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Career Orientation Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A free flowing economy based upon the laws of supply and demand to allow individuals or companies to buy and sell goods and/or services at a profit
Technical
Prerequisite
Free Enterprise System
Values
2. Notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Attitude
Stockholder
Career
3. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Law of Supply
Graduate school
Personality Trait
Economy
4. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Scholarships
Career Portfolio
Salary
Compromise
5. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Post-secondary education
Evaluate
Ethnic
Volunteering
6. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Study Skills
Information Technology
Fee
Personnel
7. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Outsourcing
Attitude
Internet
Bi-Weekly Pay
8. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
career cluster
Marketing Sales and Service
Discrimination
Business Plan
9. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Career Action Plan
Financial aid
Self-Concept
Services
10. Business owned by one person
Services
Gross pay
Resume
Sole Proprietorship
11. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Contract Labor
Aptitude
Technical
Loss
12. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Laws of supply and demand
Net pay
Identity
Job Outlook
13. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law of Demand
Enterprise
Co-worker
Part-Time Jobs
14. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Commission
Salary Range
Year-to-date earnings
Payroll
15. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Co-worker
Aptitude
Work Environment
Full-Time Job
16. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Global Economy
Stock
Bachelor's degree
17. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Sick Leave
Vendor
Conflict
Help-wanted ads
18. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Education and Training
Education/Training Requirements
Graduate school
Job Duty
19. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Letter of Application
Corporation
Listening Skills
20. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goal
Learning Style
Entrepreneur
Business Plan
21. An amount of money charged by others for services
Bachelor's degree
Self-Concept
Fee
Scholarships
22. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employer
Co-worker
Values
Laws of supply and demand
23. A share of the ownership in a company
Vocational
Fee
Stock
Marketing Sales and Service
24. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Listening Skills
Orientation
Services
25. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Entry-Level Jobs
Orientation
Base Pay
Work
26. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Stockholder
Vendor
Demographics
Associate degree
27. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Career Portfolio
Listening Skills
Stock
Employment Agency
28. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Corporation
Resume
Follow-up Letter
Related Occupations
29. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Job Duty
Base Pay
Consumer
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
30. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Decision-Making Process
Letter of Application
Personality
Internet
31. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Semi-monthly Pay
Goal
Seasonal Work
Screen out
32. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Enterprise
Technical
Internship
Stock
33. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career Interest Area
Human Services
Business Plan
Credit
34. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
O*Net
Union dues
Fringe benefits
Volunteering
35. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
career cluster
Assessment
Goal
Listening Skills
36. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Values Compromise
Self-Esteem
Job lead
Technical
37. 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
Commission
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Wage
38. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Business Plan
Competition
Marketing Sales and Service
Goods
39. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Contract Labor
Graduate school
Hospitality and Tourism
Apprenticeship
40. A thank you letter written following an interview
Work Environment
Job Description
Goal
Follow-up Letter
41. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Global Economy
Letter of Application
Career
career cluster
42. Worldwide financial management system
Plan
Listening Skills
Global Economy
Seasonal Work
43. Any education or training following high school
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Post-secondary education
Temporary Jobs
Qualification
44. (Occupational Outlook Handbook) A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Career Interest Area
Producer
OOH
Decision
45. A person applying for a job
Applicant
Corporation
Entrepreneur
Risk
46. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Government and Public Administration
Brain Orientation
Short-Term Goal
Networking
47. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Values
Gross pay
Personality Type
Deduction
48. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Employment Outlook
Career Interest Area
Architecture and Construction
Goal
49. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Free Enterprise System
Demographics
Career
Contract Labor
50. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Personality
Career Interest Area
Job Market
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics