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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Economy
ArkOscar
Net pay
Base Pay
2. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Career Portfolio
Procrastinator
Follow-up Letter
Retailing
3. Instant opinion - based on certain clues - such as the way you look - act - and talk
Union
Career Action Plan
Career Portfolio
First impression
4. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Union
Vendor
Aptitude
Goods
5. 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
Services
Union
Ethnic
6. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Free Enterprise System
Base Pay
Research
Career Portfolio
7. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Job Market
Credit
Technical
Associate degree
8. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Producer
Workforce diversity
Employer
Seasonal Work
9. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Education/Training Requirements
Credit
Overtime
10. Any information about possible job openings
First impression
Full-Time Job
Job lead
Identity
11. Standards one believes is important about their work
Internship
Finance
Financial aid
Work Values
12. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Values
Persistent
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Internet
13. A definition of work duties
Compromise
Job Description
Decision-Making Process
Risk
14. A group of employees
Personnel
Partnership
Screen out
Career Goal
15. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Work ethic
Tuition
Values Compromise
Post-secondary education
16. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Research
Finance
Union
Conflict
17. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Job Shadowing
Ability
Punctuality
Check Stub
18. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Producer
Free Enterprise System
Interest
Screen out
19. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Help-wanted ads
Decision
Temporary Jobs
Work
20. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Vocational
Help-wanted ads
Ethnic
21. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Credit
Attitude
Outsourcing
Risk
22. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Punctuality
Specializing
Ethnic
Union
23. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Check Stub
Semi-monthly Pay
Employer
Work Environment
24. A decision or plan that can be changed
Corporation
Tentative Decision
Values Compromise
Schedule
25. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
Career Ladder
Bi-Weekly Pay
Personality Trait
26. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Laws of supply and demand
Study Skills
Appearance
Vocation
27. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Resume
Procrastinator
Deduction
Career Ladder
28. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Technology
Associate degree
Scholarships
Reference
29. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Ethnic
Architecture and Construction
Contract Labor
Credit
30. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Employment Agency
Scholarships
Self-Esteem
Part-Time Jobs
31. Being on time for work
Finance
Laws of supply and demand
Punctuality
Learning Style
32. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Government and Public Administration
Risk
Procrastinator
Vocational
33. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Skill
Job Outlook
Short-Term Goal
Professional
34. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Self-Concept
Job
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Resource
35. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Assessment
Vendor
Technology
Laws of supply and demand
36. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Human Services
Contract Labor
Business Management and Administration
Attitude
37. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Wage
Contract Labor
Elective
38. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Career Ladder
Qualification
Part-Time Jobs
39. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Gross pay
Follow-up Letter
Interview
Learning Style
40. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Interest Inventory
Identity
Credit
Brain Orientation
41. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Health Science
Career Ladder
Screen out
Graduate school
42. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Persistent
Plan
Internship
Competition
43. A person who works with you
Laws of supply and demand
Time Management
Co-worker
Volunteering
44. Temporary work during the summer
Aptitude
Learning Style
Semi-monthly Pay
Seasonal Work
45. Business which two or more people own and operate
Law Public Safety and Security
Consumer
Partnership
Interest
46. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Law Public Safety and Security
Corporation
Career Action Plan
Learning Style
47. Learning on the job
Salary Range
On-the-job training (OJT)
Job Shadowing
Reference
48. A skill that you have developed
Prerequisite
Ability
Vendor
Law Public Safety and Security
49. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Discrimination
Applicant
Reference
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
50. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Volunteering
Letter of Application
Corporation
Decision