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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. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Vendor
Professional
Listening
Occupation
2. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Decision
Career Portfolio
Job Shadowing
Career Interest Area
3. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Deduction
Loss
Law Public Safety and Security
4. An amount of money charged by others for services
Fee
Temporary Jobs
Career
Vocational
5. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Human Services
Punctuality
Plan
Employment Outlook
6. Earnings above base pay
Technology
Networking
Job Outlook
Overtime
7. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Law of Supply
Retailing
Job Outlook
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
8. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Work Values
Career
Architecture and Construction
Career cluster
9. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Loss
Job Outlook
Research
10. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Career Action Plan
Government and Public Administration
Internet
Professional
11. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Retailing
Contract Labor
Associate degree
Information Technology
12. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Temporary Jobs
Scholarships
Persistent
Personality Type
13. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Laws of supply and demand
Ability
Human Services
14. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Post-secondary education
Job Shadowing
Fee
15. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
On-the-job training (OJT)
Consumer
Commission
Values
16. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Time Management
Annual Leave
Application form
Persistent
17. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Wholesale
O*Net
Ethnic
Orientation
18. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Schedule
Resume
Identity
Internet
19. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Ability
Consumer
Credit
Specializing
20. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Learning Style
Business Management and Administration
Tentative Decision
21. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Research
Job
Discrimination
Career Goal
22. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Letter of Application
Overtime
Interest Inventory
Long-Term Goal
23. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Government and Public Administration
Economy
Listening Skills
Goal
24. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Profit
Brain Orientation
Year-to-date earnings
Specializing
25. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Listening
Elective
Entry-Level Jobs
26. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Law Public Safety and Security
Prerequisite
Career Action Plan
Compromise
27. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Career Action Plan
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Enterprise
Risk
28. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Personality Type
Orientation
Vendor
Law of Demand
29. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Resume
Conflict
Ethnic
Technology
30. A person who works with you
Bachelor's degree
Ability
Co-worker
Procedure
31. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Interview
Procedure
Classifieds
Laws of supply and demand
32. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Personality Type
Health Science
Overtime
Career Action Plan
33. Business which two or more people own and operate
Assessment
Technical
Partnership
Seasonal Work
34. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Employment Agency
Contract Labor
Interview
Information Technology
35. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Loss
Career
Values
Partnership
36. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Internship
Orientation
Values Compromise
Vocational
37. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Conflict
Job
Identity
38. Work that a person does for pay
Government and Public Administration
Law of Demand
Help-wanted ads
Job
39. Typical way of life
Decision
Job Description
Values Compromise
Lifestyle
40. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Job lead
Base Pay
Part-Time Jobs
41. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Check Stub
Deduction
Vocation
Vendor
42. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Interest
Goods
Work ethic
Co-worker
43. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Education/Training Requirements
Work Environment
Compromise
Assessment
44. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Job lead
Employment Agency
Financial aid
Base Pay
45. Collection of information about oneself
Research
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Career Portfolio
Check Stub
46. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Reference
Career
Professional
47. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Specializing
Classifieds
Union
48. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Competition
Application form
Career Action Plan
Entrepreneur
49. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Listening
Sick Leave
Producer
50. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Base Pay
Listening Skills
Fee
Sole Proprietorship