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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. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Part-Time Jobs
OOH
Temporary Jobs
Interview
2. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after they successfully complete a required set of college courses in both general and specific areas - usually lasting 4 years
3. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Identity
Personality Trait
Letter of Application
4. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Punctuality
Profit
Employer
5. A person who works with you
Job Outlook
Vocation
Co-worker
Job Duty
6. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
On-the-job training (OJT)
Year-to-date earnings
Research
7. Any education or training following high school
Workforce diversity
career cluster
Manufacturing
Post-secondary education
8. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Tuition
Fringe benefits
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Specializing
9. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Goal
Government and Public Administration
Marketing Sales and Service
Temporary Jobs
10. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Loss
Profit
Technical
Ethnic
11. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Employment Agency
Credit
Stockholder
Short-Term Goal
12. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Union
Related Occupations
Wage
Listening Skills
13. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Study Skills
Self-Esteem
Human Services
14. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Job
Self-Esteem
Qualification
Law of Supply
15. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Values
Loss
Retailing
Competition
16. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Punctuality
Salary Range
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
17. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Stock
Punctuality
Business Management and Administration
Decision-Making Process
18. A decision or plan that can be changed
Tentative Decision
Semi-monthly Pay
Personnel
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
19. Business owned by one person
Education and Training
Sole Proprietorship
Sick Leave
Elective
20. Standards one believes is important about their work
Work Values
Goods
Sick Leave
Technology
21. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Personality Type
Health Science
Career
Education/Training Requirements
22. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Management and Administration
Outsourcing
Compromise
Fee
23. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Ethnic
OOH
Entry-Level Jobs
Resource
24. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Procedure
Seasonal Work
Conflict
25. Personal standards by which one lives
Hospitality and Tourism
Elective
Lifestyle
Values
26. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Attitude
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Payroll
Technology
27. Someone who creates a good or service
Wholesale
Producer
Information Technology
Learning Style
28. Any education or training following high school
Payroll
Decision
Net pay
Post-secondary education
29. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Working Conditions
Job Duty
Vocation
Associate degree
30. A skill that has been developed
Career Portfolio
Ability
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Outsourcing
31. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Payroll
Career Interest Area
Orientation
ArkOscar
32. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Working Conditions
Internship
Sole Proprietorship
Schedule
33. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Tentative Decision
Conflict
Specializing
Help-wanted ads
34. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Law Public Safety and Security
Employer
Temporary Jobs
Year-to-date earnings
35. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Education and Training
Wholesale
Career Action Plan
Procedure
36. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Producer
Temporary Jobs
Base Pay
Hospitality and Tourism
37. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Full-Time Job
Brain Orientation
Employment Outlook
Career Action Plan
38. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Related Occupations
Employment Outlook
Bachelor's degree
39. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Government and Public Administration
Compromise
Sick Leave
On-the-job training (OJT)
40. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Economy
Ability
Technical
41. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Job
Law of Supply
Architecture and Construction
Specializing
42. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Brain Orientation
Self-Esteem
Tentative Decision
Career Portfolio
43. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Networking
Interview
Specializing
Letter of Application
44. A thank you letter written following an interview
Occupation
Resume
Screen out
Follow-up Letter
45. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
On-the-job training (OJT)
Long-Term Goal
Personality Trait
Ethnic
46. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Sick Leave
Compromise
Education/Training Requirements
Base Pay
47. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Values Compromise
Entry-Level Jobs
Reference
Job Shadowing
48. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Producer
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Union dues
49. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Procrastinator
Associate degree
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Job Outlook
50. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Attitude
Financial aid
Temporary Jobs
Research