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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. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Study Skills
Hospitality and Tourism
Payroll
Semi-monthly Pay
2. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Year-to-date earnings
Law of Demand
Employer
3. A thank you letter written following an interview
Consumer
Architecture and Construction
Education and Training
Follow-up Letter
4. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Bi-Weekly Pay
Priortize
Business Management and Administration
Employer
5. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Partnership
Human Services
Profit
Aptitude
6. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Commission
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Deduction
Orientation
7. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Career
Overtime
Aptitude
Related Occupations
8. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Application form
Appearance
Financial aid
Vocation
9. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Orientation
Attitude
Job Shadowing
Career Ladder
10. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Services
Part-Time Jobs
Post-secondary education
11. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Help-wanted ads
Demographics
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Procrastinator
12. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Plan
Full-Time Job
Government and Public Administration
Elective
13. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Entry-Level Jobs
Union dues
Technology
Loss
14. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Corporation
Base Pay
Payroll
Career cluster
15. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Net pay
Related Occupations
Enterprise
Discrimination
16. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Wholesale
Elective
Contract Labor
Long-Term Goal
17. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Volunteering
Salary
On-the-job training (OJT)
Employer
18. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Internship
Net pay
Ability
Bi-Weekly Pay
19. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Contract Labor
Partnership
Seasonal Work
20. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Ethnic
Interest Inventory
Internet
Learning Style
21. 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
On-the-job training (OJT)
Free Enterprise System
Interest
Conflict
22. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Elective
Temporary Jobs
Wholesale
Business Management and Administration
23. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Personality
Career Interest Area
Business Plan
Enterprise
24. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Finance
Short-Term Goal
Co-worker
Part-Time Jobs
25. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Year-to-date earnings
Economy
Schedule
Finance
26. A definition of work duties
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Base Pay
Job Description
Decision-Making Process
27. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Resource
Specializing
Free Enterprise System
Gross pay
28. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Short-Term Goal
Punctuality
Salary Range
Plan
29. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Resource
Job lead
Vocational
Wage
30. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Identity
Business Management and Administration
Job Description
Ethnic
31. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Identity
Aptitude
Semi-monthly Pay
Application form
32. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Deduction
Law Public Safety and Security
Technology
Skill
33. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Procrastinator
Volunteering
Information Technology
Law of Demand
34. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Follow-up Letter
Profit
Education/Training Requirements
GED certificate
35. A person applying for a job
Applicant
Identity
Schedule
Partnership
36. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Ethnic
GED certificate
Self-Concept
Retailing
37. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Ethnic
Resource
Competition
Compromise
38. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Reference
Work ethic
Time Management
Career cluster
39. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Conflict
Letter of Application
Procedure
Salary
40. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Conflict
Volunteering
Bi-Weekly Pay
Values
41. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Qualification
Fee
Demographics
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
42. A group of employees
Manufacturing
Listening
Aptitude
Personnel
43. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Assessment
Law Public Safety and Security
Technology
Commission
44. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Procedure
Procrastinator
Commission
45. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Help-wanted ads
Goods
Assessment
Self-Concept
46. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Interview
Finance
Orientation
Manufacturing
47. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Entry-Level Jobs
Wage
Employment Agency
48. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Work Values
Post-secondary education
Brain Orientation
49. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Annual Leave
Outsourcing
Competition
Values Compromise
50. Collection of information about oneself
ArkOscar
Co-worker
Base Pay
Career Portfolio