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Career Orientation Basics
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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. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Ethnic
Credit
Plan
Goods
2. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Occupation
Seasonal Work
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Job Duty
3. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Persistent
ArkOscar
Associate degree
4. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Interview
Temporary Jobs
Year-to-date earnings
Competition
5. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Human Services
Career
Internship
Health Science
6. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Finance
Learning Style
Job Duty
Self-Concept
7. The planning and using of time
Business Plan
Time Management
Technical
Study Skills
8. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Information Technology
Plan
Professional
Outsourcing
9. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Persistent
Entry-Level Jobs
Wholesale
Orientation
10. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Semi-monthly Pay
Union dues
Job Duty
Wage
11. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Deduction
Credit
Job Shadowing
classifieds
12. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Semi-monthly Pay
Work Environment
O*Net
Law Public Safety and Security
13. The planning and using of time
Vocation
Hospitality and Tourism
Time Management
Stock
14. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Stockholder
OOH
Work ethic
Wage
15. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Listening Skills
Elective
Personality
Services
16. Possibility of loss
Short-Term Goal
Self-Esteem
Risk
Time Management
17. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Associate degree
Professional
Temporary Jobs
Interest
18. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Resume
Vocation
Work Values
19. Business owned by one person
Overtime
Workforce diversity
Sole Proprietorship
Screen out
20. Earnings above base pay
Assessment
Sole Proprietorship
Workforce diversity
Overtime
21. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Education and Training
Values
Overtime
22. A person who owns stock in a company
Stockholder
Union dues
Business Management and Administration
Finance
23. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Hospitality and Tourism
Information Technology
Education/Training Requirements
Career Action Plan
24. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Competition
Sick Leave
Enterprise
Follow-up Letter
25. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Full-Time Job
Education and Training
Decision
26. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Co-worker
Information Technology
Work ethic
27. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Resource
Volunteering
Ethnic
Finance
28. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Reference
Commission
Wholesale
Annual Leave
29. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Management and Administration
Interview
Skill
Marketing Sales and Service
30. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Part-Time Jobs
Base Pay
Reference
Procedure
31. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Internship
Help-wanted ads
Compromise
Job Outlook
32. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Net pay
Career Action Plan
Brain Orientation
Procrastinator
33. To look at closely and judge
Information Technology
Evaluate
Apprenticeship
Job Shadowing
34. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Goal
Procedure
Prerequisite
Scholarships
35. Business which two or more people own and operate
Finance
Employment Agency
Stockholder
Partnership
36. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Marketing Sales and Service
Vocational
Resume
Decision-Making Process
37. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Plan
On-the-job training (OJT)
Short-Term Goal
Entrepreneur
38. A share of the ownership in a company
Consumer
Lifestyle
Stock
Part-Time Jobs
39. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Job Outlook
Deduction
Law of Demand
Listening Skills
40. Someone who sells goods or services
Gross pay
Volunteering
Vendor
Decision
41. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Related Occupations
Bachelor's degree
Qualification
Career Portfolio
42. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Retailing
ArkOscar
Specializing
Demographics
43. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Law of Demand
Sole Proprietorship
Payroll
44. A course or program that teaches job skills
Bachelor's degree
Brain Orientation
Vocational
Competition
45. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Long-Term Goal
Personnel
Wage
Short-Term Goal
46. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
Occupation
Identity
Job Market
47. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Time Management
Government and Public Administration
Interview
Decision
48. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Help-wanted ads
Sole Proprietorship
Demographics
Work ethic
49. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Work ethic
Financial aid
Part-Time Jobs
Conflict
50. A skill that has been developed
Credit
O*Net
OOH
Ability