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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Decision
Human Services
Job Duty
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
2. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Fringe benefits
Co-worker
Career Goal
Post-secondary education
3. Any education or training following high school
Net pay
Contract Labor
Post-secondary education
Services
4. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Post-secondary education
Outsourcing
Partnership
Long-Term Goal
5. Earnings above base pay
Business Plan
Overtime
Salary Range
Demographics
6. Business owned by one person
Sole Proprietorship
Networking
Scholarships
Retailing
7. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Career Interest Area
Part-Time Jobs
Finance
Specializing
8. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Wage
Job Market
Listening Skills
Interest
9. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Services
Work Environment
Business Plan
Law of Supply
10. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Loss
Punctuality
Plan
Personality Trait
11. Typical way of life
Lifestyle
Scholarships
Resource
Stockholder
12. Collection of information about oneself
Career Portfolio
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Architecture and Construction
Short-Term Goal
13. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Salary Range
ArkOscar
Discrimination
Job Shadowing
14. Commoney known as Social Security
Seasonal Work
Credit
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Union dues
15. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Goods
Scholarships
Gross pay
Attitude
16. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Resume
Persistent
Stockholder
17. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Assessment
Lifestyle
Appearance
Persistent
18. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Time Management
Resource
Vocation
Conflict
19. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Priortize
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Credit
Job Description
20. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Qualification
Salary Range
Profit
Listening Skills
21. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Sole Proprietorship
Annual Leave
Occupation
Graduate school
22. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Priortize
Career Interest Area
Retailing
Volunteering
23. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Wage
Check Stub
Consumer
Procedure
24. A decision or plan that can be changed
Co-worker
Sick Leave
Discrimination
Tentative Decision
25. A group of employees
Decision
Time Management
Personnel
Interest Inventory
26. The environment of the workplace
Screen out
Job Outlook
Stockholder
Working Conditions
27. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Profit
Interview
Services
Graduate school
28. Business which two or more people own and operate
Self-Esteem
Law Public Safety and Security
Consumer
Partnership
29. As the price increases producers produce more
Law of Supply
Follow-up Letter
Decision
Screen out
30. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Procrastinator
Networking
Elective
Qualification
31. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Tentative Decision
Professional
Reference
Entrepreneur
32. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Job Shadowing
Deduction
Part-Time Jobs
Learning Style
33. Work that a person does for pay
Job
Financial aid
Loss
Demographics
34. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Lifestyle
Qualification
Payroll
Long-Term Goal
35. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Resource
Career cluster
Tuition
Law Public Safety and Security
36. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Letter of Application
Sick Leave
Ability
Commission
37. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Decision
Aptitude
Workforce diversity
38. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Help-wanted ads
GED certificate
Producer
Year-to-date earnings
39. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Technology
Hospitality and Tourism
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Self-Esteem
40. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Professional
Temporary Jobs
Job lead
Help-wanted ads
41. Being on time for work
Health Science
Resource
Punctuality
Job Duty
42. Personal standards by which one lives
Global Economy
Job
Temporary Jobs
Values
43. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Enterprise
Health Science
Financial aid
Business Management and Administration
44. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Punctuality
Bi-Weekly Pay
Services
Career Goal
45. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Networking
Health Science
Full-Time Job
Bi-Weekly Pay
46. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Union dues
Listening
Entry-Level Jobs
47. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Health Science
Sick Leave
Payroll
Contract Labor
48. 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
Co-worker
Resume
Technical
49. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Brain Orientation
Bi-Weekly Pay
Apprenticeship
Scholarships
50. The choice between two or more possibilities
Career Portfolio
Education/Training Requirements
Decision
Goods