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Career Orientation Basics
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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. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Education/Training Requirements
classifieds
Bachelor's degree
Values Compromise
2. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Base Pay
Deduction
Interview
Volunteering
3. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Salary Range
Outsourcing
Job Outlook
Interest Inventory
4. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Follow-up Letter
classifieds
Co-worker
5. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Resource
GED certificate
ArkOscar
Human Services
6. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Career Portfolio
Career Goal
Wholesale
Manufacturing
7. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Evaluate
Health Science
Screen out
Career Action Plan
8. Clash of ideas or values
Annual Leave
Conflict
Education/Training Requirements
Sick Leave
9. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Competition
Manufacturing
Laws of supply and demand
Temporary Jobs
10. A computerized career information delivery system
Career Interest Area
ArkOscar
Sick Leave
Finance
11. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Partnership
classifieds
Resource
Working Conditions
12. Any information about possible job openings
Business Plan
Overtime
Job
Job lead
13. A person who owns stock in a company
Sick Leave
Time Management
Working Conditions
Stockholder
14. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Technical
Financial aid
classifieds
15. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Application form
Decision-Making Process
Job Market
16. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Co-worker
Job Duty
Ability
Long-Term Goal
17. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Conflict
Job Duty
Annual Leave
Job Market
18. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Personality
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Career
Letter of Application
19. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Base Pay
Work
Application form
Specializing
20. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Qualification
Net pay
classifieds
Tentative Decision
21. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Law of Demand
Annual Leave
O*Net
Graduate school
22. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Lifestyle
Check Stub
Profit
23. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Professional
Information Technology
Education/Training Requirements
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
24. Work that a person does for pay
Scholarships
Entry-Level Jobs
Job
Procrastinator
25. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Career Action Plan
Self-Concept
Consumer
26. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Time Management
Wage
Interview
Enterprise
27. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Priortize
Law of Demand
Values Compromise
On-the-job training (OJT)
28. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law of Demand
Credit
Fee
Volunteering
29. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Internship
Credit
Self-Concept
30. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Architecture and Construction
Hospitality and Tourism
Vendor
Career Goal
31. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Economy
Law of Demand
Employment Outlook
Bi-Weekly Pay
32. Earnings above base pay
Compromise
Overtime
Research
Full-Time Job
33. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Interview
Year-to-date earnings
Employment Agency
Job Shadowing
34. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Wholesale
Reference
Overtime
Orientation
35. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Commission
Learning Style
Check Stub
Producer
36. The type of job in which a person is employed
Occupation
Tentative Decision
OOH
Follow-up Letter
37. A person who works with you
Enterprise
Co-worker
Graduate school
Applicant
38. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Applicant
Sick Leave
Part-Time Jobs
Commission
39. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Workforce diversity
Working Conditions
Fee
Interest Inventory
40. As the price increases producers produce more
Seasonal Work
Self-Concept
Law of Supply
Employment Agency
41. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Procrastinator
Self-Concept
Vocation
Skill
42. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Associate degree
Technical
Co-worker
Wage
43. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Consumer
Enterprise
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Career Portfolio
44. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Follow-up Letter
Persistent
Entry-Level Jobs
Brain Orientation
45. The planning and using of time
Career Ladder
Time Management
Post-secondary education
Sole Proprietorship
46. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Semi-monthly Pay
Research
Job lead
47. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Outlook
Co-worker
48. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Skill
Consumer
Volunteering
49. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Net pay
Career Portfolio
Technology
Temporary Jobs
50. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Plan
Free Enterprise System
Payroll