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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. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Volunteering
Job lead
Classifieds
2. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Personnel
Values Compromise
Internet
Credit
3. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Applicant
Research
Work Values
Learning Style
4. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Annual Leave
Technology
Vocation
Business Management and Administration
5. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Related Occupations
Discrimination
Professional
Brain Orientation
6. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Gross pay
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Employer
Priortize
7. A decision or plan that can be changed
Tentative Decision
Career Goal
Entrepreneur
Stockholder
8. Business which two or more people own and operate
Information Technology
Partnership
Short-Term Goal
Persistent
9. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Apprenticeship
Interest
Classifieds
ArkOscar
10. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Letter of Application
GED certificate
Free Enterprise System
Volunteering
11. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Loss
Decision
Services
Vocational
12. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Appearance
Learning Style
Job Duty
13. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Punctuality
Career Interest Area
Year-to-date earnings
Entry-Level Jobs
14. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
GED certificate
Outsourcing
Study Skills
Wholesale
15. Earnings above base pay
Evaluate
Overtime
Graduate school
Employment Agency
16. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Career Goal
Full-Time Job
Business Plan
GED certificate
17. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Work Values
Occupation
Architecture and Construction
Brain Orientation
18. Commoney known as Social Security
Values Compromise
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Employment Agency
Goods
19. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Interview
Decision
Classifieds
Job Description
20. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Work
Career Ladder
Commission
Outsourcing
21. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Fee
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Stock
Architecture and Construction
22. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Career Goal
Job Duty
Ability
Entry-Level Jobs
23. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Global Economy
Learning Style
Manufacturing
Persistent
24. 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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25. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Temporary Jobs
Internet
Goal
Business Management and Administration
26. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Information Technology
Work
Self-Esteem
Personality Type
27. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Temporary Jobs
Graduate school
Specializing
Procedure
28. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Schedule
Personality Type
Profit
Personality
29. A group of employees
Occupation
Overtime
Research
Personnel
30. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Services
Financial aid
Net pay
Work ethic
31. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Resume
Qualification
Law of Demand
Specializing
32. Business owned by one person
Profit
Long-Term Goal
Applicant
Sole Proprietorship
33. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Scholarships
Resource
Seasonal Work
Employer
34. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Values Compromise
Career Goal
Application form
Temporary Jobs
35. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Career
Listening Skills
On-the-job training (OJT)
Scholarships
36. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Marketing Sales and Service
Specializing
Deduction
Decision
37. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Credit
Goal
Tuition
Related Occupations
38. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Listening Skills
Partnership
Tuition
Long-Term Goal
39. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Fee
Union
Payroll
Self-Esteem
40. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Co-worker
Seasonal Work
O*Net
Procrastinator
41. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Job Description
Career Interest Area
Volunteering
Technology
42. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Specializing
Laws of supply and demand
Aptitude
Long-Term Goal
43. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Work ethic
Associate degree
Career
44. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Interview
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
GED certificate
Job Shadowing
45. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
Marketing Sales and Service
Demographics
Gross pay
Post-secondary education
46. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Identity
Employment Outlook
Economy
47. The environment of the workplace
Career Action Plan
Qualification
Working Conditions
Temporary Jobs
48. Personal standards by which one lives
Architecture and Construction
Base Pay
Specializing
Values
49. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Post-secondary education
Fringe benefits
Bi-Weekly Pay
Specializing
50. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Information Technology
Law of Supply
Job
Self-Esteem