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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
Help-wanted ads
Compromise
Classifieds
Identity
2. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Profit
Salary
Goods
Year-to-date earnings
3. To look at closely and judge
Resource
Apprenticeship
Evaluate
Employment Agency
4. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Temporary Jobs
ArkOscar
Union dues
Vocation
5. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Career cluster
On-the-job training (OJT)
Work
Full-Time Job
6. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Applicant
Vocational
O*Net
Research
7. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Competition
Annual Leave
Wholesale
Finance
8. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Wholesale
Entrepreneur
Decision
Check Stub
9. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Fee
Overtime
Producer
Orientation
10. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Hospitality and Tourism
Listening
Schedule
Enterprise
11. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Schedule
Information Technology
Deduction
12. Business owned by one person
Appearance
Reference
Sole Proprietorship
Apprenticeship
13. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Skill
Lifestyle
Assessment
Interest
14. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Vocational
Technology
Help-wanted ads
Business Management and Administration
15. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Decision
Networking
Deduction
Gross pay
16. Worldwide financial management system
Help-wanted ads
Vocational
Global Economy
Tentative Decision
17. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Law of Supply
Associate degree
Job lead
18. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Learning Style
First impression
Professional
19. To give up something to resolve a conflict
First impression
Compromise
Union
Information Technology
20. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Attitude
Time Management
Classifieds
Technology
21. Work that a person does for pay
Plan
Appearance
Wage
Job
22. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Classifieds
GED certificate
Bi-Weekly Pay
Base Pay
23. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Career Action Plan
Brain Orientation
Resume
Technology
24. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Risk
Work
Priortize
Screen out
25. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Marketing Sales and Service
Values Compromise
Lifestyle
Work
26. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Appearance
Salary Range
Career Ladder
27. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Business Plan
Plan
Brain Orientation
Career
28. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Services
Listening Skills
Human Services
Job lead
29. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Payroll
Deduction
Personality
Lifestyle
30. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Temporary Jobs
Vendor
Values Compromise
Information Technology
31. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Producer
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Shadowing
Work ethic
32. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Job Outlook
Technology
Sole Proprietorship
33. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Credit
Skill
Law of Demand
O*Net
34. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Fee
Health Science
Decision-Making Process
Human Services
35. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Associate degree
Decision-Making Process
Volunteering
Tuition
36. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Entry-Level Jobs
Partnership
Education/Training Requirements
37. A course or program that teaches job skills
Scholarships
Vocational
Personality Trait
Government and Public Administration
38. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Personality
GED certificate
Assessment
Scholarships
39. Possibility of loss
Plan
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Demographics
Risk
40. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Outsourcing
Gross pay
Free Enterprise System
Aptitude
41. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Profit
Year-to-date earnings
Goal
Help-wanted ads
42. As the price increases producers produce more
Business Plan
Graduate school
Law of Supply
Services
43. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Career
Contract Labor
Self-Concept
Producer
44. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Career Goal
Learning Style
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Interest Area
45. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Union
Priortize
Attitude
Career Action Plan
46. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job Duty
Technology
Listening Skills
Evaluate
47. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Compromise
Retailing
Orientation
48. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Short-Term Goal
Career cluster
Global Economy
Career Interest Area
49. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Job Shadowing
Services
Internship
Ability
50. A thank you letter written following an interview
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Entrepreneur
Brain Orientation
Follow-up Letter