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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. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Procedure
Classifieds
Values
Associate degree
2. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Interest
Business Management and Administration
Persistent
Education/Training Requirements
3. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Punctuality
Risk
Salary Range
Full-Time Job
4. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Study Skills
Ethnic
Decision-Making Process
Work Environment
5. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Salary
Brain Orientation
Application form
Listening
6. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Architecture and Construction
Applicant
Technology
Job Duty
7. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Work Environment
Prerequisite
Appearance
8. A definition of work duties
Manufacturing
Sole Proprietorship
Full-Time Job
Job Description
9. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Personality
Letter of Application
Economy
Employment Agency
10. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Scholarships
Assessment
Aptitude
Payroll
11. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Credit
Decision
Wage
Producer
12. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
Wage
Career
Post-secondary education
13. The environment of the workplace
Vendor
Working Conditions
Job Shadowing
Resume
14. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Prerequisite
Entrepreneur
Credit
Ethnic
15. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Government and Public Administration
Career Goal
Gross pay
Contract Labor
16. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Economy
Attitude
Work ethic
Salary
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
Work
Ability
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Graduate school
18. Earnings above base pay
Job
Decision-Making Process
Job Description
Overtime
19. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Classifieds
Career Interest Area
Self-Concept
Temporary Jobs
20. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Workforce diversity
Volunteering
Conflict
Networking
21. Clash of ideas or values
Internet
Information Technology
Interest
Conflict
22. A group of employees
Retailing
Personnel
Research
Skill
23. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Job
Goal
Part-Time Jobs
Deduction
24. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Screen out
Long-Term Goal
Values
Services
25. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Resource
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Net pay
Check Stub
26. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Net pay
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Internet
27. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Internship
Vendor
Working Conditions
Enterprise
28. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Elective
Self-Concept
Short-Term Goal
29. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Orientation
Learning Style
Technical
Business Management and Administration
30. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Screen out
Schedule
Vocational
Personality
31. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Elective
Job Description
Entrepreneur
Professional
32. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Contract Labor
Net pay
Procrastinator
Reference
33. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Career Ladder
Wholesale
Prerequisite
Retailing
34. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Screen out
Brain Orientation
Overtime
Qualification
35. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Personality Trait
Job Shadowing
Lifestyle
Specializing
36. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Career Goal
Base Pay
Working Conditions
Health Science
37. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Technical
Letter of Application
Self-Esteem
Internet
38. Commoney known as Social Security
Stockholder
Priortize
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Values Compromise
39. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Career Portfolio
Wholesale
Listening Skills
Base Pay
40. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Services
Related Occupations
Personality
Personnel
41. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Interview
Screen out
Union
Annual Leave
42. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Plan
Aptitude
Part-Time Jobs
Associate degree
43. To look at closely and judge
Business Plan
Evaluate
Outsourcing
Orientation
44. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Work
Competition
Job Market
Career Action Plan
45. As the price increases producers produce more
Interest
Vendor
Law of Supply
Sole Proprietorship
46. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Job
Follow-up Letter
Marketing Sales and Service
Goods
47. Personal standards by which one lives
Job Description
Payroll
Temporary Jobs
Values
48. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Law Public Safety and Security
Career
Career Action Plan
Contract Labor
49. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
Employment Outlook
Working Conditions
Classifieds
50. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Check Stub
Consumer
Resume
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)