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Career Vocab
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soft-skills
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A share of the ownership in a company
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Stock
Time Management
Associate degree
2. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Competition
Entry-Level Jobs
Base Pay
Economy
3. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Vocation
Salary Range
Law of Supply
O*Net
4. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Applicant
Entrepreneur
Scholarships
Health Science
5. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Job Shadowing
Commission
Law of Demand
Apprenticeship
6. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Application form
Employer
Apprenticeship
First impression
7. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Technical
Enterprise
Listening
Government and Public Administration
8. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Architecture and Construction
Research
Economy
Payroll
9. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Competition
Reference
Assessment
Personality Trait
10. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Work Environment
Partnership
Law of Demand
Orientation
11. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Education/Training Requirements
Economy
Business Management and Administration
Technical
12. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Free Enterprise System
Skill
Technology
Long-Term Goal
13. The prospect for the future of a job or career
Job Description
Tuition
Employment Outlook
Personality
14. Cluster that involves services involving lodging - entertainment - recreation - and travel; food and beverage management
Overtime
Tuition
Hospitality and Tourism
Brain Orientation
15. Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
Professional
Lifestyle
Time Management
Architecture and Construction
16. The computer network system through which information can be shared on the World Wide Web
Health Science
Internet
Application form
Career Action Plan
17. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Listening
Base Pay
Business Management and Administration
Laws of supply and demand
18. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Employer
Entry-Level Jobs
Screen out
Semi-monthly Pay
19. Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
Interest Inventory
Producer
Job Shadowing
Orientation
20. Amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes - insurance - social security - and other benefits
Check Stub
Deduction
Compromise
Schedule
21. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Career Goal
Union
Outsourcing
Procrastinator
22. Someone who sells goods or services
Vendor
Union dues
Deduction
Graduate school
23. Possibility of loss
Business Plan
Qualification
Risk
Job Shadowing
24. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Career Ladder
Elective
Time Management
Fringe benefits
25. Average expected earnings from beginning to experienced pay
Salary Range
Interest Inventory
Workforce diversity
Career Goal
26. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Wholesale
First impression
Enterprise
Entrepreneur
27. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
ArkOscar
Bi-Weekly Pay
Help-wanted ads
28. 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
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Career Goal
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Government and Public Administration
29. 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
Attitude
Reference
Year-to-date earnings
Free Enterprise System
30. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Vendor
Resume
Specializing
Seasonal Work
31. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Job Market
Business Plan
Credit
Bi-Weekly Pay
32. Personal standards by which one lives
Schedule
Self-Esteem
Vendor
Values
33. A course or program that teaches job skills
Vocational
Personality Trait
Classifieds
Union dues
34. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Graduate school
Networking
Attitude
Apprenticeship
35. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Persistent
Services
Annual Leave
Decision
36. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Stock
Priortize
Letter of Application
Career Ladder
37. A special skill - knowledge - or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job
Decision
Commission
Loss
Qualification
38. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Scholarships
Time Management
O*Net
Corporation
39. Worldwide financial management system
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Law of Demand
Employer
Global Economy
40. Commoney known as Social Security
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Job
Sole Proprietorship
Qualification
41. Earnings above base pay
Payroll
Employment Outlook
Employer
Overtime
42. A long term work plan including education - training - and experience
Health Science
Career Goal
Discrimination
Competition
43. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Government and Public Administration
Listening
Contract Labor
Self-Esteem
44. Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
Corporation
Occupation
Letter of Application
Interview
45. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Schedule
Outsourcing
Screen out
46. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Full-Time Job
Technical
Law of Demand
Business Management and Administration
47. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Work Values
Information Technology
Career Action Plan
48. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Law of Demand
Job Duty
Profit
Work
49. Cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe - healthy communities
Goods
Personality
Human Services
On-the-job training (OJT)
50. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Check Stub
Loss
Aptitude
Salary Range