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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. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Gross pay
Business Plan
Listening Skills
Reference
2. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Vocational
Personality Type
Education/Training Requirements
Base Pay
3. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Procrastinator
Part-Time Jobs
Research
Goods
4. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Attitude
Job Market
ArkOscar
Temporary Jobs
5. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Related Occupations
Prerequisite
Volunteering
Employment Agency
6. The amount of a paycheck after the deductions are taken out
Appearance
Net pay
Producer
First impression
7. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Competition
Salary
Interest Inventory
Goal
8. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Manufacturing
Specializing
Entry-Level Jobs
Time Management
9. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Wage
Career Action Plan
Architecture and Construction
Corporation
10. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Discrimination
Long-Term Goal
Classifieds
11. A computerized career information delivery system
Apprenticeship
Career Goal
Listening
ArkOscar
12. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Law Public Safety and Security
Career Ladder
Follow-up Letter
Self-Concept
13. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Punctuality
Retailing
On-the-job training (OJT)
Commission
14. Business owned by one person
Temporary Jobs
Sole Proprietorship
Producer
Career Action Plan
15. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Aptitude
Business Management and Administration
Wholesale
Short-Term Goal
16. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Net pay
Listening Skills
Associate degree
Vocational
17. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
GED certificate
Partnership
Check Stub
Wholesale
18. Someone who creates a good or service
Producer
Associate degree
Semi-monthly Pay
Personality
19. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Ability
Schedule
Outsourcing
Listening Skills
20. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Job
Scholarships
Orientation
Stock
21. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Check Stub
Retailing
Qualification
Workforce diversity
22. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Persistent
Study Skills
Law of Supply
Hospitality and Tourism
23. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Outsourcing
Interest Inventory
Job Shadowing
Persistent
24. Employment during special seasons
Human Services
Application form
Temporary Jobs
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
25. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Work Environment
Fringe benefits
Consumer
Global Economy
26. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Services
Stock
Enterprise
Financial aid
27. A skill that you have developed
Ability
Union
Sole Proprietorship
Goal
28. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Union dues
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Ability
Compromise
29. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Wholesale
Interview
Retailing
Working Conditions
30. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Work Environment
Follow-up Letter
Business Management and Administration
31. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Related Occupations
Interest Inventory
Reference
Government and Public Administration
32. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Career cluster
Letter of Application
Punctuality
Resource
33. Any education or training following high school
Tuition
Law Public Safety and Security
Goods
Post-secondary education
34. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Specializing
Job Description
Job Duty
Job Outlook
35. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Study Skills
Interest
Internet
Skill
36. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Procedure
Personnel
Career Action Plan
Fee
37. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Persistent
Semi-monthly Pay
Self-Concept
Job Market
38. Jobs that last for a limited period of time
Temporary Jobs
Services
Related Occupations
Annual Leave
39. The choice between two or more possibilities
Deduction
Associate degree
Lifestyle
Decision
40. A group of employees
Personnel
Services
Deduction
Fee
41. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Human Services
Demographics
Resume
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
42. A person who works with you
Job Market
Payroll
Co-worker
Financial aid
43. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Priortize
Retailing
Information Technology
Job lead
44. Temporary work during the summer
ArkOscar
Tentative Decision
Seasonal Work
Skill
45. Earnings above base pay
Networking
Overtime
Aptitude
Services
46. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
Vocation
Time Management
Union dues
Technology
47. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Services
Qualification
Wage
Net pay
48. Possibility of loss
Internship
Career
Risk
Financial aid
49. A person who owns stock in a company
Vocation
Payroll
Appearance
Stockholder
50. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Sole Proprietorship
Salary
Discrimination
Work ethic