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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. Someone who sells goods or services
O*Net
Skill
Bi-Weekly Pay
Vendor
2. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Manufacturing
Hospitality and Tourism
Check Stub
3. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Employment Agency
Priortize
First impression
4. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Decision
Entrepreneur
Appearance
Seasonal Work
5. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Union
Loss
O*Net
Ethnic
6. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Vendor
Part-Time Jobs
Internet
Values Compromise
7. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Full-Time Job
Economy
Study Skills
Credit
8. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Appearance
Producer
Follow-up Letter
9. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Law Public Safety and Security
Overtime
Employment Outlook
Specializing
10. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Work ethic
Personality Trait
Aptitude
Partnership
11. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Health Science
Short-Term Goal
Listening Skills
12. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Demographics
Identity
Schedule
O*Net
13. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Wholesale
Business Plan
Contract Labor
Reference
14. Someone who creates a good or service
Ethnic
Decision
Producer
Law of Supply
15. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Employment Outlook
Interview
Union
Apprenticeship
16. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Job Outlook
Attitude
Demographics
17. Any information about possible job openings
Outsourcing
Networking
Credit
Job lead
18. A skill that you have developed
Ethnic
Interview
Schedule
Ability
19. Learning on the job
Punctuality
Job Outlook
On-the-job training (OJT)
Career cluster
20. Commoney known as Social Security
Vendor
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Salary
Business Management and Administration
21. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Producer
Laws of supply and demand
Work Values
Wage
22. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Listening Skills
Economy
Resume
Interview
23. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Identity
Education and Training
Corporation
Bachelor's degree
24. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Union dues
Bachelor's degree
Stockholder
25. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Time Management
Base Pay
Employer
Work Environment
26. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Education/Training Requirements
Internet
Risk
27. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Graduate school
Research
Associate degree
Check Stub
28. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Screen out
Prerequisite
Laws of supply and demand
Post-secondary education
29. A person who works with you
Screen out
Semi-monthly Pay
Deduction
Co-worker
30. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Work ethic
Sick Leave
Career Action Plan
Learning Style
31. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Elective
Lifestyle
Temporary Jobs
32. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Plan
Attitude
Competition
Listening
33. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Vocation
Net pay
Deduction
Interview
34. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Job Shadowing
Study Skills
Scholarships
Credit
35. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Attitude
Retailing
Finance
Outsourcing
36. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Job Duty
Brain Orientation
Follow-up Letter
O*Net
37. The planning and using of time
Manufacturing
Financial aid
Reference
Time Management
38. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Base Pay
Working Conditions
Orientation
Wholesale
39. The choice between two or more possibilities
Architecture and Construction
Entry-Level Jobs
Decision
Compromise
40. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Ability
Career Ladder
Long-Term Goal
Workforce diversity
41. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Values Compromise
Internship
Part-Time Jobs
Employment Agency
42. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Technical
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Post-secondary education
Finance
43. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Follow-up Letter
Career Goal
Plan
Study Skills
44. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Personality Trait
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Architecture and Construction
Ethnic
45. A person applying for a job
Ethnic
Vocational
Education/Training Requirements
Applicant
46. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Career Action Plan
Fringe benefits
Learning Style
Job Shadowing
47. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
Salary Range
Temporary Jobs
Manufacturing
48. Worldwide financial management system
Learning Style
Internship
Global Economy
Qualification
49. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Fringe benefits
Stockholder
Time Management
Business Plan
50. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Brain Orientation
Time Management
Career cluster
Ethnic