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Career Vocab
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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. Standards one believes is important about their work
Career Goal
Work Values
Aptitude
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
2. A skill that you have developed
Goods
Job Market
Competition
Ability
3. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Law Public Safety and Security
Reference
4. A group of employees
Apprenticeship
Personnel
Career cluster
Decision-Making Process
5. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Job Market
Semi-monthly Pay
Ethnic
Prerequisite
6. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Gross pay
Priortize
Orientation
7. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Professional
Scholarships
Graduate school
8. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Gross pay
Check Stub
Job Duty
Priortize
9. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Overtime
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Shadowing
10. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Post-secondary education
Commission
Schedule
11. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Payroll
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Fringe benefits
Wholesale
12. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Workforce diversity
Annual Leave
Job lead
13. The environment of the workplace
Procedure
Job Duty
Stockholder
Working Conditions
14. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Decision-Making Process
Human Services
Compromise
Career
15. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Stock
GED certificate
Scholarships
Personality
16. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Graduate school
Letter of Application
Bi-Weekly Pay
17. A person who works with you
Information Technology
Partnership
Law of Supply
Co-worker
18. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Prerequisite
Job Duty
Procrastinator
Job
19. An amount of money charged by others for services
Time Management
Fee
Stock
Technology
20. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Hospitality and Tourism
Prerequisite
Competition
Personality Trait
21. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Attitude
Specializing
Scholarships
Application form
22. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Fringe benefits
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Partnership
23. A share of the ownership in a company
Law of Supply
Stock
First impression
Plan
24. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Architecture and Construction
Short-Term Goal
Law Public Safety and Security
25. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Resource
Career
Help-wanted ads
Decision
26. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Competition
Career
Government and Public Administration
Temporary Jobs
27. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Personality
Business Plan
Applicant
Financial aid
28. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Resume
Gross pay
Tuition
Work ethic
29. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Entry-Level Jobs
Laws of supply and demand
Salary
Economy
30. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Career Ladder
Education/Training Requirements
Job Description
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
31. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Global Economy
Retailing
Job Shadowing
32. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Assessment
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Financial aid
Plan
33. The type of job in which a person is employed
Graduate school
Health Science
Resume
Occupation
34. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Resource
Identity
Values Compromise
Specializing
35. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Career Goal
Salary Range
Related Occupations
Resume
36. A decision or plan that can be changed
First impression
Temporary Jobs
Tentative Decision
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
37. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Check Stub
Schedule
Work
Vocation
38. Learning on the job
Self-Esteem
Procedure
Ethnic
On-the-job training (OJT)
39. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Lifestyle
Applicant
Follow-up Letter
Check Stub
40. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Qualification
Career Ladder
Wage
41. A person applying for a job
Applicant
Temporary Jobs
Union
Help-wanted ads
42. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Evaluate
Gross pay
Follow-up Letter
Enterprise
43. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Screen out
GED certificate
Temporary Jobs
Apprenticeship
44. Personal standards by which one lives
Values
Vocation
Aptitude
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
45. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Profit
Brain Orientation
Interest
Job
46. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
Employer
Vocation
Base Pay
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
47. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Short-Term Goal
Punctuality
Fee
48. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Entry-Level Jobs
Free Enterprise System
Schedule
Work ethic
49. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Financial aid
Employment Agency
Year-to-date earnings
Work ethic
50. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Classifieds
Associate degree
Punctuality
Co-worker