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.