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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Union dues
Salary Range
Health Science
Internet
2. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Union dues
Enterprise
Government and Public Administration
3. Learning on the job
GED certificate
On-the-job training (OJT)
Laws of supply and demand
Salary Range
4. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Interest Inventory
Contract Labor
Partnership
Long-Term Goal
5. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Study Skills
Profit
Procrastinator
Specializing
6. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
Follow-up Letter
Identity
On-the-job training (OJT)
7. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Law of Supply
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Education and Training
Financial aid
8. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Attitude
Workforce diversity
Learning Style
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
9. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Business Management and Administration
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Graduate school
Ability
10. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Lifestyle
Identity
Consumer
11. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Business Management and Administration
Profit
Attitude
Interest Inventory
12. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Lifestyle
Interest
Career Goal
Related Occupations
13. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Government and Public Administration
Corporation
Vocational
Laws of supply and demand
14. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Self-Concept
Manufacturing
Personality Trait
Fee
15. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Entry-Level Jobs
Salary
Interview
16. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Salary
Specializing
Risk
Financial aid
17. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Enterprise
Time Management
Corporation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
18. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Tuition
Prerequisite
Free Enterprise System
Internet
19. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Reference
Loss
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Information Technology
20. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
First impression
GED certificate
Personality Trait
Temporary Jobs
21. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Personality
Education and Training
Professional
Listening
22. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Education and Training
Qualification
Outsourcing
Fringe benefits
23. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Qualification
Ability
Technical
24. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
Sick Leave
Brain Orientation
Schedule
25. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Credit
Values Compromise
Employer
Tuition
26. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Employer
Interest Inventory
Professional
Work Environment
27. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Technical
Career Action Plan
Deduction
Vocational
28. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Self-Esteem
Risk
Deduction
Letter of Application
29. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Interest
Financial aid
Self-Concept
Tuition
30. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Sole Proprietorship
Job Outlook
Identity
Commission
31. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Job Duty
Help-wanted ads
Skill
32. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Compromise
Corporation
Tentative Decision
33. The choice between two or more possibilities
Reference
Decision
Free Enterprise System
Salary Range
34. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Law of Demand
Appearance
Credit
Financial aid
35. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Hospitality and Tourism
Employment Outlook
Research
Conflict
36. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Year-to-date earnings
Decision-Making Process
Risk
Research
37. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Enterprise
Conflict
Wholesale
Listening
38. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Attitude
Employer
Goods
Technical
39. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Long-Term Goal
Priortize
Base Pay
Decision-Making Process
40. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Professional
Loss
Wholesale
Internship
41. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Work Environment
Information Technology
Scholarships
Elective
42. A share of the ownership in a company
Job Shadowing
Stock
Partnership
Personnel
43. 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
Commission
Listening
Orientation
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
44. Being on time for work
Job Shadowing
Punctuality
Personality Trait
Bachelor's degree
45. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Attitude
Plan
Employment Outlook
46. A person who works with you
Net pay
Check Stub
Career Interest Area
Co-worker
47. Collection of information about oneself
Career cluster
Brain Orientation
Career Portfolio
Payroll
48. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Union
O*Net
Human Services
Career Interest Area
49. As the price increases producers produce more
Professional
Economy
Law of Supply
Goal
50. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Scholarships
Contract Labor
Career Action Plan
Laws of supply and demand