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Career Vocab
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Job Market
Career Action Plan
Screen out
2. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Vocation
Decision-Making Process
Working Conditions
Job Market
3. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Retailing
Short-Term Goal
Bi-Weekly Pay
Check Stub
4. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Tentative Decision
Co-worker
Discrimination
Stock
5. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Overtime
Outsourcing
Networking
Entrepreneur
6. The course of action one decides to take at the end of the decision-making process
Employment Agency
Profit
Partnership
Plan
7. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Temporary Jobs
Technical
Net pay
Career Interest Area
8. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Priortize
Specializing
Assessment
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
9. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Employment Agency
Appearance
First impression
Specializing
10. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Job Outlook
Law Public Safety and Security
Internship
Human Services
11. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Education and Training
Schedule
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Architecture and Construction
12. The choice between two or more possibilities
Decision
Information Technology
Annual Leave
Law of Demand
13. Earnings above base pay
Retailing
Vocation
Overtime
Goal
14. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
On-the-job training (OJT)
Schedule
Entry-Level Jobs
Values Compromise
15. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Risk
Application form
Seasonal Work
Law of Demand
16. The planning and using of time
Risk
Workforce diversity
Listening
Time Management
17. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Personality Type
Job Description
Semi-monthly Pay
Economy
18. A person applying for a job
Full-Time Job
Application form
Business Plan
Applicant
19. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Laws of supply and demand
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Specializing
Short-Term Goal
20. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Work Values
Wage
Letter of Application
Vocation
21. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Technical
Salary Range
Screen out
Reference
22. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Personnel
Job Description
Annual Leave
23. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Career
Associate degree
Education and Training
24. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Hospitality and Tourism
Learning Style
Semi-monthly Pay
Career Action Plan
25. Someone who sells goods or services
Finance
Apprenticeship
Overtime
Vendor
26. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Stock
Applicant
Career Goal
Post-secondary education
27. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Screen out
Health Science
Self-Esteem
28. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Personality
Deduction
Credit
Goal
29. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Personality
Interest Inventory
Stockholder
Discrimination
30. 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
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Decision
Interview
Interest Inventory
31. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Outsourcing
Career Goal
Schedule
32. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Job
Resume
Occupation
33. Business which two or more people own and operate
Personnel
Salary
Job Shadowing
Partnership
34. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Evaluate
Sick Leave
Net pay
35. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Internship
Career Interest Area
Evaluate
Enterprise
36. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Job Duty
Listening
Priortize
Letter of Application
37. The type of job in which a person is employed
Sick Leave
Ethnic
Occupation
Entrepreneur
38. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Union
Orientation
Job Description
Resource
39. 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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40. Typical way of life
Reference
Lifestyle
Economy
Career Goal
41. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Architecture and Construction
Temporary Jobs
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
42. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Consumer
Aptitude
Union dues
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
43. The personality or activity by which a person is known
Personnel
Identity
Union dues
Values Compromise
44. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Career Action Plan
Architecture and Construction
Union
Semi-monthly Pay
45. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Apprenticeship
Bachelor's degree
Internship
Associate degree
46. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Prerequisite
Compromise
Procedure
Help-wanted ads
47. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Personality Trait
Listening Skills
Post-secondary education
Follow-up Letter
48. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Work Values
Entry-Level Jobs
Scholarships
Business Plan
49. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Retailing
Resource
Personality Trait
Contract Labor
50. Learning on the job
On-the-job training (OJT)
Job Duty
Health Science
Values Compromise