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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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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. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Personnel
Learning Style
Education/Training Requirements
Government and Public Administration
2. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Technology
Learning Style
Financial aid
Semi-monthly Pay
3. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Shadowing
Personality Trait
Work Environment
4. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Technology
Goal
Values Compromise
Career Portfolio
5. Any education or training following high school
Retailing
Post-secondary education
Employment Outlook
Interest Inventory
6. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Vocational
Self-Concept
Attitude
Law of Demand
7. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Procrastinator
Prerequisite
Co-worker
Appearance
8. Standards one believes is important about their work
Personnel
Work Values
Punctuality
Fee
9. 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
Short-Term Goal
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Vocational
Vendor
10. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Salary
Aptitude
Classifieds
Part-Time Jobs
11. A person who works with you
Hospitality and Tourism
Co-worker
Help-wanted ads
Business Plan
12. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Check Stub
Union
Gross pay
Wage
13. Employment during special seasons
Personality Type
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Temporary Jobs
Hospitality and Tourism
14. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Short-Term Goal
Research
Work ethic
Tuition
15. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Job Market
Partnership
Brain Orientation
Self-Concept
16. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Manufacturing
Employer
Resource
Financial aid
17. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Consumer
Competition
Enterprise
Vocational
18. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Base Pay
Work
Union
Law Public Safety and Security
19. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Evaluate
Career Ladder
Brain Orientation
Economy
20. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Scholarships
Decision-Making Process
Aptitude
21. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Credit
Law of Supply
Marketing Sales and Service
Aptitude
22. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Health Science
Letter of Application
Employment Agency
Global Economy
23. A person applying for a job
Reference
Outsourcing
Applicant
Attitude
24. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Employer
Workforce diversity
Stockholder
Study Skills
25. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Deduction
Discrimination
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Interest
26. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Salary Range
Graduate school
Punctuality
Attitude
27. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Semi-monthly Pay
Stockholder
Interview
Vocational
28. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Demographics
Specializing
Hospitality and Tourism
Scholarships
29. A share of the ownership in a company
Commission
Stock
Overtime
Skill
30. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Outsourcing
Internship
Human Services
31. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Research
Career Goal
Orientation
Personality
32. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
ArkOscar
Bi-Weekly Pay
Business Management and Administration
33. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Wage
Letter of Application
Procedure
Entry-Level Jobs
34. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Free Enterprise System
Internet
Fringe benefits
35. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Seasonal Work
Applicant
Qualification
Procedure
36. A definition of work duties
Job Description
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Outsourcing
Global Economy
37. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Listening Skills
Workforce diversity
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Duty
38. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Net pay
Enterprise
Personality Trait
Semi-monthly Pay
39. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Brain Orientation
Partnership
Letter of Application
Marketing Sales and Service
40. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Health Science
Entry-Level Jobs
Classifieds
Job
41. The steps one takes to make the best decision
Commission
Credit
Decision-Making Process
Screen out
42. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Business Management and Administration
Hospitality and Tourism
Screen out
Aptitude
43. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Wholesale
Volunteering
Orientation
Law Public Safety and Security
44. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Research
Conflict
Assessment
Vocation
45. Temporary work during the summer
Specializing
Career Action Plan
Seasonal Work
Union
46. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Stockholder
Annual Leave
Job
Wage
47. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Vocational
Fringe benefits
Specializing
Outsourcing
48. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Ethnic
Classifieds
Resource
Sole Proprietorship
49. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Goal
Associate degree
Salary
Annual Leave
50. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Personality Trait
Procrastinator
Schedule
Hospitality and Tourism