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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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1. Someone who creates a good or service
Part-Time Jobs
Tentative Decision
Producer
Related Occupations
2. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Resource
Career Ladder
Job Outlook
Career
3. The environment of the workplace
Help-wanted ads
Working Conditions
Values Compromise
Temporary Jobs
4. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Sick Leave
Plan
Check Stub
Law of Demand
5. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Base Pay
Ability
Full-Time Job
Temporary Jobs
6. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Decision
Procedure
Assessment
Specializing
7. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Deduction
Human Services
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Ethnic
8. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Lifestyle
Internship
Short-Term Goal
Work Values
9. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Study Skills
Full-Time Job
Risk
10. As the price increases producers produce more
Sick Leave
Reference
Related Occupations
Law of Supply
11. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Evaluate
Net pay
Temporary Jobs
Contract Labor
12. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Learning Style
Deduction
Workforce diversity
Study Skills
13. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Gross pay
Ability
Listening Skills
14. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Graduate school
Values Compromise
Employment Agency
Vocational
15. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Personality Type
Tuition
Internet
Work ethic
16. A person who works with you
Producer
Consumer
Orientation
Co-worker
17. The planning and using of time
Associate degree
Time Management
Job
Screen out
18. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Wage
Vocation
Technical
Corporation
19. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Demographics
Manufacturing
Procrastinator
Follow-up Letter
20. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employer
Career cluster
Ability
Sole Proprietorship
21. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Goal
Law Public Safety and Security
Post-secondary education
Entry-Level Jobs
22. The type of job in which a person is employed
Occupation
Credit
Priortize
Base Pay
23. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Overtime
Job
Profit
Fee
24. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Work Environment
Base Pay
Applicant
Union
25. A decision or plan that can be changed
Discrimination
Contract Labor
Tentative Decision
Work ethic
26. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Full-Time Job
Evaluate
Human Services
Aptitude
27. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Self-Esteem
Resume
Occupation
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
28. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Interview
Wholesale
Check Stub
29. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Work ethic
Career
Research
Payroll
30. Any education or training following high school
Application form
Retailing
Law of Demand
Post-secondary education
31. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Seasonal Work
Identity
Employer
Manufacturing
32. Commoney known as Social Security
Employment Outlook
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Decision
Assessment
33. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Job Outlook
Human Services
Post-secondary education
34. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Vocation
Professional
Reference
Fringe benefits
35. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Hospitality and Tourism
Deduction
Personality Trait
Personnel
36. Clash of ideas or values
Work ethic
Personality Trait
Annual Leave
Conflict
37. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Interest
Loss
Global Economy
38. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Marketing Sales and Service
Vocational
Outsourcing
Working Conditions
39. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Specializing
Professional
Law Public Safety and Security
40. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Long-Term Goal
Tuition
Scholarships
Employment Outlook
41. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Fee
Associate degree
Law of Supply
42. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Annual Leave
Profit
Deduction
43. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Contract Labor
Partnership
Salary Range
Finance
44. Standards one believes is important about their work
Research
Study Skills
Work Values
Co-worker
45. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Self-Concept
O*Net
Base Pay
46. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Reference
Demographics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Goods
47. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Check Stub
On-the-job training (OJT)
Commission
Stock
48. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Business Management and Administration
Related Occupations
Economy
49. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Internet
Qualification
GED certificate
Business Management and Administration
50. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Vocational
Financial aid
Study Skills
Personality Trait