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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. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Sole Proprietorship
Listening
Application form
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
2. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Part-Time Jobs
Listening Skills
Fee
Short-Term Goal
3. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Volunteering
Schedule
Tuition
Laws of supply and demand
4. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Part-Time Jobs
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Corporation
Job Outlook
5. Work that a person does for pay
Professional
First impression
O*Net
Job
6. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Sole Proprietorship
Fringe benefits
Workforce diversity
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
7. Any information about possible job openings
Listening
Financial aid
Job lead
Professional
8. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Corporation
Lifestyle
Self-Esteem
Resume
9. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Demographics
Loss
Check Stub
Resource
10. A person applying for a job
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Job Description
Interest Inventory
Applicant
11. As the price increases producers produce more
Resource
Demographics
Law of Demand
Law of Supply
12. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Listening Skills
Specializing
Bi-Weekly Pay
Personality Trait
13. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Services
Employment Agency
Salary Range
Wage
14. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Deduction
Union dues
Services
15. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Contract Labor
Free Enterprise System
Compromise
Elective
16. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Resume
Education/Training Requirements
Letter of Application
GED certificate
17. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Elective
Deduction
Career
Ethnic
18. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Technical
Global Economy
Co-worker
19. Clash of ideas or values
Working Conditions
Punctuality
Job Outlook
Conflict
20. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Deduction
Employment Agency
Apprenticeship
Temporary Jobs
21. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Employment Agency
Human Services
Business Plan
Specializing
22. 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
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Contract Labor
Deduction
Resume
23. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Compromise
Entry-Level Jobs
Consumer
Attitude
24. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Work
Law of Demand
Outsourcing
Commission
25. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Annual Leave
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Scholarships
26. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Gross pay
Goal
Career Goal
Learning Style
27. The choice between two or more possibilities
O*Net
Decision
Internet
Salary Range
28. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Technology
Decision
First impression
Temporary Jobs
29. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Enterprise
Union
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Interest Inventory
30. The work done over a period of years in one area of interest
Career
Vocation
Interest
Fee
31. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law of Demand
Economy
Vocational
Payroll
32. Employment during special seasons
Manufacturing
Commission
Technical
Temporary Jobs
33. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Law of Supply
Economy
GED certificate
Schedule
34. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Decision
Prerequisite
Bachelor's degree
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
35. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Career Goal
GED certificate
Entry-Level Jobs
Outsourcing
36. 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
Appearance
Fee
Identity
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
37. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Competition
Networking
Information Technology
Enterprise
38. The type of job in which a person is employed
Applicant
Occupation
Career Portfolio
Tentative Decision
39. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Compromise
Business Plan
Brain Orientation
Reference
40. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Long-Term Goal
Enterprise
Employment Outlook
Job Duty
41. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Government and Public Administration
Partnership
Aptitude
Fee
42. A skill that you have developed
Deduction
Work Environment
Health Science
Ability
43. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
On-the-job training (OJT)
Listening Skills
First impression
Union
44. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Career Portfolio
Job Shadowing
Follow-up Letter
Check Stub
45. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Vendor
Attitude
On-the-job training (OJT)
Listening Skills
46. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Commission
Work Values
Stock
Reference
47. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Retailing
Government and Public Administration
Loss
Profit
48. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Salary Range
Networking
Goods
Tuition
49. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Study Skills
Identity
Letter of Application
Fee
50. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Retailing
Time Management
Laws of supply and demand
Education/Training Requirements