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Ability: a skill that has been developed
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Agriculture Food and Natural Resources: 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
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Applicant: a person applying for a job
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Apprenticeship: a program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker
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Aptitude: the ability or potential for learning new skills
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Architecture and Construction: cluster that involves designing, building, and repairing structures
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Arts Audio-Video Technology and Communications: cluster that involves visual and performing arts; multimedia communications; journalism
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Assessment: A personal evaluation to help you make decisions
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Associate degree: a certificate of completion awarded to a person after completing a program of study in a particular area, usually lasting 2 years
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Attitude: a person's outlook on life, usually positive or negative
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Bachelor's degree: a certificate of completion awarded to a person after they successfully complete a required set of college courses in both general and specific areas, usually lasting 4 years
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Base Pay: Standard minimum pay received by an employee
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Bi-Weekly Pay: Receiving a paycheck every other Friday
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Business Management and Administration: cluster that involves planning, organizing, and directing business operations
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Business Plan: a description of the goals of a business and how it will operate
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Career: the work done over a period of years in one area of interest
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Career Action Plan: A plan which includes the education and training requirements to reach a career goal
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Career Goal: A long term work plan including education, training, and experience
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Check Stub: Part of the paycheck that shows earnings and deductions
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classifieds: Help-wanted section of the newspaper that lists job openings
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Co-worker: a person who works with you
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Commission: Pay that is based upon the percentage of sales
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Consumer: someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it
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Contract Labor: Agreement to complete a job for an amount of money
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Corporation: business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person
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Credit: units of measurement which schools use to determine whether or not students are progressing toward graduation
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Decision-Making Process: the steps one takes to make the best decision
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Deduction: amount of money taken from an employee's gross pay for taxes, insurance, social security, and other benefits
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Demographics: characteristics or make-up of a population
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Discrimination: treating someone unfairly because of his or her race, religion, or sex
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Economy: Careful use of resources including money and materials
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Education and Training: cluster that involves providing education and training services; providing support services
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Education/Training Requirements: The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment
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Employer: the person who has hires someone to do a job
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Employment Agency: A service business designed to help put employees and employers together
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Employment Outlook: The prospect for the future of a job or career
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Entrepreneur: a person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of a business
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Evaluate: to look at closely and judge
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Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA): Commoney known as Social Security
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Fee: An amount of money charged by others for services
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Finance: cluster that involves acquiring, investing, and managing money
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Financial aid: methods of paying for education/training, such as grants, scholarships, etc.
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Free Enterprise System: 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
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Full-Time Job: Generally 40 Hour work week or more
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Global Economy: worldwide financial management system
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Goal: an objective that a person wants to obtain and works to achieve
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Goods: Tangible merchandise that you can see and touch
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Government and Public Administration: cluster that involves regulating and managing local, state, and federal government
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Graduate school: a program of study beyond a bachelor's degree
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Health Science: cluster that involves the science of maintaining and improving people's physical and mental well-being
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Help-wanted ads: notices that employers put in the classified section of the paper describing their job openings
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Hospitality and Tourism: cluster that involves services involving lodging, entertainment, recreation, and travel; food and beverage management
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Human Services: cluster that involves services that improve people's quality of life and promote safe, healthy communities
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Information Technology: cluster that involves computer and Web-based services; telecommunications services
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Interest Inventory: an assessment that helps people identify their interest areas
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Internship: a temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field
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Interview: a formal meeting between an employer and job applicant about a job opening
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Job: work that a person does for pay
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Job Description: A definition of work duties
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Job Shadowing: Following a person on the job to learn job duties and responsibilities
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Law of Demand: As the prices decreases producers purchase more
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Law of Supply: As the price increases producers produce more
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Law Public Safety and Security: cluster that involves protective and legal services
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Laws of supply and demand: economic rules which influence consumer buying decisions
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Listening Skills: Hearing, learning, and retaining verbal information
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Long-Term Goal: Something a person wants to acheive later in life requiring much planning
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Manufacturing: cluster that involves designing and producing materials into intermediate or final products
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Marketing Sales and Service: cluster that involves developing, promoting, and providing goods to consumers; performing tasks for consumers
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Networking: a resource that involves communicating information with others
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Occupation: the type of job in which a person is employed
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Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH): A book used for researching the most common careers in the United States
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On-the-job training (OJT): learning on the job
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Overtime: Earnings above base pay
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Part-Time Jobs: Jobs requiring less than 35-40 hours a week, depending on the employer
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Partnership: business which two or more people own and operate
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Personnel: A group of employees
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Post-secondary education: any education or training following high school
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Prerequisite: a course that is required before another course can be taken
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Priortize: Arrange things in order from the most important to the least important
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Procrastinator: one who puts off doing things or making decisions
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Professional: Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience
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Profit: Money earned above the cost of doing business
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Punctuality: being on time for work
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Reference: a person who will give a favorable report of a job applicant to the employer
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Résumé: a short written description of an applicant's personal data, education, and experience, related to a job
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Salary: fixed amount of money earned, regardless of hours worked; pay that is calculated exactly the same for every check
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Scholarships: Money received for education that does not have to be repaid
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Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics: cluster that involves the systematic use of observations and experiments to gain knowledge about the world; the practical use of scientific knowledge; solving practical problems by combining science and mathematics with technology; the study of numbers and their relationships
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Self-Concept: the way in which a person views their own self-worth
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Self-Esteem: A belief, understanding, and recognition of one's own abilities
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Short-Term Goal: Something one wants to obtain in the near future generally less than 5 years
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Sick Leave: Cumulative time given to employees for personal or family illness with pay
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Sole Proprietorship: business owned by one person
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Stock: a share of the ownership in a company
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Technology: The use of goods or service to make life easier creating new jobs while eliminating others
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Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics: cluster that involves coordinating the movement of people, goods, and services; career cluster, jobs or occupations grouped together because of similar knowledge or skills
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Tuition: the fee that colleges charge to take their classes
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Union: A group of workers who collectively bargin for higher wages, improved benefits, and better working conditions
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Values: personal standards by which one lives
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Vendor: Someone who sells goods or services
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Vocation: An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for
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Volunteering: Doing a job without pay to gain experience
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Wage: payment for work, usually figured by the hour
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Wholesale: To buy in bulk form wi the intent to resell by the case
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Work ethic: rules of behavior in the workplace
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Work Values: Standards one believes is important about their work
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Year-to-date earnings: Money accounted for from January 1st through the current pay period
