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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Occupation
Professional
Workforce diversity
2. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Architecture and Construction
Fringe benefits
Assessment
Demographics
3. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Annual Leave
Information Technology
Skill
Payroll
4. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Job Shadowing
Appearance
Listening
Working Conditions
5. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Ethnic
Goods
Study Skills
Co-worker
6. A share of the ownership in a company
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Research
Annual Leave
Stock
7. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Scholarships
Finance
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Net pay
8. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Temporary Jobs
ArkOscar
Internet
Ability
9. The environment of the workplace
Business Plan
Job Duty
Working Conditions
Specializing
10. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Screen out
Law Public Safety and Security
Decision-Making Process
Entry-Level Jobs
11. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Retailing
Punctuality
Entry-Level Jobs
Networking
12. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Sick Leave
Full-Time Job
Application form
Aptitude
13. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Letter of Application
Technical
Laws of supply and demand
Compromise
14. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Services
O*Net
Union
Personnel
15. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Financial aid
Education and Training
Values Compromise
Sole Proprietorship
16. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Post-secondary education
Self-Esteem
Networking
Related Occupations
17. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Personality
Internship
Attitude
Workforce diversity
18. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Wholesale
Procrastinator
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Architecture and Construction
19. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Goods
Net pay
Corporation
20. When two or more companies rival for consumer dollars
Post-secondary education
Competition
Producer
Demographics
21. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Laws of supply and demand
Graduate school
Financial aid
22. A computerized career information delivery system
Interview
ArkOscar
Outsourcing
Values
23. A person applying for a job
Goal
Applicant
Business Management and Administration
Health Science
24. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
O*Net
Specializing
Health Science
Career Interest Area
25. To look at closely and judge
Job Duty
Related Occupations
Evaluate
Credit
26. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Law of Supply
Financial aid
Aptitude
Outsourcing
27. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Union dues
Sick Leave
Profit
Economy
28. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Associate degree
Job lead
Persistent
Research
29. 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
Networking
Profit
Free Enterprise System
Government and Public Administration
30. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Personality Type
Hospitality and Tourism
Business Management and Administration
31. Earnings above base pay
Stock
Laws of supply and demand
Overtime
Schedule
32. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Risk
Apprenticeship
Hospitality and Tourism
Reference
33. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Employer
Career Interest Area
Temporary Jobs
Specializing
34. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Volunteering
Procedure
Follow-up Letter
35. Commoney known as Social Security
Career Goal
Internet
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Procedure
36. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Employment Outlook
Resume
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Personality Type
37. Jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Conflict
Career cluster
Professional
Contract Labor
38. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Work ethic
Interview
Consumer
Vendor
39. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Profit
Long-Term Goal
Temporary Jobs
Post-secondary education
40. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Loss
Technology
Letter of Application
Health Science
41. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Financial aid
Credit
Long-Term Goal
42. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Interview
Union
Graduate school
Career
43. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Personality
Lifestyle
Enterprise
Gross pay
44. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Demographics
Volunteering
Classifieds
Human Services
45. Cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
Vendor
Wage
Architecture and Construction
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
46. Being on time for work
Bi-Weekly Pay
Wage
Punctuality
Global Economy
47. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Technical
Net pay
Prerequisite
Economy
48. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Reference
Resume
Career Ladder
49. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Part-Time Jobs
Goods
Salary Range
Attitude
50. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Work Environment
Competition
Net pay
Education/Training Requirements