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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. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Lifestyle
Wage
Working Conditions
Wholesale
2. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Research
Personnel
Identity
Personality Type
3. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Procrastinator
GED certificate
Manufacturing
4. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Year-to-date earnings
Salary
Letter of Application
Job Market
5. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Fee
Demographics
First impression
Check Stub
6. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
GED certificate
Marketing Sales and Service
Job Market
Risk
7. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Identity
Part-Time Jobs
Payroll
Internet
8. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
First impression
Career Interest Area
O*Net
Conflict
9. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Post-secondary education
Plan
Risk
Occupation
10. The choice between two or more possibilities
Applicant
Services
Decision
Elective
11. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
On-the-job training (OJT)
Career Ladder
Law of Supply
Related Occupations
12. A person applying for a job
Entry-Level Jobs
Overtime
Apprenticeship
Applicant
13. Work that a person does for pay
Wholesale
Listening Skills
Bachelor's degree
Job
14. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Technology
Law of Demand
Decision-Making Process
Internship
15. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Commission
Aptitude
Procrastinator
Profit
16. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Consumer
Application form
Partnership
Job
17. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Financial aid
Wholesale
Qualification
Salary Range
18. Typical way of life
Time Management
Lifestyle
On-the-job training (OJT)
Human Services
19. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Part-Time Jobs
Procedure
Work Environment
20. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Outsourcing
Prerequisite
Specializing
21. A thank you letter written following an interview
Bachelor's degree
Persistent
Retailing
Follow-up Letter
22. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Outsourcing
Credit
Research
Entrepreneur
23. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Semi-monthly Pay
Tuition
Appearance
Long-Term Goal
24. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Annual Leave
Education/Training Requirements
Procedure
Bi-Weekly Pay
25. Someone who sells goods or services
Risk
Enterprise
Vendor
Career Ladder
26. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Outsourcing
Prerequisite
Law of Demand
27. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Personality Trait
Job Market
Internet
Economy
28. The ability or potential for learning new skills
On-the-job training (OJT)
Aptitude
Stock
Short-Term Goal
29. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Salary Range
Apprenticeship
Vendor
Resume
30. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
Aptitude
Partnership
Entry-Level Jobs
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
31. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Decision
Profit
Health Science
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
32. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Full-Time Job
Information Technology
Financial aid
Specializing
33. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Consumer
Services
Brain Orientation
Employment Agency
34. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Decision
Decision-Making Process
Gross pay
Overtime
35. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Work ethic
Graduate school
Technology
Evaluate
36. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Self-Concept
Temporary Jobs
Law Public Safety and Security
Follow-up Letter
37. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
Free Enterprise System
Payroll
Internet
38. A person who works with you
Evaluate
Tuition
Economy
Co-worker
39. A person who owns stock in a company
Stockholder
Occupation
Short-Term Goal
Employment Agency
40. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Career
Research
Outsourcing
Tentative Decision
41. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Assessment
Associate degree
Union dues
Job
42. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after they successfully complete a required set of college courses in both general and specific areas - usually lasting 4 years
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43. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Hospitality and Tourism
Evaluate
Semi-monthly Pay
Applicant
44. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Job
Government and Public Administration
Employment Agency
Free Enterprise System
45. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Qualification
Long-Term Goal
Associate degree
Loss
46. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Conflict
Seasonal Work
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47. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Government and Public Administration
Plan
Law of Supply
Entry-Level Jobs
48. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Time Management
Stock
Interest
Lifestyle
49. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Job Shadowing
Marketing Sales and Service
Compromise
Ability
50. A group of employees
Corporation
Personnel
Work ethic
Internet