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Career Vocab
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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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1. A thank you letter written following an interview
Follow-up Letter
Retailing
Job Description
Career Portfolio
2. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Business Plan
Work ethic
Job Market
Networking
3. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Economy
Career Action Plan
Job Shadowing
Fringe benefits
4. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Net pay
Identity
Financial aid
Personality Trait
5. 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
Hospitality and Tourism
Demographics
Consumer
Free Enterprise System
6. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Overtime
Credit
Sick Leave
Persistent
7. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Part-Time Jobs
Enterprise
Base Pay
Wage
8. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Related Occupations
Check Stub
Workforce diversity
9. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Stock
Hospitality and Tourism
Education/Training Requirements
Career cluster
10. Learning on the job
Manufacturing
Aptitude
Temporary Jobs
On-the-job training (OJT)
11. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Job Duty
Personality Type
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Assessment
12. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Self-Concept
Orientation
Economy
Follow-up Letter
13. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Credit
Services
Professional
Personality Type
14. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Work
Career Ladder
Application form
Employer
15. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Architecture and Construction
Career Ladder
Career Interest Area
Base Pay
16. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Discrimination
Sole Proprietorship
Economy
Goods
17. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Learning Style
Listening
Letter of Application
Interview
18. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Salary Range
Occupation
Job Duty
Technology
19. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Competition
Brain Orientation
Priortize
Work Values
20. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Career Ladder
Letter of Application
Procedure
Graduate school
21. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Time Management
Discrimination
Scholarships
Entry-Level Jobs
22. Collection of information about oneself
GED certificate
Work Values
Career Portfolio
Seasonal Work
23. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Union dues
Schedule
Human Services
Architecture and Construction
24. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Salary
Goods
Post-secondary education
Persistent
25. Any education or training following high school
Related Occupations
Post-secondary education
Fringe benefits
Enterprise
26. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Volunteering
Networking
Net pay
Employer
27. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Loss
Job Duty
Retailing
Decision
28. Business owned by one person
Sole Proprietorship
Aptitude
Career Action Plan
Lifestyle
29. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Health Science
Corporation
Personality Trait
Enterprise
30. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Working Conditions
Partnership
Annual Leave
Resume
31. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Temporary Jobs
Union
Time Management
32. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Entrepreneur
Attitude
Check Stub
Manufacturing
33. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Sick Leave
Decision
Demographics
Manufacturing
34. An amount of money charged by others for services
Enterprise
Application form
Fee
Health Science
35. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Career Action Plan
Prerequisite
Decision
Reference
36. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Personality Trait
Goal
Temporary Jobs
Global Economy
37. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Elective
Persistent
Fringe benefits
Values
38. Someone who sells goods or services
Check Stub
Salary Range
Partnership
Vendor
39. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Sole Proprietorship
Fringe benefits
Marketing Sales and Service
Job Duty
40. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Career Ladder
Screen out
Stockholder
Work Values
41. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Interest Inventory
Payroll
Career
Volunteering
42. Someone who creates a good or service
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Research
Producer
Job Duty
43. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Help-wanted ads
Outsourcing
Law Public Safety and Security
Scholarships
44. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
On-the-job training (OJT)
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Law of Supply
Deduction
45. 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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46. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Appearance
Short-Term Goal
Procrastinator
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
47. Employment during special seasons
Job Duty
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Temporary Jobs
Economy
48. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Commission
Career Ladder
Brain Orientation
Specializing
49. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Resume
Union
Hospitality and Tourism
Short-Term Goal
50. The combination of attitude - values - interests - and behaviors that identify a person
Goods
Personality
Job Duty
Procedure