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Career Vocab
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Determining the best way for an individual to study - remember - or learn
Self-Concept
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
Study Skills
Learning Style
2. Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
Career Action Plan
Punctuality
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Contract Labor
3. To eliminate unwanted applicants
Screen out
Follow-up Letter
Education/Training Requirements
Seasonal Work
4. An objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
GED certificate
Scholarships
Goal
Discrimination
5. Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
Union
Goods
Annual Leave
Net pay
6. The jobs that beginners start with to train them for higher-level jobs
Sole Proprietorship
Lifestyle
Employment Agency
Entry-Level Jobs
7. An individual characterstic that helps one determine their personality
Decision-Making Process
Personality Trait
Services
Vendor
8. Jobs with similiar work actvities
Interview
Workforce diversity
Career Interest Area
Values Compromise
9. Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
Global Economy
Learning Style
Human Services
Sick Leave
10. Earnings below the cost of doing business
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
Technology
Decision-Making Process
Loss
11. A belief - understanding - and recognition of one's own abilities
Self-Esteem
Compromise
Tuition
Goods
12. Economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
Reference
Laws of supply and demand
Health Science
Time Management
13. A task one is expected to perform on the job
Full-Time Job
Financial aid
Job Duty
Applicant
14. Focusing or concentrating in a particular skill
Occupation
Marketing Sales and Service
Work
Specializing
15. To give up something to resolve a conflict
Laws of supply and demand
Compromise
Skill
Temporary Jobs
16. A person's outlook on life - usually positive or negative
Attitude
Persistent
Information Technology
Human Services
17. Collection of information about oneself
Career Portfolio
Partnership
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Punctuality
18. Extras provided by employers (other than wages)
Fringe benefits
Evaluate
Work ethic
Classifieds
19. Natural method or way one thinks or learns
Learning Style
Law Public Safety and Security
Payroll
Manufacturing
20. 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
Screen out
Law of Demand
Agriculture Food and Natural Resources
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
21. Being on time for work
Punctuality
Career
Outsourcing
Lifestyle
22. one who puts off doing things or making decisions
Procrastinator
Fee
Personnel
Interest Inventory
23. Payment for work - usually figured by the hour
Wage
Application form
Full-Time Job
Vocational
24. A skill that you have developed
Commission
Gross pay
Business Management and Administration
Ability
25. Methods of paying for education/training - such as grants - scholarships - etc.
Financial aid
Applicant
Temporary Jobs
Co-worker
26. A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
Occupation
Part-Time Jobs
Personality
Assessment
27. A short written description of an applicant's personal data - education - and experience - related to a job
Screen out
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Letter of Application
Resume
28. A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
OOH (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Technical
Values Compromise
Attitude
29. Jobs or careers belonging to the same group on the basis of similar knowledge and skills
Brain Orientation
Professional
Related Occupations
Vendor
30. A course that is required before another course can be taken
Contract Labor
Work Values
Prerequisite
Goods
31. A document stating that a person has passed a five-part test in the areas of writing - social studies - science - reading - and math
Orientation
Persistent
GED certificate
Interest Inventory
32. Commoney known as Social Security
Career cluster
Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA)
Interview
Graduate school
33. Employment during special seasons
Temporary Jobs
Work ethic
Education and Training
O*Net
34. Money earned above the cost of doing business
Law of Demand
Profit
Union
Graduate school
35. A share of the ownership in a company
Stock
Law of Supply
Workforce diversity
Competition
36. The choice between two or more possibilities
Tentative Decision
Procrastinator
Decision
Laws of supply and demand
37. Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
Discrimination
Appearance
Union
Commission
38. The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
Education/Training Requirements
Technology
Hospitality and Tourism
Job Market
39. A plan of action for education - training - and experience to reach a career goal
Base Pay
Short-Term Goal
Career Ladder
Union
40. A definition of work duties
Global Economy
Job Description
Technical
Education/Training Requirements
41. A thank you letter written following an interview
Year-to-date earnings
Follow-up Letter
Career Portfolio
Financial aid
42. Doing a job without pay to gain experience
Long-Term Goal
Fringe benefits
Semi-monthly Pay
Volunteering
43. Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
Credit
Specializing
Global Economy
Consumer
44. Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week - depending on the employer
Services
Part-Time Jobs
Appearance
First impression
45. Cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people - goods - and services; career cluster - jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
Laws of supply and demand
Transportation - Distribution - and Logistics
Credit
Reference
46. A specialized scientific work in manufacturing and industry
Procrastinator
Technical
Laws of supply and demand
Job lead
47. A course or program that teaches job skills
Prerequisite
Procedure
Vocational
Graduate school
48. Cluster that involves protective and legal services
Long-Term Goal
Semi-monthly Pay
Law Public Safety and Security
Personality Type
49. Fixed amount of money earned - regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
Resource
ArkOscar
Time Management
Salary
50. The ability or potential for learning new skills
Aptitude
Wage
Manufacturing
Education and Training