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Career Vocab
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Subject
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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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1. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Long-Term Goal
Help-wanted ads
Study Skills
Work
2. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Time Management
Outsourcing
Contract Labor
Interest
3. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Salary Range
Assessment
Credit
Business Plan
4. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Demographics
Hospitality and Tourism
Prerequisite
Personality Trait
5. Clash of ideas or values
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Conflict
Career Portfolio
Financial aid
6. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Seasonal Work
Retailing
Job
Economy
7. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Free Enterprise System
Interest
Classifieds
8. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Co-worker
Work Values
Procedure
Finance
9. The choice between two or more possibilities
Scholarships
Fringe benefits
Decision
Employment Agency
10. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Job Market
Time Management
Learning Style
11. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Associate degree
First impression
Job Shadowing
Identity
12. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Self-Concept
Specializing
Retailing
13. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Identity
Aptitude
Post-secondary education
Stock
14. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Job lead
Self-Esteem
Fee
15. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Aptitude
Entry-Level Jobs
Part-Time Jobs
Enterprise
16. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Retailing
Career cluster
Contract Labor
Evaluate
17. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Decision
Applicant
Workforce diversity
Career Goal
18. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Plan
Prerequisite
Personality Trait
Sick Leave
19. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Salary
Wage
Related Occupations
Education/Training Requirements
20. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Letter of Application
Decision-Making Process
Union dues
Self-Esteem
21. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Evaluate
Stock
Wholesale
Reference
22. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Plan
Listening Skills
Attitude
Interview
23. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job Duty
Vocational
Global Economy
Screen out
24. Temporary work during the summer
Economy
Persistent
Seasonal Work
Self-Esteem
25. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Business Plan
Listening
Related Occupations
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
26. A person applying for a job
Schedule
Research
Applicant
Loss
27. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Occupation
Consumer
Temporary Jobs
Business Management and Administration
28. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career
Career Interest Area
Vendor
Career Portfolio
29. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Full-Time Job
Vocational
Skill
Outsourcing
30. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Human Services
Salary
Manufacturing
Business Plan
31. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Job Shadowing
Employment Agency
Base Pay
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
32. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
Job Shadowing
Occupation
Business Management and Administration
33. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Reference
Temporary Jobs
Producer
34. A definition of work duties
Global Economy
Job Description
Job Duty
Goal
35. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Conflict
Apprenticeship
Identity
Commission
36. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Applicant
Year-to-date earnings
Retailing
Job lead
37. A course or program that teaches job skills
Personality Trait
Vocational
Professional
Government and Public Administration
38. The planning and using of time
Internship
Demographics
Time Management
Help-wanted ads
39. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Gross pay
O*Net
Persistent
Work ethic
40. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Overtime
Schedule
Priortize
Corporation
41. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Human Services
Marketing Sales and Service
Workforce diversity
Financial aid
42. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Appearance
Post-secondary education
Global Economy
Elective
43. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Hospitality and Tourism
Stockholder
Contract Labor
Semi-monthly Pay
44. A skill that you have developed
Identity
Outsourcing
Hospitality and Tourism
Ability
45. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Goods
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Manufacturing
46. Possibility of loss
Job Description
Job Market
Evaluate
Risk
47. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Information Technology
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Architecture and Construction
Partnership
48. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Time Management
Full-Time Job
Schedule
Qualification
49. 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
GED certificate
Priortize
Free Enterprise System
Punctuality
50. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Apprenticeship
Union
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Bi-Weekly Pay