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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Schedule
Self-Esteem
Procedure
Letter of Application
2. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
Career Ladder
Ability
Job Market
3. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Brain Orientation
Interest Inventory
Profit
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
4. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Personality
Interest Inventory
Work Environment
5. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Employment Agency
Volunteering
Services
Loss
6. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Deduction
Stockholder
Laws of supply and demand
Education and Training
7. A thank you letter written following an interview
Hospitality and Tourism
Follow-up Letter
Lifestyle
Personnel
8. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Related Occupations
Internet
Laws of supply and demand
Learning Style
9. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
GED certificate
Payroll
Manufacturing
Bachelor's degree
10. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Partnership
Finance
Career Portfolio
Consumer
11. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Education and Training
Job Outlook
Volunteering
12. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Education/Training Requirements
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Seasonal Work
Appearance
13. Earnings above base pay
Employment Outlook
Overtime
Skill
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
14. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Job lead
Fringe benefits
Applicant
Procrastinator
15. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Assessment
Bi-Weekly Pay
Graduate school
Discrimination
16. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Career Ladder
GED certificate
Year-to-date earnings
Values Compromise
17. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Career Interest Area
Partnership
Skill
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
18. Being on time for work
Law of Supply
Human Services
Career Ladder
Punctuality
19. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Internet
Assessment
Seasonal Work
20. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Listening
Schedule
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
21. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Personality Type
Fee
First impression
Career Goal
22. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Volunteering
Services
Profit
Hospitality and Tourism
23. Any information about possible job openings
Job lead
Graduate school
Personality Type
Volunteering
24. Business owned by one person
Seasonal Work
First impression
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Sole Proprietorship
25. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Contract Labor
Wage
Sick Leave
Schedule
26. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Stock
Graduate school
Study Skills
Job Outlook
27. 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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28. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Occupation
Elective
Plan
Priortize
29. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Appearance
Reference
Job Market
Personality
30. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employment Agency
Partnership
Employer
Government and Public Administration
31. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Technical
Full-Time Job
Personnel
32. Commoney known as Social Security
Elective
Application form
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Government and Public Administration
33. Learning on the job
Vendor
On-the-job training (OJT)
Interest
Economy
34. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Employment Agency
Work ethic
Values Compromise
Schedule
35. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Brain Orientation
Internet
Health Science
Discrimination
36. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Seasonal Work
Career Portfolio
Education and Training
Interest
37. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Short-Term Goal
Manufacturing
Listening Skills
Appearance
38. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Part-Time Jobs
Tentative Decision
Decision-Making Process
Human Services
39. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Laws of supply and demand
Job Shadowing
Education and Training
Occupation
40. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Loss
Laws of supply and demand
Specializing
Fringe benefits
41. A person who owns stock in a company
Internet
Union dues
Employment Outlook
Stockholder
42. 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
Identity
Attitude
43. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Related Occupations
Career Interest Area
Short-Term Goal
Personnel
44. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Qualification
Wholesale
Sole Proprietorship
45. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Goal
Career
Fringe benefits
Competition
46. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Application form
Payroll
Work
47. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Work ethic
Resume
Job lead
48. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Specializing
Letter of Application
Compromise
Work ethic
49. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Schedule
Sick Leave
Personality Type
Internship
50. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Goods
Orientation
Career Goal
Job Outlook