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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. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Payroll
Services
Job Duty
Graduate school
2. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Job Market
Orientation
Specializing
Persistent
3. Earnings above base pay
Services
Overtime
Competition
Sick Leave
4. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Bi-Weekly Pay
Persistent
Outsourcing
Job Duty
5. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Bi-Weekly Pay
Workforce diversity
Bachelor's degree
Values
6. A decision or plan that can be changed
Part-Time Jobs
Interest Inventory
Health Science
Tentative Decision
7. Commoney known as Social Security
Interview
Related Occupations
Human Services
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
8. 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
Skill
Time Management
Stock
Free Enterprise System
9. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Fee
Job lead
Government and Public Administration
Persistent
10. 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
Follow-up Letter
GED certificate
Brain Orientation
11. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Deduction
Work
Tuition
12. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Work
Sick Leave
Internship
13. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Short-Term Goal
Retailing
Study Skills
Apprenticeship
14. Someone who sells goods or services
Decision-Making Process
Base Pay
Vendor
Work ethic
15. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Evaluate
Elective
Gross pay
16. Learning on the job
On-the-job training (OJT)
Services
Vocation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
17. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Career Goal
Business Plan
Salary
Architecture and Construction
18. Collection of information about oneself
Law of Demand
Information Technology
Career Portfolio
Skill
19. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Salary
Job
Year-to-date earnings
20. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Schedule
Human Services
Architecture and Construction
Learning Style
21. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Networking
Personality Type
Listening
Part-Time Jobs
22. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Business Plan
Net pay
Law of Supply
23. Worldwide financial management system
Global Economy
Payroll
Wage
Manufacturing
24. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Prerequisite
Goal
Loss
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
25. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Economy
Payroll
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career Action Plan
26. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Loss
Brain Orientation
Procedure
First impression
27. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Qualification
Career Action Plan
Graduate school
28. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Prerequisite
Finance
Interest Inventory
Career Goal
29. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Interview
Elective
Law Public Safety and Security
30. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Volunteering
Personnel
Long-Term Goal
Temporary Jobs
31. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Career Interest Area
Values Compromise
Personality
Qualification
32. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Evaluate
Employment Outlook
Career
Loss
33. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Decision
Deduction
Punctuality
Applicant
34. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Health Science
Resume
Business Management and Administration
35. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Prerequisite
Services
Job Duty
Job Market
36. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Law Public Safety and Security
Risk
Job Description
37. To look at closely and judge
Occupation
Evaluate
Semi-monthly Pay
Career
38. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
ArkOscar
Discrimination
Reference
First impression
39. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Annual Leave
Screen out
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Goods
40. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Marketing Sales and Service
Work ethic
Financial aid
Enterprise
41. Business which two or more people own and operate
Wage
Partnership
Listening Skills
Ability
42. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Discrimination
Employment Agency
Listening Skills
Business Plan
43. A definition of work duties
Work Environment
Manufacturing
Job Description
Job lead
44. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Application form
Personality Trait
First impression
Net pay
45. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Reference
Letter of Application
Identity
Elective
46. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Personality
Vendor
Classifieds
Laws of supply and demand
47. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Volunteering
Interest Inventory
Work
Listening
48. Standards one believes is important about their work
Salary Range
Work Values
Letter of Application
Internet
49. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Overtime
Values
Evaluate
Values Compromise
50. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Short-Term Goal
Job Market
Year-to-date earnings
Seasonal Work