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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
Finance
Technical
Follow-up Letter
Job Outlook
2. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Screen out
Work Environment
Goal
3. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Commission
Law of Supply
Values
Resource
4. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Consumer
Temporary Jobs
Listening
Assessment
5. A share of the ownership in a company
Temporary Jobs
Hospitality and Tourism
Union
Stock
6. A skill that you have developed
Education/Training Requirements
Ability
Health Science
Overtime
7. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Study Skills
Loss
Union
Scholarships
8. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Scholarships
Career Ladder
Business Plan
Entry-Level Jobs
9. Worldwide financial management system
Resume
Workforce diversity
Global Economy
Education and Training
10. Temporary work during the summer
Union dues
Seasonal Work
Full-Time Job
Job Duty
11. To find out more by reading and talking to people
Priortize
Bachelor's degree
Credit
Research
12. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Demographics
Corporation
Retailing
Attitude
13. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Human Services
Persistent
O*Net
Priortize
14. Earnings paid twice a month on designated dates
Persistent
Semi-monthly Pay
Values
Profit
15. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Research
Salary Range
Corporation
16. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Employment Agency
Gross pay
Bi-Weekly Pay
Employer
17. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Working Conditions
Interest
Career Action Plan
Schedule
18. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Personality Type
Profit
Reference
Classifieds
19. The planning and using of time
Check Stub
Short-Term Goal
Specializing
Time Management
20. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Brain Orientation
Vocation
Check Stub
Corporation
21. As the prices decreases producers purchase more
Law of Demand
Schedule
Vocation
Screen out
22. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Schedule
Outsourcing
Gross pay
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
23. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Post-secondary education
Bachelor's degree
Job Description
Career Action Plan
24. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Fringe benefits
Finance
Stock
Laws of supply and demand
25. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Career Ladder
Related Occupations
Bachelor's degree
Internet
26. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Career cluster
Goods
Career Interest Area
Commission
27. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Learning Style
Self-Esteem
Annual Leave
Qualification
28. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Interest Inventory
Bi-Weekly Pay
Check Stub
Occupation
29. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Classifieds
Decision
Vendor
Evaluate
30. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Aptitude
Ethnic
Elective
Schedule
31. Clash of ideas or values
Wage
Conflict
Information Technology
Networking
32. Rules of behavior in the workplace
Technology
Outsourcing
Work ethic
Wage
33. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Laws of supply and demand
Sick Leave
Work
Long-Term Goal
34. 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
Gross pay
Qualification
Compromise
35. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Internship
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Outsourcing
Gross pay
36. The tool that employers use to find out basic information about job applicants
Business Plan
Application form
Punctuality
Fee
37. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Stockholder
Bachelor's degree
Salary Range
38. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Graduate school
Priortize
Employment Agency
Manufacturing
39. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Applicant
Networking
Decision-Making Process
40. An amount of money charged by others for services
Fee
Health Science
Business Plan
Career cluster
41. This involves hearing - thinking about and responding to what the speaker is saying
Technical
Short-Term Goal
Salary Range
Listening
42. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Job Description
Wage
Follow-up Letter
Applicant
43. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Short-Term Goal
Year-to-date earnings
Professional
Outsourcing
44. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Business Management and Administration
Technology
Base Pay
Wholesale
45. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Payroll
Sick Leave
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Plan
46. Relating to races or groups of people with common customs
Short-Term Goal
Ethnic
Temporary Jobs
Identity
47. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Vocation
Employment Outlook
Short-Term Goal
48. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Apprenticeship
Post-secondary education
Salary
Goods
49. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Commission
Help-wanted ads
Letter of Application
Apprenticeship
50. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Learning Style
Tentative Decision
Temporary Jobs
Tuition