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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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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. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Wholesale
Information Technology
Resource
Union dues
2. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Net pay
Sick Leave
Personality
Graduate school
3. Business which two or more people own and operate
Seasonal Work
Union dues
Wholesale
Partnership
4. Someone who sells goods or services
Aptitude
Vendor
Personality
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
5. A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
Self-Esteem
Employment Agency
Services
Identity
6. A person who owns stock in a company
Goods
Procrastinator
Applicant
Stockholder
7. Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
Career Interest Area
Scholarships
Work Values
Internship
8. The planning and using of time
Time Management
Base Pay
Education/Training Requirements
Schedule
9. The surrounding physical conditions of a workplace
Health Science
Work Environment
Volunteering
Conflict
10. Cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
Persistent
Entrepreneur
Education and Training
Laws of supply and demand
11. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Related Occupations
Business Management and Administration
Overtime
Follow-up Letter
12. Possibility of loss
Internship
Risk
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Law of Supply
13. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Career Ladder
Corporation
Union dues
14. A person applying for a job
Education/Training Requirements
Stockholder
Applicant
Work
15. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Job Duty
Technology
Short-Term Goal
Procedure
16. Work that a person does for pay
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Career cluster
Discrimination
Job
17. Acquaint or become familiar with a new situation
Work ethic
Orientation
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Hospitality and Tourism
18. The way in which a person views their own self-worth
Fee
Seasonal Work
Self-Concept
Occupation
19. Hearing - learning - and retaining verbal information
Listening Skills
Consumer
Union dues
O*Net
20. First thing an interviewer notices: an applicant's dress - hair - and grooming
Profit
Appearance
Prerequisite
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
21. Generally 40 Hour work week or more
Occupation
Full-Time Job
Reference
Manufacturing
22. Using People in foreign countries to assemble parts; utilizing external resources - and saving labor costs
Resource
Outsourcing
Lifestyle
Deduction
23. The person who has hires someone to do a job
Sick Leave
Associate degree
Employer
Career Action Plan
24. Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
Priortize
Lifestyle
Ability
Year-to-date earnings
25. Cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
Decision
Listening
Manufacturing
Temporary Jobs
26. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Interest Inventory
Financial aid
Tuition
Sole Proprietorship
27. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Loss
Classifieds
Specializing
Fee
28. A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
Classifieds
Salary
Career Action Plan
Career Interest Area
29. Units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
Credit
Conflict
Applicant
Career cluster
30. A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
Career cluster
Business Plan
Plan
Laws of supply and demand
31. Cluster that involves planning - organizing - and directing business operations
Personnel
Interest Inventory
Business Management and Administration
Internship
32. A group of employees
Personnel
Specializing
Government and Public Administration
Professional
33. A person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
Ethnic
Career Goal
Reference
Follow-up Letter
34. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Financial aid
Workforce diversity
Discrimination
35. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Job Duty
Volunteering
Short-Term Goal
Listening Skills
36. A skill that you have developed
Enterprise
Conflict
Ability
Finance
37. To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
Interview
Wholesale
Workforce diversity
Apprenticeship
38. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Bachelor's degree
Education/Training Requirements
Work
Corporation
39. Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
Deduction
Employment Outlook
Long-Term Goal
Graduate school
40. Typical way of life
Screen out
Annual Leave
Lifestyle
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
41. 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
Assessment
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Aptitude
Employer
42. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Self-Esteem
Health Science
Compromise
Information Technology
43. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Credit
First impression
Wage
Laws of supply and demand
44. A decision or plan that can be changed
Tentative Decision
Bi-Weekly Pay
Prerequisite
Law of Demand
45. Undertaking or venture to make more with risk
Credit
Enterprise
Vendor
Letter of Application
46. The thing a person enjoys doing or thinking about
Plan
Business Management and Administration
Health Science
Interest
47. Employment during special seasons
Retailing
Temporary Jobs
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Tuition
48. To look at closely and judge
Evaluate
Economy
Schedule
Networking
49. Any education or training following high school
Post-secondary education
Education and Training
Employment Outlook
Punctuality
50. Characteristics or make-up of a population
Personality
Annual Leave
Demographics
Retailing