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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Follow-up Letter
Job Market
Business Plan
Outsourcing
2. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Contract Labor
Sole Proprietorship
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Education/Training Requirements
3. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Apprenticeship
Resource
Attitude
Compromise
4. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Credit
Ability
Salary Range
Skill
5. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Help-wanted ads
Employment Agency
Bachelor's degree
Human Services
6. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Procrastinator
Skill
Identity
Time Management
7. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Temporary Jobs
Values Compromise
Apprenticeship
Commission
8. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Temporary Jobs
Architecture and Construction
Conflict
Wholesale
9. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Sole Proprietorship
Professional
Career Interest Area
Manufacturing
10. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Career Ladder
Personnel
Competition
Net pay
11. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Technology
Sick Leave
Internet
Compromise
12. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
GED certificate
Self-Concept
Vocation
Personality
13. Any education or training following high school
Services
Post-secondary education
Resume
Personality
14. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Apprenticeship
Priortize
O*Net
Part-Time Jobs
15. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Education/Training Requirements
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Law Public Safety and Security
Procrastinator
16. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Study Skills
Values
Retailing
Job Market
17. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
O*Net
Personality Type
OOH
Education/Training Requirements
18. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Fee
Manufacturing
Services
19. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Bachelor's degree
Profit
Work
20. Worldwide financial management system
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Internet
Global Economy
Services
21. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Career Ladder
Employer
Job Market
22. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Decision-Making Process
Partnership
Employment Outlook
Self-Concept
23. Temporary work during the summer
Education/Training Requirements
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Salary Range
Seasonal Work
24. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Bi-Weekly Pay
OOH
Part-Time Jobs
Ability
25. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Finance
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
career cluster
26. Being on time for work
Manufacturing
Apprenticeship
Punctuality
Listening Skills
27. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Entrepreneur
Temporary Jobs
Skill
Vocational
28. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Marketing Sales and Service
Career Ladder
Economy
Personnel
29. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Job Description
Loss
Brain Orientation
Job Market
30. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Sick Leave
Qualification
Co-worker
31. Employment during special seasons
Laws of supply and demand
Working Conditions
Temporary Jobs
Assessment
32. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Career Ladder
Health Science
Resume
Internship
33. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Competition
Loss
Career Goal
Evaluate
34. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Decision-Making Process
Commission
Attitude
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
35. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Skill
Part-Time Jobs
Orientation
Global Economy
36. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Internship
Risk
Credit
Post-secondary education
37. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Wholesale
OOH
Job Market
Union dues
38. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
GED certificate
Union
Job Outlook
Internship
39. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Technical
Job Outlook
Personnel
40. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Job lead
On-the-job training (OJT)
Study Skills
Orientation
41. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Outsourcing
Lifestyle
Specializing
42. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH
Ability
Orientation
O*Net
43. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Resume
Semi-monthly Pay
Partnership
Internship
44. A skill that has been developed
Gross pay
Career Goal
Work ethic
Ability
45. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Education/Training Requirements
Screen out
Annual Leave
Job Duty
46. A decision or plan that can be changed
Architecture and Construction
Overtime
Tentative Decision
Work Environment
47. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Semi-monthly Pay
Post-secondary education
Stock
48. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Deduction
Listening Skills
Skill
Workforce diversity
49. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Ethnic
Compromise
Letter of Application
Hospitality and Tourism
50. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Job Shadowing
Semi-monthly Pay
Health Science
Loss