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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 skill that you have developed
O*Net
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Personality
Ability
2. A definition of work duties
Research
Learning Style
Job Description
Consumer
3. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Short-Term Goal
Partnership
Information Technology
Screen out
4. A group of employees
Learning Style
Personnel
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
5. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Finance
Check Stub
Values Compromise
Entry-Level Jobs
6. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Interest
GED certificate
Base Pay
Priortize
7. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Specializing
Entrepreneur
Listening
Temporary Jobs
8. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Credit
Study Skills
Bi-Weekly Pay
Schedule
9. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Post-secondary education
Prerequisite
Follow-up Letter
Semi-monthly Pay
10. A thank you letter written following an interview
Retailing
Related Occupations
Follow-up Letter
Skill
11. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Salary Range
Check Stub
First impression
Job Outlook
12. Clash of ideas or values
Laws of supply and demand
Semi-monthly Pay
Identity
Conflict
13. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Lifestyle
Occupation
Job Shadowing
Vendor
14. Earnings above base pay
Qualification
Consumer
Overtime
Vendor
15. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Employer
Career Interest Area
Profit
Union
16. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Outsourcing
Net pay
Personnel
Services
17. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Occupation
Career Ladder
Education and Training
Profit
18. Work that a person does for pay
Vendor
Graduate school
Job
Bachelor's degree
19. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Semi-monthly Pay
Qualification
Personality Type
Short-Term Goal
20. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Resume
Career
Employment Outlook
Discrimination
21. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Evaluate
Interest Inventory
Tuition
22. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Help-wanted ads
Prerequisite
Human Services
Manufacturing
23. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Self-Esteem
Priortize
Career Interest Area
Stock
24. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Business Plan
Temporary Jobs
Health Science
Annual Leave
25. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Government and Public Administration
Networking
Schedule
Laws of supply and demand
26. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Information Technology
Associate degree
Classifieds
Evaluate
27. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Government and Public Administration
Qualification
Time Management
Union dues
28. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Reference
Architecture and Construction
Career Action Plan
Employer
29. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Decision-Making Process
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Laws of supply and demand
Union
30. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Temporary Jobs
Payroll
Fee
31. Any education or training following high school
Workforce diversity
Career
Post-secondary education
Discrimination
32. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
ArkOscar
Brain Orientation
Hospitality and Tourism
Gross pay
33. The planning and using of time
Work Values
On-the-job training (OJT)
Time Management
Career Interest Area
34. Business which two or more people own and operate
First impression
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Partnership
Self-Concept
35. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Evaluate
Reference
Orientation
Consumer
36. A computerized career information delivery system
Business Plan
Research
ArkOscar
Work Environment
37. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Salary
Tuition
Study Skills
Assessment
38. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Global Economy
Aptitude
Persistent
Free Enterprise System
39. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Compromise
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Learning Style
Credit
40. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Annual Leave
Hospitality and Tourism
Base Pay
Temporary Jobs
41. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
On-the-job training (OJT)
GED certificate
Competition
Personnel
42. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Work ethic
Personality
Interview
Qualification
43. Someone who sells goods or services
Manufacturing
Vocational
Vendor
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
44. Cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbe
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Wage
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Occupation
45. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Corporation
Learning Style
Procrastinator
Reference
46. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Net pay
Payroll
Scholarships
Letter of Application
47. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Tentative Decision
Volunteering
Free Enterprise System
Occupation
48. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Government and Public Administration
Education/Training Requirements
Employer
Enterprise
49. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Law of Demand
Persistent
Research
50. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Deduction
Information Technology
Short-Term Goal
Graduate school