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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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1. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Personality
Specializing
Employer
GED certificate
2. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Letter of Application
Career Goal
Producer
3. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Free Enterprise System
Risk
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Contract Labor
4. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Salary Range
Financial aid
Resource
Internship
5. A person who works with you
Loss
Networking
Co-worker
Appearance
6. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Outsourcing
Overtime
Annual Leave
Education/Training Requirements
7. Temporary work during the summer
Evaluate
Seasonal Work
Values
Enterprise
8. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Employment Agency
Associate degree
Wholesale
Vocation
9. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Persistent
Appearance
Identity
Internship
10. Learning on the job
On-the-job training (OJT)
Interview
Post-secondary education
Financial aid
11. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Wholesale
Job
Job lead
12. A decision or plan that can be changed
Employer
Interview
Fringe benefits
Tentative Decision
13. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Punctuality
Business Plan
Work Values
Architecture and Construction
14. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Salary
Semi-monthly Pay
Qualification
Prerequisite
15. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Payroll
Interest
Base Pay
Schedule
16. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Career cluster
Law of Demand
Values
Procedure
17. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Personality
First impression
Union
Entrepreneur
18. A share of the ownership in a company
Career Ladder
Manufacturing
Punctuality
Stock
19. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Appearance
O*Net
Payroll
Global Economy
20. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Profit
Marketing Sales and Service
Education/Training Requirements
Government and Public Administration
21. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Marketing Sales and Service
Services
Assessment
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
22. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Ability
Decision-Making Process
Union
ArkOscar
23. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Conflict
Vocational
Deduction
Annual Leave
24. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Temporary Jobs
Stock
Listening
25. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Full-Time Job
Temporary Jobs
Manufacturing
Technology
26. The environment of the workplace
Fee
Career Portfolio
Study Skills
Working Conditions
27. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Demographics
Aptitude
Salary Range
Study Skills
28. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Risk
First impression
Bi-Weekly Pay
29. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Persistent
Professional
Bi-Weekly Pay
30. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Career
Human Services
Law of Demand
31. 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
Net pay
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Self-Esteem
Job Outlook
32. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Tuition
Listening Skills
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
33. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Free Enterprise System
Networking
Self-Esteem
Study Skills
34. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Follow-up Letter
On-the-job training (OJT)
Commission
35. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Personality Trait
Volunteering
Compromise
36. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Job
Goods
Resource
Net pay
37. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Stockholder
Enterprise
Personnel
Occupation
38. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Technical
Assessment
Salary
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
39. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Financial aid
Associate degree
Working Conditions
40. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Ability
Ethnic
Elective
Screen out
41. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Entrepreneur
Networking
Job Shadowing
Union
42. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Vendor
Job Market
Assessment
Listening Skills
43. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Listening
Consumer
Graduate school
Year-to-date earnings
44. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Tentative Decision
Job Market
Corporation
45. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Appearance
Resume
Job lead
Consumer
46. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Contract Labor
Conflict
Goods
Related Occupations
47. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Producer
Finance
Goal
Wholesale
48. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Orientation
Compromise
Related Occupations
Workforce diversity
49. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Corporation
Job
Temporary Jobs
Gross pay
50. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Information Technology
Retailing
Career Ladder
Letter of Application