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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. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
career cluster
Partnership
Government and Public Administration
Personality Type
2. Temporary work during the summer
Outsourcing
Finance
Seasonal Work
Interview
3. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Tuition
Work Values
Bachelor's degree
4. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Elective
Compromise
career cluster
Union
5. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Finance
On-the-job training (OJT)
Tentative Decision
6. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Reference
Job Description
Job Outlook
Elective
7. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Overtime
Seasonal Work
Part-Time Jobs
Wholesale
8. Worldwide financial management system
Orientation
Global Economy
Financial aid
Bi-Weekly Pay
9. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Marketing Sales and Service
Assessment
Associate degree
Employment Outlook
10. 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
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11. Learning on the job
Tuition
Research
Working Conditions
On-the-job training (OJT)
12. An amount of money charged by others for services
Enterprise
Fee
Vocational
Job Outlook
13. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Temporary Jobs
Laws of supply and demand
Job Market
Professional
14. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Internet
Work Values
Work Environment
15. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Personality Trait
Aptitude
Networking
Stockholder
16. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Education and Training
Vocation
Credit
Vendor
17. A person who works with you
Internet
Wage
Co-worker
Career Action Plan
18. One who puts off doing things or making decisions
O*Net
Tentative Decision
Personality Type
Procrastinator
19. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Resume
Related Occupations
Co-worker
Working Conditions
20. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Letter of Application
Employer
Goods
Stock
21. The type of job in which a person is employed
Outsourcing
Occupation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Sole Proprietorship
22. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Law of Supply
Ability
Personality
Elective
23. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Goods
Letter of Application
Co-worker
Job Shadowing
24. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Semi-monthly Pay
Career Goal
Salary Range
Lifestyle
25. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Vocation
GED certificate
Deduction
26. Using People in Mexico to assemble parts; utilizing external resources
Outsourcing
Technology
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Professional
27. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Prerequisite
Retailing
Corporation
Economy
28. To eliminate unwanted applicants
career cluster
Screen out
Attitude
Schedule
29. The choice between two or more possibilities
ArkOscar
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Decision
Technical
30. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Networking
Research
Deduction
classifieds
31. As the price increases producers produce more
Year-to-date earnings
Law of Supply
Orientation
Vocation
32. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Sole Proprietorship
classifieds
Compromise
Career Ladder
33. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Reference
Volunteering
Career
34. Earnings above base pay
Job lead
Identity
Manufacturing
Overtime
35. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Human Services
Year-to-date earnings
Personality Trait
Occupation
36. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Employer
Graduate school
Union dues
Health Science
37. A group of employees
Personnel
Help-wanted ads
Fee
Professional
38. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Networking
Global Economy
Education and Training
Corporation
39. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Personality
Profit
Workforce diversity
Architecture and Construction
40. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Health Science
Bachelor's degree
Resource
Manufacturing
41. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Interest Inventory
Attitude
Work
42. A group of employees
Architecture and Construction
Applicant
Priortize
Personnel
43. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Lifestyle
Plan
Job lead
Information Technology
44. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Long-Term Goal
Volunteering
Vocation
Resource
45. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Seasonal Work
Self-Esteem
Education and Training
46. A share of the ownership in a company
Listening Skills
Stock
Assessment
Full-Time Job
47. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Wage
Retailing
Employment Agency
Hospitality and Tourism
48. Work that a person does for pay
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Discrimination
Base Pay
Job
49. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Workforce diversity
Commission
Follow-up Letter
50. Cluster that involves growing and processing crops for human use; raising and processing animals for human use; using raw materials that occur naturally in the earth
Long-Term Goal
Union
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Contract Labor