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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. An action or series of actions determined by an employer for a specific process
Interest
Compromise
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Procedure
2. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Laws of supply and demand
Vocation
Services
Career
3. A person who owns stock in a company
Stockholder
Conflict
Check Stub
Ability
4. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Part-Time Jobs
Attitude
Time Management
5. A wide variety of workers with different backgrounds - experiences - ideas - and skills in the workplace
Personality Trait
Workforce diversity
Stock
Short-Term Goal
6. Possibility of loss
Risk
Orientation
Corporation
Priortize
7. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Salary
Hospitality and Tourism
Entrepreneur
Associate degree
8. Salary of wages given to an employee on a regular basis
Self-Concept
Economy
Payroll
Scholarships
9. Cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
Research
Apprenticeship
Health Science
Internship
10. Buying a finished good or service with the intent to resell it by the unit
Overtime
Retailing
Entrepreneur
Plan
11. Work that a person does for pay
Self-Concept
Government and Public Administration
Persistent
Job
12. The type of job in which a person is employed
Business Management and Administration
Resume
Occupation
Partnership
13. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Persistent
Working Conditions
Short-Term Goal
Assessment
14. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Check Stub
Letter of Application
Salary
Conflict
15. Intangible work done for others as an occupation
Work Environment
Services
Time Management
Resource
16. Collection of information about oneself
Assessment
Career Portfolio
Technical
Internet
17. To make a plan or arrange things that must be done
Temporary Jobs
Services
Schedule
Listening Skills
18. The need for workers in a particular occupation or field
Interest Inventory
Government and Public Administration
Job Market
Producer
19. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Career
Producer
Screen out
Risk
20. The ability to perform a certain activity well
Enterprise
Gross pay
Law Public Safety and Security
Skill
21. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Retailing
Risk
Personnel
Employer
22. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Work Values
Economy
Year-to-date earnings
Schedule
23. Cluster that involves regulating and managing local - state - and federal government
Wholesale
Government and Public Administration
Union
Values
24. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Scholarships
Skill
Resume
Assessment
25. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
GED certificate
Procrastinator
Profit
Employment Outlook
26. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Base Pay
Listening
Prerequisite
27. notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
Help-wanted ads
Education/Training Requirements
Qualification
Personality
28. Time an employee may take off work with pay
Annual Leave
Vendor
Semi-monthly Pay
Government and Public Administration
29. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Procrastinator
Study Skills
Sole Proprietorship
Follow-up Letter
30. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Listening Skills
Graduate school
Personality Trait
Persistent
31. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Working Conditions
Job Outlook
Persistent
Loss
32. Business which two or more people own and operate
Partnership
Health Science
Risk
Hospitality and Tourism
33. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Goods
Salary
Orientation
Goal
34. A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages - improved benefits - and better working conditions
Personality Trait
Contract Labor
Union
Procrastinator
35. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Competition
Scholarships
Short-Term Goal
Job Outlook
36. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
Decision
Bachelor's degree
Prerequisite
37. Cluster that involves acquiring - investing - and managing money
Post-secondary education
Outsourcing
Employment Agency
Finance
38. Someone who sells goods or services
Education/Training Requirements
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Vendor
Stockholder
39. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Free Enterprise System
Profit
Wholesale
Credit
40. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Entrepreneur
Commission
Full-Time Job
Decision
41. A person who organizes - manages - and assumes the risk of a business
Entrepreneur
Deduction
Job Duty
Qualification
42. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Procedure
Business Plan
Career Action Plan
Self-Concept
43. Fees charged by an organization to unite employees
Fee
Entry-Level Jobs
Union dues
Annual Leave
44. A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
Interview
Job Duty
Seasonal Work
Apprenticeship
45. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Occupation
Manufacturing
Partnership
Classifieds
46. A person who works with you
Conflict
Loss
Co-worker
Law of Supply
47. A definition of work duties
Job
Laws of supply and demand
Job Description
Personnel
48. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Bi-Weekly Pay
Associate degree
Full-Time Job
Career Ladder
49. Treating someone unfairly because of his or her race - religion - or sex
Manufacturing
Finance
Associate degree
Discrimination
50. 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
Specializing
Decision
Career Interest Area
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics