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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Post-secondary education
Business Management and Administration
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Occupation
2. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Stockholder
Profit
Information Technology
Elective
3. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Career
Information Technology
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Finance
4. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Listening
Resume
Loss
Net pay
5. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Job Outlook
Work Values
Employment Agency
Networking
6. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Brain Orientation
Hospitality and Tourism
Skill
7. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Loss
Career Portfolio
Marketing Sales and Service
Annual Leave
8. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Volunteering
Assessment
Salary Range
Gross pay
9. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Human Services
Career
Evaluate
Outsourcing
10. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Appearance
Co-worker
Manufacturing
Education/Training Requirements
11. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Career Interest Area
Hospitality and Tourism
Technical
Compromise
12. The type of job in which a person is employed
Networking
Personnel
Tuition
Occupation
13. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Ability
Work ethic
Wage
Law of Supply
14. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Professional
Lifestyle
Manufacturing
Employer
15. A decision or plan that can be changed
Outsourcing
Follow-up Letter
Tentative Decision
Union dues
16. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Application form
Listening Skills
Credit
Workforce diversity
17. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Law of Supply
Career Goal
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Study Skills
18. Someone who creates a good or service
Skill
Employment Agency
Services
Producer
19. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Deduction
Career Interest Area
Temporary Jobs
Architecture and Construction
20. Clash of ideas or values
Sole Proprietorship
Employment Agency
Fee
Conflict
21. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
On-the-job training (OJT)
Contract Labor
Vocation
Part-Time Jobs
22. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Goods
Decision-Making Process
Identity
On-the-job training (OJT)
23. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Fee
Graduate school
Associate degree
Aptitude
24. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Competition
Values
Wage
25. Any education or training following high school
Internship
Sick Leave
Post-secondary education
Applicant
26. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Salary
Associate degree
Net pay
27. Worldwide financial management system
Help-wanted ads
Global Economy
Services
Net pay
28. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Hospitality and Tourism
Career Interest Area
Letter of Application
Working Conditions
29. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Occupation
Career cluster
Salary Range
Outsourcing
30. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Self-Esteem
Profit
Specializing
Interest Inventory
31. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Career Goal
Net pay
Specializing
GED certificate
32. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Vocation
Deduction
Orientation
Learning Style
33. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Personality
Personality Trait
Technical
Contract Labor
34. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Persistent
Interest Inventory
Information Technology
Working Conditions
35. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Listening
Plan
Fee
Elective
36. 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
Applicant
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Seasonal Work
Lifestyle
37. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Letter of Application
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Action Plan
38. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Services
Union dues
Vocation
Career Goal
39. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Producer
Technical
Financial aid
40. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Reference
Values Compromise
Self-Concept
Wholesale
41. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Learning Style
Technical
Financial aid
Credit
42. A share of the ownership in a company
Education and Training
Union dues
Stock
Fee
43. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Career Ladder
Wholesale
Salary
Classifieds
44. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Self-Concept
Punctuality
Demographics
Commission
45. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Temporary Jobs
Human Services
Punctuality
Listening Skills
46. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
Laws of supply and demand
Skill
Career Portfolio
47. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Education/Training Requirements
Job Shadowing
Producer
Annual Leave
48. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Related Occupations
Short-Term Goal
Ability
Job Duty
49. A person applying for a job
Global Economy
Gross pay
Sick Leave
Applicant
50. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Listening
Goal
Ability