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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. To look at closely and judge
Goods
Skill
Evaluate
Listening
2. To eliminate unwanted applicants
First impression
Screen out
Corporation
Career Goal
3. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Entrepreneur
Qualification
Personality Trait
Outsourcing
4. Any education or training following high school
Vocational
Resume
Post-secondary education
Values Compromise
5. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Technical
Overtime
Graduate school
6. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Evaluate
Fee
Business Plan
Apprenticeship
7. A share of the ownership in a company
Attitude
Base Pay
Job Description
Stock
8. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Interest Inventory
Vocation
Career Ladder
Part-Time Jobs
9. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Commission
Laws of supply and demand
Retailing
Procedure
10. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Vocation
Contract Labor
Procrastinator
GED certificate
11. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Workforce diversity
Time Management
Deduction
Discrimination
12. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Business Plan
Study Skills
Employment Agency
Networking
13. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Outsourcing
Business Plan
Goods
14. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Overtime
Vocation
Specializing
Job Outlook
15. Earnings above base pay
Conflict
Job Duty
Overtime
Human Services
16. A course or program that teaches job skills
Letter of Application
Specializing
Personality Type
Vocational
17. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Post-secondary education
Career Action Plan
First impression
Employment Outlook
18. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Post-secondary education
Competition
Health Science
Information Technology
19. A person who works with you
Temporary Jobs
Co-worker
Personality
Vocation
20. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Plan
Business Management and Administration
Stockholder
GED certificate
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
Punctuality
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Attitude
Union dues
22. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Entry-Level Jobs
Resource
Attitude
Economy
23. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Decision
Salary
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Personality Trait
24. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Post-secondary education
Entrepreneur
Goal
Temporary Jobs
25. Personal standards by which one lives
Annual Leave
Corporation
Values
Work Values
26. The environment of the workplace
Working Conditions
Conflict
Job Duty
Job lead
27. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Elective
Work ethic
Post-secondary education
Study Skills
28. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Ability
Resume
Information Technology
Retailing
29. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
Aptitude
Values
Fringe benefits
30. Being on time for work
ArkOscar
Punctuality
Vendor
Listening
31. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Laws of supply and demand
Scholarships
Self-Esteem
Law of Demand
32. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Conflict
Work Environment
Marketing Sales and Service
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
33. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Risk
Education and Training
Co-worker
34. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Job Duty
Lifestyle
GED certificate
35. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Services
Information Technology
Procrastinator
36. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Gross pay
GED certificate
Learning Style
Graduate school
37. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Bachelor's degree
Union
Classifieds
38. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Government and Public Administration
Corporation
Services
Economy
39. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Classifieds
Orientation
Career
Plan
40. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Plan
Job Market
Check Stub
Vocation
41. 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
Persistent
Free Enterprise System
Assessment
Application form
42. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Partnership
Temporary Jobs
Job Shadowing
Check Stub
43. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Salary Range
Specializing
Listening
Tuition
44. A person who owns stock in a company
Work
Study Skills
Law Public Safety and Security
Stockholder
45. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Part-Time Jobs
Job Outlook
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Interview
46. Someone who sells goods or services
Punctuality
Vendor
Part-Time Jobs
Net pay
47. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Career Goal
Hospitality and Tourism
Professional
48. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Wholesale
Competition
Tentative Decision
Punctuality
49. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
On-the-job training (OJT)
Brain Orientation
Workforce diversity
Net pay
50. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Elective
Fringe benefits
Aptitude
Vendor