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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Persistent
Workforce diversity
Post-secondary education
2. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Semi-monthly Pay
Values Compromise
Reference
Compromise
3. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Screen out
Help-wanted ads
Goods
Profit
4. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Personality Trait
Resume
Job Market
Wholesale
5. The choice between two or more possibilities
Wage
Decision
Bachelor's degree
Skill
6. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
Orientation
Qualification
Education/Training Requirements
7. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Temporary Jobs
Employer
Vocation
Entry-Level Jobs
8. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Job Outlook
Education and Training
Salary
Personality Type
9. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Credit
Union dues
Partnership
Learning Style
10. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Interest
Listening Skills
Goal
Career Ladder
11. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Contract Labor
Compromise
Competition
Classifieds
12. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Law of Supply
Education and Training
Wage
13. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Appearance
Employment Agency
Values
14. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Classifieds
Workforce diversity
Personality Type
Career Ladder
15. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Bi-Weekly Pay
Semi-monthly Pay
Job Duty
Career Portfolio
16. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Personality Trait
Apprenticeship
Technical
17. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Profit
Risk
Career cluster
Interest Inventory
18. Possibility of loss
Screen out
Risk
Year-to-date earnings
Net pay
19. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
Year-to-date earnings
Law of Demand
Job lead
20. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Outsourcing
Scholarships
Resume
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
21. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Enterprise
Apprenticeship
Tuition
22. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Portfolio
Seasonal Work
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Interest Area
23. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Law of Demand
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Employment Agency
Personality Type
24. A computerized career information delivery system
Listening
Services
ArkOscar
Net pay
25. Employment during special seasons
Working Conditions
Plan
Seasonal Work
Temporary Jobs
26. To look at closely and judge
Fee
Evaluate
Goods
Interest
27. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Occupation
Law of Demand
Career Goal
Interview
28. Any education or training following high school
Decision
Short-Term Goal
Long-Term Goal
Post-secondary education
29. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Job Outlook
Attitude
Compromise
Scholarships
30. Collection of information about oneself
Check Stub
Seasonal Work
Career Action Plan
Career Portfolio
31. A group of employees
Outsourcing
Government and Public Administration
Workforce diversity
Personnel
32. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Career Goal
Technical
Apprenticeship
Contract Labor
33. A thank you letter written following an interview
Part-Time Jobs
Follow-up Letter
Partnership
Elective
34. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Conflict
Listening
Bachelor's degree
Assessment
35. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career Portfolio
Technical
Career
Partnership
36. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Job Market
Manufacturing
Follow-up Letter
Punctuality
37. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Post-secondary education
Entrepreneur
Long-Term Goal
Temporary Jobs
38. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Networking
Economy
Vocational
Fringe benefits
39. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Wage
Specializing
Marketing Sales and Service
40. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Screen out
Tentative Decision
Services
Listening Skills
41. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Semi-monthly Pay
Skill
Union dues
Part-Time Jobs
42. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Year-to-date earnings
Goal
Procedure
Job Shadowing
43. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Free Enterprise System
Wage
Specializing
O*Net
44. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Year-to-date earnings
Employer
Full-Time Job
Law Public Safety and Security
45. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Compromise
Temporary Jobs
GED certificate
First impression
46. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Working Conditions
Consumer
Appearance
47. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Law of Demand
Corporation
Annual Leave
Work
48. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Wholesale
Vendor
Priortize
Economy
49. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Law of Demand
Payroll
Ability
Goods
50. A person applying for a job
Career Portfolio
Applicant
Priortize
Values