The type of job in which a person is employed
Employment Outlook
Payroll
Occupation
Government and Public Administration
41. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Research
Enterprise
Applicant
42. Business which two or more people own and operate
Education/Training Requirements
Professional
Partnership
Job Outlook
43. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Salary Range
Business Management and Administration
Job Market
Professional
44. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Compromise
Application form
Job lead
Personality Trait
45. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
O*Net
Seasonal Work
Interest
Ethnic
46. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Union
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Values
Work Environment
47. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Sick Leave
Values
Business Plan
Interest
48. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Temporary Jobs
Elective
Demographics
Screen out
49. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Career
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Consumer
Marketing Sales and Service
50. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Architecture and Construction
Internet
Networking
Health Science