Career Unit Vocabulary

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Career Unit Vocabulary
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CAREER

• A persons lifework
• A profession that a person works at for a long
  time

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ENTRY LEVEL JOB

• A beginning job.
• Usually one of the lowest paying.

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• Starting your own business.

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RESPONSIBILITY

• Understanding what is expected of you
• and doing it!

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INTEREST

• What you like to do.

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ABILITY

• What you can do.

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SKILL

• A learned ability- such as keyboarding,
  carpentry, sewing...

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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

• Skills that can be used in more than one job.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Your work surroundings.
• Indoors or out, quiet or noisy, comfortable...

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JOB SATISFACTION

• Liking your job or what you do for a living.

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CAREER CLUSTER

• A group of careers with something in common
• EX Artistic Cluster- dance, photography,
  cartoonist, painter

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On The Job Training

• Training received while you are actually doing
  the job.

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INTERN

• An advanced student in a professional field
• Is supervised while doing the work
• Usually little or no pay
• Ex teaching or medicine

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APPRENTICE

• An inexperienced person who is learning a trade
  or skill by working with a skilled worker.

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Vocational School

• Training for a skill
• (3 weeks- 1 ½years)
• Ex construction worker, plumber, mechanic,
  cosmetologist

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Technical School

• Training in skills related to the methods of
  using, installing or repairing of tools or
  machinery
• Ex computer technician, sound technician

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Associates Degree

• 2 years
• This is a degree earned from a 2 year college
• Ex OCC

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Bachelors Degree

• 4 years
• This is a degree earned at a 4 year college
• Ex Syracuse University
• You do NOT need an associates degree to earn a
  bachelors degree

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Graduate Degree

• This is a degree earned beyond a bachelors
• Ex Masters, Doctoral, Medical Doctor
• You need your Bachelors degree before you can
  earn a Graduate degree

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JOB

• A piece of work to be done, a place of
  employment that a person takes to earn money, but
  does not plan on doing that work for a long
  period of time.

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VALUES

• Things that are important to you, the way you
  judge right from wrong (ex. Money, things,
  truthfulness, respect)

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GOALS

• What you are working toward, what you hope to
  accomplish, the things that give direction to
  your life.

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REFERENCE

• A person who gives information about your
  personal and work habits.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• A list of sources that you have used to get
  information for writing a paper (includes books,
  magazines, computer programs.)

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RESUME

• A written record of what you have studied and
  work experience you have had.

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TENTATIVE CAREER PLANS

• Temporary plans, they can be changed.

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TURNOVER RATE

• How often people change jobs.

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PERSONAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS

• Getting along with the people you work with,
  fellow employees, customers, clients, etc.

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TANGIBLE
Real,
measurable-
things such as
money,
clothing,
homes, health
insurance...
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INTANGIBLE

• Cant be measured or touched- things such as
  feelings, a sense of pride.