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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. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Payroll
Listening Skills
2. A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
Internship
Prerequisite
Base Pay
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
3. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Resume
Skill
Interview
Sole Proprietorship
4. A certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area - usually lasting 2 years
Goal
Associate degree
Resume
Learning Style
5. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Procedure
Priortize
Lifestyle
Job Duty
6. 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
Sick Leave
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Fringe benefits
Career Ladder
7. A group of employees
Time Management
Stockholder
Scholarships
Personnel
8. The environment of the workplace
Interest Inventory
Occupation
Working Conditions
Overtime
9. A course that is not required but can be chosen by a student according to their interests
Free Enterprise System
Sole Proprietorship
Discrimination
Elective
10. A computerized career information delivery system
ArkOscar
Salary
Producer
Global Economy
11. Anything a person has or uses to reach a goal
Goal
Career cluster
Career Portfolio
Resource
12. A group of characteristics that collective form a general group of people with similiar interests - values - and behaviors
Long-Term Goal
Producer
Personality Type
Career Portfolio
13. Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
Tentative Decision
Career Ladder
Vocational
Year-to-date earnings
14. An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
Temporary Jobs
Finance
Vocation
Procrastinator
15. Cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
Decision
Job
Personality Type
Information Technology
16. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
Hospitality and Tourism
Discrimination
Lifestyle
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
17. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Law Public Safety and Security
Resume
Professional
Working Conditions
18. Occupational Information Network compiled by the United States Department of Labor
Interest
Government and Public Administration
Resource
O*Net
19. 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
Work Values
Stockholder
Listening Skills
20. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Stockholder
Personality Trait
Fee
Seasonal Work
21. A resource that involves communicating information with others
Wholesale
Associate degree
Networking
Stock
22. A course or program that teaches job skills
Career Goal
Finance
Laws of supply and demand
Vocational
23. Careful use of resources including money and materials
Health Science
Technical
Self-Concept
Economy
24. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Internship
Manufacturing
Check Stub
Part-Time Jobs
25. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Reference
Procrastinator
Fee
Contract Labor
26. An introductory letter written to a prospective employer
Business Management and Administration
Listening
Letter of Application
Qualification
27. Typical way of life
Lifestyle
Classifieds
Study Skills
Identity
28. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Long-Term Goal
O*Net
Personality Trait
29. Temporary work during the summer
Learning Style
Resume
Priortize
Seasonal Work
30. A person who works with you
Research
Co-worker
Ethnic
Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications
31. To employ oneself in a particular or specific field of work
Profit
Sole Proprietorship
Specializing
Career Action Plan
32. Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
Internship
Work
Apprenticeship
Short-Term Goal
33. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Goods
Plan
Interest Inventory
34. Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
Bi-Weekly Pay
Scholarships
Work
Sick Leave
35. When a person has to give up part of something they value to resolve a conflict
Conflict
Job Duty
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Values Compromise
36. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Technology
Wholesale
Business Management and Administration
Career Interest Area
37. Standard minimum pay received by an employee
Base Pay
Temporary Jobs
Fringe benefits
Bi-Weekly Pay
38. 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
Free Enterprise System
Stock
Producer
Personality Trait
39. Any education or training following high school
Deduction
Career Ladder
On-the-job training (OJT)
Post-secondary education
40. Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
Personality
Work
Check Stub
Short-Term Goal
41. Continuing for a long period of time to accomplish a task
Persistent
Education/Training Requirements
Check Stub
Plan
42. Way in which one uses or utilitizes the brain best
Career Ladder
Seasonal Work
Specializing
Brain Orientation
43. Learning on the job
Health Science
Competition
Corporation
On-the-job training (OJT)
44. Cluster that involves developing - promoting - and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Credit
Marketing Sales and Service
Help-wanted ads
45. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Associate degree
Vendor
Related Occupations
Work Environment
46. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Marketing Sales and Service
Compromise
Salary
Tuition
47. An assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
Interest Inventory
Decision
Consumer
Stock
48. A program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
Graduate school
Education/Training Requirements
Punctuality
Listening
49. Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
Classifieds
Associate degree
Long-Term Goal
Procedure
50. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Ability
Loss
Credit
Research