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Career Unit Vocabulary
CAREER
•A person’s lifework
•A profession that a person works at for a long time
ENTRY LEVEL JOB
A beginning job.
Usually one of the lowest paying.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Starting your own business.
RESPONSIBILITY
Understanding what is expected
of you and doing it!
INTEREST
What you like to do.
ABILITY
What you can do.
A learned ability- such as keyboarding, carpentry, sewing...
SKILL
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Skills that can be used in more than one job.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Your work surroundings.
Indoors or out, quiet or noisy, comfortable...
JOB SATISFACTION
Liking your job or what you do for a living.
CAREER CLUSTER A group of careers
with something in common
EX: Artistic Cluster- dance, photography, cartoonist, painter
On The Job Training
Training received while you are actually doing the job.
INTERN• An advanced student
in a professional field• Is supervised while
doing the work• Usually little or no pay
Ex: teaching or medicine
APPRENTICE
• An inexperienced person who is learning a trade or skill by working with a skilled worker.
Vocational School
Training for a skill(3 weeks- 1 ½years)
Ex: construction worker, plumber, mechanic, cosmetologist
Technical School
Training in skills related to the methods of using, installing or repairing of tools or machinery
Ex: computer technician, sound
technician
Associate’s Degree
2 years
This is a degree earned from a 2 year college
Ex: OCC
Bachelor’s Degree
4 yearsThis is a degree earned
at a 4 year college
Ex: Syracuse University
You do NOT need an associate’s degree to earn a bachelor’s degree
Graduate Degree
This is a degree earned beyond a bachelor’s
Ex: Master’s, Doctoral, Medical Doctor
You need your Bachelor’s degree before you can earn a Graduate degree
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.
VALUES
Things that are important to you, the way you judge right from wrong (ex. Money, things, truthfulness, respect…)
GOALS
What you are working toward, what you hope to accomplish, the things that give direction to your life.
REFERENCE
A person who gives information about your personal and work habits.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A list of sources that you have used to get information for writing a paper (includes books, magazines, & computer programs.)
RESUME
A written record of what you have studied and work experience you have had.
TENTATIVE CAREER PLANS
Temporary plans, they can be changed.
TURNOVER RATE
How often people change jobs.
PERSONAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS
Getting along with the people you work with, fellow employees, customers, clients, etc.
TANGIBLE
Real,measurable-things such asmoney,clothing,homes, healthinsurance...
INTANGIBLE
Can’t be measured or touched- things such as feelings, a sense of pride.
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