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Career Orientation Basics
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Any education or training following high school
Seasonal Work
Post-secondary education
Retailing
Business Plan
2. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Career Ladder
Finance
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Technology
3. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Tentative Decision
Entry-Level Jobs
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Long-Term Goal
4. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Financial aid
Job Market
Architecture and Construction
Brain Orientation
5. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Workforce diversity
Payroll
Financial aid
Sick Leave
6. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Career Interest Area
Annual Leave
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Working Conditions
7. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Reference
Full-Time Job
ArkOscar
Wholesale
8. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Sole Proprietorship
Elective
Decision-Making Process
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
9. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Contract Labor
Short-Term Goal
Demographics
Architecture and Construction
10. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Punctuality
Education and Training
Check Stub
Finance
11. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Services
Net pay
Check Stub
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
12. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Entrepreneur
Internet
Fringe benefits
Vocational
13. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Tentative Decision
Compromise
Resource
Overtime
14. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Goods
Decision-Making Process
Career
Career Interest Area
15. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Temporary Jobs
Work ethic
Compromise
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
16. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Specializing
Ethnic
Union
Credit
17. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Employment Agency
Help-wanted ads
Information Technology
Demographics
18. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Compromise
Interest Inventory
Business Management and Administration
Stockholder
19. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Hospitality and Tourism
Personality Type
Post-secondary education
Self-Concept
20. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Information Technology
Laws of supply and demand
Aptitude
Scholarships
21. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Salary Range
Base Pay
Work Values
Study Skills
22. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Skill
Personality
Self-Esteem
Consumer
23. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Employment Agency
Goods
Persistent
Deduction
24. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Entry-Level Jobs
Goal
Sole Proprietorship
25. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Business Plan
Apprenticeship
Law of Supply
Manufacturing
26. As the price increases producers produce more
Working Conditions
Law of Supply
Enterprise
Internet
27. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Values Compromise
Health Science
Bi-Weekly Pay
Deduction
28. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Punctuality
Career Action Plan
Resume
Bi-Weekly Pay
29. Temporary work during the summer
Career Goal
Tuition
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Seasonal Work
30. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Job
Ethnic
Help-wanted ads
Job Outlook
31. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Salary Range
Profit
Job Duty
Tentative Decision
32. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Part-Time Jobs
Business Plan
Vendor
Scholarships
33. Work that a person does for pay
Job
Wage
Study Skills
Loss
34. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Specializing
Producer
Skill
Vendor
35. 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
Services
Work ethic
Skill
Free Enterprise System
36. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
ArkOscar
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Law of Supply
Interview
37. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Conflict
Self-Esteem
Profit
Short-Term Goal
38. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Job
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Long-Term Goal
Year-to-date earnings
39. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Values Compromise
Persistent
Services
OOH
40. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Human Services
Year-to-date earnings
Base Pay
Job Market
41. As the price increases producers produce more
Salary Range
Law of Supply
Education/Training Requirements
Volunteering
42. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Internet
Economy
Entrepreneur
Architecture and Construction
43. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Career Portfolio
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Fee
Business Plan
44. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Law of Supply
Manufacturing
Career Ladder
Law Public Safety and Security
45. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Deduction
Technical
46. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Deduction
Research
O*Net
Related Occupations
47. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Career
GED certificate
Scholarships
Volunteering
48. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Associate degree
Technical
Occupation
Salary
49. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Professional
Values Compromise
Internship
Seasonal Work
50. Someone who sells goods or services
Scholarships
Work ethic
Stockholder
Vendor