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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. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Union
Resume
Employer
Salary
2. Business which two or more people own and operate
Work Values
Partnership
Government and Public Administration
Work ethic
3. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Law of Supply
Temporary Jobs
Union
O*Net
4. 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
Procrastinator
Job Description
Applicant
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
5. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Deduction
Salary
Job
Year-to-date earnings
6. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Profit
Deduction
Annual Leave
Technical
7. The total amount of an employee's earnings before deductions are taken out
Attitude
Gross pay
Demographics
Discrimination
8. Worldwide financial management system
Career Portfolio
Global Economy
Screen out
Entry-Level Jobs
9. Possibility of loss
Risk
Competition
Global Economy
Career Interest Area
10. The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
O*Net
Global Economy
Technology
Evaluate
11. A definition of work duties
Credit
Job Description
Assessment
Listening
12. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Professional
Brain Orientation
Research
Volunteering
13. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Payroll
Part-Time Jobs
Retailing
Interest Inventory
14. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Vocation
Workforce diversity
Commission
Career Ladder
15. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Lifestyle
Sick Leave
Semi-monthly Pay
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
16. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Union
Job
Services
Career Action Plan
17. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Government and Public Administration
Law Public Safety and Security
Job Outlook
Resource
18. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Resource
Entry-Level Jobs
Law of Demand
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
19. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Identity
Corporation
Check Stub
Workforce diversity
20. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Union
Finance
Qualification
Prerequisite
21. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Long-Term Goal
Appearance
Listening
Demographics
22. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Fringe benefits
Screen out
Profit
Salary
23. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Occupation
Reference
Screen out
24. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
O*Net
Post-secondary education
Employment Outlook
Marketing Sales and Service
25. A course or program that teaches job skills
Job
Union
Job Shadowing
Vocational
26. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
Services
Commission
Goal
Stockholder
27. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Entrepreneur
Help-wanted ads
Apprenticeship
Values Compromise
28. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Graduate school
Internship
Fringe benefits
Ethnic
29. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Entry-Level Jobs
Architecture and Construction
Education and Training
Graduate school
30. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Schedule
Vocational
Specializing
Networking
31. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Financial aid
Learning Style
Law Public Safety and Security
Decision
32. Cluster that involves designing - building - and repairing structures
Architecture and Construction
Career Interest Area
Classifieds
Business Management and Administration
33. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Appearance
Education/Training Requirements
Sole Proprietorship
34. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Appearance
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Brain Orientation
Vocation
35. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Salary
Internet
Schedule
Government and Public Administration
36. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Internship
Base Pay
Consumer
Job Market
37. Clash of ideas or values
Conflict
Workforce diversity
Job Outlook
Attitude
38. The type of job in which a person is employed
Global Economy
Union
Compromise
Occupation
39. The fee that colleges charge to take their classes
Loss
Resume
Tuition
Union
40. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Co-worker
Career Action Plan
Ability
Values Compromise
41. Learning on the job
On-the-job training (OJT)
Apprenticeship
Listening Skills
Overtime
42. 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
ArkOscar
Punctuality
Year-to-date earnings
Free Enterprise System
43. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Demographics
Seasonal Work
Punctuality
Wholesale
44. The future prospects for employment in a particular job or field
Job Outlook
Ability
Full-Time Job
Long-Term Goal
45. Temporary work during the summer
Seasonal Work
Scholarships
Government and Public Administration
Priortize
46. Standards one believes is important about their work
Employer
Year-to-date earnings
Personality Type
Work Values
47. A productive activity resulting in something useful
Work
Time Management
Career Interest Area
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
48. 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
Appearance
Wage
Elective
49. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Financial aid
Entry-Level Jobs
Job Duty
Job Shadowing
50. A formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
Identity
Employment Outlook
Compromise
Interview