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Career Vocab
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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. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Employment Agency
Vocation
Partnership
Working Conditions
2. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Compromise
Deduction
Apprenticeship
Tuition
3. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Graduate school
Work
Interview
Architecture and Construction
4. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
GED certificate
Study Skills
Semi-monthly Pay
Personality Trait
5. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Semi-monthly Pay
Specializing
Evaluate
Interest
6. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Internship
Research
Career Goal
Employment Agency
7. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Values Compromise
Prerequisite
Internet
8. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Employment Agency
Long-Term Goal
Profit
Procrastinator
9. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Personality
Enterprise
Vocation
Priortize
10. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Self-Esteem
Persistent
Health Science
Stock
11. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Salary Range
Plan
Stock
Brain Orientation
12. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Job Outlook
Career Action Plan
Classifieds
Listening
13. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Volunteering
Long-Term Goal
Career Goal
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
14. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Work ethic
O*Net
Profit
Corporation
15. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Apprenticeship
Lifestyle
Appearance
Risk
16. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Career cluster
Graduate school
Goods
17. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Gross pay
Salary Range
Global Economy
Year-to-date earnings
18. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Human Services
Attitude
Demographics
Finance
19. Temporary work during the summer
Interest Inventory
Seasonal Work
Education/Training Requirements
Union dues
20. Being on time for work
Related Occupations
Punctuality
Enterprise
Occupation
21. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Work
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
GED certificate
Technical
22. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Compromise
Job Market
Interview
Values
23. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Appearance
Financial aid
Evaluate
Personality
24. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Corporation
Partnership
Elective
Sick Leave
25. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Hospitality and Tourism
Decision-Making Process
Scholarships
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
26. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Graduate school
Free Enterprise System
Related Occupations
Union
27. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Law Public Safety and Security
Commission
First impression
Year-to-date earnings
28. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Appearance
Overtime
Interview
Payroll
29. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Screen out
Business Management and Administration
Check Stub
Workforce diversity
30. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Law of Demand
Career Portfolio
Business Management and Administration
Deduction
31. Collection of information about oneself
Skill
Career Portfolio
Plan
Research
32. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Personality
Plan
Health Science
Goal
33. Commoney known as Social Security
Screen out
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Vendor
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
34. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Job Market
Work Environment
Vendor
Full-Time Job
35. Typical way of life
Government and Public Administration
Lifestyle
Employer
Schedule
36. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Decision-Making Process
Profit
Punctuality
37. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Co-worker
Interview
Brain Orientation
Fee
38. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Technology
Skill
Bi-Weekly Pay
Job Shadowing
39. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Evaluate
Employment Outlook
Laws of supply and demand
Fee
40. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Tentative Decision
Part-Time Jobs
Seasonal Work
Skill
41. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Self-Esteem
Full-Time Job
Resume
Interest Inventory
42. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Aptitude
Outsourcing
Semi-monthly Pay
Interview
43. Someone who sells goods or services
Education/Training Requirements
Union dues
Vendor
Follow-up Letter
44. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Business Plan
Wage
Graduate school
Compromise
45. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Schedule
Health Science
Application form
Stock
46. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Procedure
Post-secondary education
Internet
47. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Self-Concept
Risk
Qualification
Entry-Level Jobs
48. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Values
Government and Public Administration
Human Services
49. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Salary
Identity
Self-Esteem
Stockholder
50. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Brain Orientation
Salary
Marketing Sales and Service