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Career Orientation Basics
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literacy
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Vocational
Job Outlook
Listening Skills
Post-secondary education
2. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Job Outlook
Assessment
Part-Time Jobs
Specializing
3. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Scholarships
Demographics
Temporary Jobs
Job Description
4. A computerized career information delivery system
Work ethic
Apprenticeship
Career Portfolio
ArkOscar
5. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Wholesale
Employment Agency
Vocational
Career Goal
6. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Entrepreneur
Wage
Procrastinator
Government and Public Administration
7. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Marketing Sales and Service
Discrimination
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Action Plan
8. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Job Outlook
Job Description
Applicant
9. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Assessment
Personality
Related Occupations
Research
10. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Scholarships
Study Skills
Letter of Application
Workforce diversity
11. The choice between two or more possibilities
Partnership
Decision
Apprenticeship
Laws of supply and demand
12. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Technical
Sick Leave
Information Technology
Resume
13. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Assessment
Law of Supply
Career Interest Area
Contract Labor
14. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
classifieds
Resume
Self-Concept
Personality Type
15. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Law Public Safety and Security
Year-to-date earnings
Discrimination
Values Compromise
16. Business which two or more people own and operate
Government and Public Administration
Partnership
Work Environment
Education/Training Requirements
17. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Specializing
Part-Time Jobs
Applicant
Education and Training
18. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Retailing
Aptitude
Fringe benefits
Brain Orientation
19. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Workforce diversity
career cluster
Letter of Application
20. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Law of Supply
Business Plan
Seasonal Work
Persistent
21. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Aptitude
Loss
Entry-Level Jobs
Sole Proprietorship
22. Employment during special seasons
Year-to-date earnings
Temporary Jobs
Career
Sole Proprietorship
23. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
career cluster
Competition
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Base Pay
24. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
career cluster
Year-to-date earnings
Employment Agency
25. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Education/Training Requirements
Short-Term Goal
Goods
26. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Full-Time Job
Related Occupations
Qualification
Contract Labor
27. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Year-to-date earnings
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Loss
28. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Values
Employer
Vocation
29. A share of the ownership in a company
Sick Leave
Full-Time Job
Short-Term Goal
Stock
30. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Law Public Safety and Security
Entrepreneur
Personality Trait
Reference
31. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Screen out
Business Management and Administration
Co-worker
32. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Letter of Application
Employment Agency
Job Market
Plan
33. Personal standards by which one lives
Identity
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Values
Self-Concept
34. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
ArkOscar
Goods
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Law Public Safety and Security
35. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Self-Concept
Personnel
Scholarships
Global Economy
36. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Associate degree
Personality Trait
OOH
37. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Fringe benefits
Orientation
Work ethic
Assessment
38. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Vocation
Government and Public Administration
Year-to-date earnings
39. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Workforce diversity
Values Compromise
Technology
Services
40. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Vendor
Outsourcing
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Employment Agency
41. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Overtime
Vocational
Application form
42. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Specializing
Professional
Enterprise
Temporary Jobs
43. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Overtime
Part-Time Jobs
Work Values
Attitude
44. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Global Economy
Interest
Employment Agency
Skill
45. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Compromise
Job Description
Business Management and Administration
Short-Term Goal
46. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Self-Esteem
Demographics
Partnership
Time Management
47. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Reference
Salary
career cluster
48. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Work Values
Short-Term Goal
Risk
Union dues
49. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Ability
Resume
career cluster
Reference
50. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Technology
Sick Leave
Work Environment
Salary