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Abilities
Natural or acquired skill or talent
Ability
Developed skill
Age Discrimination Act of 1967
Passed to prohibit discrimination against people between forty and seventy years of age.
Americans with Disabilities Act
1992; Gives civil rights projections to those provided on the basis of race, sex, national origin, age, and religion; EOC administers these laws.
Aptitudes
Developed abilities; those things that one is good at doing; potential for learning skills.
Assessment
The act of evaluation
Attitude
One’s outlook on life; how one reacts to a situation.
Auditory
Relating to the sense of hearing.
Career
An occupation or profession followed as a life’s work
Change
To make or become different; to replace with another.
COBRA
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act; law to provide terminated employees or those who lose insurance coverage because of reduced work to be able to buy group insurance for themselves and their families for a limited amount of time
Compassion
To care deeply about other people and their well-being.
Divorce
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Dexterity
Proficiency in using the body or hands.
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC)
Enforces laws to prevent unfair treatment on the job due to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or age.
Ethics
The principles of conduct that govern a group or society
Family Medical Leave Act
Requires employers with 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to allow workers to take time off to help care for a new baby or an ill family member without fear of losing their jobs.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Sets minimum wage, requires over-time pay for time worked over 40 hours, and restricts the employment of minors.
Fatigue
Weariness from labor or stress; tired.
Formal assessment.
Standardized written or performance test of knowledge, aptitude, values, etc.
Gender identity
Sexual identify; a person knowing that their sex is permanent and cannot be changed.
Generativity
State of human development often referred to as the “working years”; between a person’s late twenties and early sixties, when he or she is productive in the world of work, develops a family and re-examines personal beliefs and values.
Hobby
A pursuit or interest engaged in for relaxation.
Holland Codes
Codes (career personality types) developed by Dr. John Holland based on the assumption that people can be grouped into six personality types. These codes can be compared to characteristics important to occupations.
Individual
Pertaining to one only.
Integrity
Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values.
Interests
Activities, things, and ideas a person likes and enjoys.
Interest Inventory
A periodic survey of a person’s interests
Relationships between persons.
Relationships between persons.
Intrapersonal
Relates to independent action
Inventory
An account of things
Job
To do occasional pieces of work for hire; task.
Kinesthetic
Relates to interaction with people and objects in real space.
Layoff
An involuntary separation of the employee from the employer for a temporary or indefinite period, through no fault of the employee.
Learning Styles
The ways people think and learn.
Leisure
Time free from every-day job responsibilities during which a person can pursue personal interests and hobbies.
Life Roles
The various parts of one’s life, such as citizen, parent, spouse, worker, etc.
Life Stages
Changes that occur as we move through life experiences.
Lifestyle
The way a person lives his or her life, including geographic location, type of home, method of transportation, and social situations.
Linguistic
Pertaining to the use of language.
Logical.
Use of reliable inference and reasoning.
Marriage
The legal unions of a man and woman as husband and wife.
Naturalist
Interested in natural environments.
Occupational Changes
Changes in job status.
Parenthood
The state or relationship of being a parent
Pink Slip
Notice of termination.
Reduction in force
The employment of fewer people
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Extended protection to those with physical or mental handicaps.
Resources
Those things that a person can use to help reach goals.
Responsibility
A willingness to accept an obligation and be accountable or an action or situation.
Retirement
The state of being retired from one’s occupation.
Sandwich Generation
Group of people who are caring for both their parents and their children.
Self-concept
How people view their own skills, interests, and competence level.
Self-esteem
How one views oneself; a feeling of good will with regard to how you feel about yourself; pride; confidence.
Skill
Proficiency or ability.
Social
Preference to working with others.
Spatial
Pertaining to a sense of space
Termination:
Dismissal from employment
Time Management:
Plan to use time wisely
Transition:
The processes of changing from one state, activity, or place to another
Unemployment insurance: .
A joint state-federal program under which state-administered funds pay a weekly benefit for a limited time to eligible workers when they are involuntarily unemployed.
Values:
Cherished ideas and beliefs that affect decisions a person makes.
Verbal:
Expressed in words
Visual:
Pertaining to sight
Vocational Rehabilitation Services:
Provided free to those who meet the legal eligibility guidelines.
Wellness:
Good health.
Work:
Activity directed toward a goal that produces something of value; to exert oneself physically or mentally.
Work Ethic:
How a person feels about his/her job and the effort he/she puts into it.
Work Needs:
Those characteristics that employers require for employment (SCANS skills: basic skills, thinking skills, personal qualities, workplace competencies).
Work Values:
Ideas and beliefs concerning career/work that are important to a person and govern his/her perception of job/occupation/career.
Worker’s Compensation
Guarantees financial assistance to workers injured on the job.