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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
Letter of Application
Credit
Part-Time Jobs
Internet
2. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Scholarships
Deduction
Long-Term Goal
3. A person applying for a job
Applicant
Career Goal
Services
Loss
4. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Assessment
Qualification
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Work
5. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Demographics
Study Skills
Temporary Jobs
Career Action Plan
6. Clash of ideas or values
Employment Agency
Contract Labor
Check Stub
Conflict
7. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Professional
Corporation
Orientation
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
8. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Skill
Law Public Safety and Security
Plan
Job lead
9. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Internet
Follow-up Letter
Architecture and Construction
Decision-Making Process
10. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Year-to-date earnings
Employer
Qualification
Graduate school
11. Any information about possible job openings
Job lead
Job
Conflict
Government and Public Administration
12. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Volunteering
Fringe benefits
Manufacturing
Salary Range
13. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Temporary Jobs
Identity
Financial aid
Personality
14. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Economy
Year-to-date earnings
Reference
Health Science
15. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Employer
Technology
Competition
Post-secondary education
16. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Identity
Job Outlook
Economy
Loss
17. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Vocational
ArkOscar
Internet
Outsourcing
18. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Listening Skills
Values Compromise
Procedure
Law Public Safety and Security
19. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Attitude
Personality
Reference
Deduction
20. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Check Stub
Learning Style
Procedure
Enterprise
21. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Fee
Work
Identity
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
22. Collection of information about oneself
Occupation
Global Economy
Career Portfolio
Finance
23. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Discrimination
Temporary Jobs
Loss
Brain Orientation
24. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Job
Government and Public Administration
Ethnic
Career
25. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Annual Leave
Specializing
Law Public Safety and Security
Entry-Level Jobs
26. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Self-Esteem
Demographics
Net pay
Research
27. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Associate degree
Work Environment
Loss
Decision
28. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Full-Time Job
Marketing Sales and Service
Enterprise
Law of Demand
29. Someone who sells goods or services
Interest Inventory
Vendor
Application form
classifieds
30. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Career Action Plan
Employer
Time Management
Business Management and Administration
31. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Semi-monthly Pay
Credit
Reference
Net pay
32. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Specializing
Entry-Level Jobs
Law Public Safety and Security
Global Economy
33. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Temporary Jobs
Salary Range
OOH
Deduction
34. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Resource
Architecture and Construction
On-the-job training (OJT)
Law of Supply
35. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Job Outlook
Volunteering
Career Interest Area
Architecture and Construction
36. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Manufacturing
Conflict
Brain Orientation
Work ethic
37. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Volunteering
Check Stub
Information Technology
Attitude
38. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Interest Inventory
Assessment
Brain Orientation
Career Action Plan
39. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Finance
Work ethic
O*Net
40. A definition of work duties
Tentative Decision
Technology
Qualification
Job Description
41. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Payroll
Corporation
Deduction
Professional
42. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Vendor
Partnership
Personality Trait
Co-worker
43. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Persistent
Wage
Self-Esteem
Values
44. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Assessment
Goal
Education/Training Requirements
Assessment
45. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
O*Net
Vendor
Stock
Year-to-date earnings
46. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Qualification
Plan
Networking
Producer
47. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Union dues
Reference
Credit
Orientation
48. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
Education/Training Requirements
Schedule
Co-worker
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
49. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Architecture and Construction
Union dues
Government and Public Administration
50. A computerized career information delivery system
Architecture and Construction
ArkOscar
Salary Range
Application form