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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. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Temporary Jobs
Employment Outlook
First impression
Services
2. A computerized career information delivery system
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Ethnic
Services
ArkOscar
3. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Information Technology
Technical
Law Public Safety and Security
Elective
4. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Credit
Salary
Wage
Architecture and Construction
5. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Architecture and Construction
Assessment
Apprenticeship
6. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Follow-up Letter
Elective
Union dues
Law Public Safety and Security
7. Commoney known as Social Security
Manufacturing
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Ethnic
Ability
8. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Related Occupations
Letter of Application
Employment Outlook
Law of Demand
9. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Resource
Decision
Attitude
10. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Law of Supply
Salary
Job Duty
Vocational
11. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Classifieds
Compromise
Payroll
Graduate school
12. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Employment Agency
Law of Demand
ArkOscar
13. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Internet
Business Management and Administration
Education and Training
Commission
14. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Law of Demand
Reference
Interview
Business Plan
15. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
Career Ladder
Interest Inventory
Specializing
16. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Volunteering
Follow-up Letter
Marketing Sales and Service
Work
17. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Personality Type
Work Environment
Services
18. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Related Occupations
Manufacturing
Skill
O*Net
19. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
ArkOscar
Schedule
Salary
20. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Entrepreneur
Elective
Conflict
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
21. 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
Technology
Technical
Fringe benefits
Free Enterprise System
22. Employment during special seasons
Application form
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Temporary Jobs
Base Pay
23. The type of job in which a person is employed
Learning Style
Skill
Help-wanted ads
Occupation
24. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Discrimination
Goal
Technical
Work Values
25. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Work Values
Interview
Check Stub
26. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Prerequisite
Listening
Resume
Loss
27. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Vocational
Apprenticeship
Applicant
Scholarships
28. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Employment Outlook
On-the-job training (OJT)
Internet
Short-Term Goal
29. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Producer
Check Stub
Applicant
Deduction
30. A course or program that teaches job skills
Union dues
Vocational
Scholarships
Listening Skills
31. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Finance
Classifieds
Brain Orientation
Self-Esteem
32. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Vocational
Professional
Temporary Jobs
Letter of Application
33. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Partnership
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
First impression
Manufacturing
34. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Personality Trait
Self-Concept
Career Action Plan
Time Management
35. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Qualification
Demographics
Temporary Jobs
Employment Agency
36. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Government and Public Administration
Listening Skills
Employer
Study Skills
37. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Loss
Networking
Demographics
Short-Term Goal
38. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Compromise
Career cluster
Job Outlook
Employer
39. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Education/Training Requirements
Classifieds
Corporation
40. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Temporary Jobs
Elective
Compromise
Procedure
41. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Work ethic
Help-wanted ads
Volunteering
42. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Self-Concept
Volunteering
Profit
43. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Global Economy
O*Net
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Union dues
44. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Conflict
Appearance
Year-to-date earnings
Skill
45. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Resume
Procrastinator
46. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Retailing
Health Science
Corporation
Financial aid
47. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Work
Compromise
Personnel
Personality Type
48. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Technology
Entrepreneur
Job Shadowing
Elective
49. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Demographics
Human Services
Career Interest Area
Ethnic
50. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Self-Esteem
Job Duty
Payroll
Law of Supply