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Benefits
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Financial help in time of sickness, old age, disability, or the like.
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Bias:
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To prejudice or present information in a slanting manner.
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Career Outlook:
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The # of jobs that will be available in a cartain field in the future.
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Dictonary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
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BOOK that describes thousands of jobs in detail.
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Entrepreneur:
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A person who runs a business; a self-employed person.
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Entreprenuership:
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The ownship, organization, and management of a business.
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F4k
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A wed portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support.
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Free enterprise system:
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Allows private ownership; profit motive; competiton and freedom of choice.
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Guide to Occupational Education:
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Book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests.
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inflation:
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A sharp increase in the costs of good and services.
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Informational interview:
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Talking to a person about his/her job.
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Long-term goals.
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Those things that a person wants to accomplish that may take several months to several years to accomplish (long term goals generally refer to those goals which will take one year or more to accomplish).
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Mentor:
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A trusted advisor.
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NCCareers.org
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Website which contains career information specific to North Carolina. Helps match interests with possible occupations.
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Nontraditional Occupations
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Occupations in which men/women compromise 25 percent or less of the work force.
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O*Net:
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The Occupational information Network Is a comprehensive, interactive database developed by the us Department of Labor to identify and describe important information about occupations, worker characteristics, work skills and training requirements.
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OOH
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Occupational Outlook handbook; leading guide for national occupational and career information from the US department of labor. It describes the nature of work, earing outlooks, education and job requirements, and related occupations for approximately 200 occupations. Predicts future needs for emplyment.
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Promotion:
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Advance an employee earns by being productive, cooperation, dependable, and highly skilled.
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Recession
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Aperiod of declining economic groth.
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short-term goal:
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those things that a person wants to accomplish in a small amount of time (generally less than one year).
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SIC
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Standard Industrial Classification System; us Department of Labor Identifies career information based on industrial classification.
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SOC
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Standard Occupational Classification:provides information based on broad occupational definitions.
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Telecommute:
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To work at home home using a computer connceted to the network of one's employer.
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Trade and professional journals:
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Publications which contain information regarding trends, industrial innovations and training opportunities for specific professions.
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Transferable Skills
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To Carry, move, or shift a proficency or ability.
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Trends
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a direction of movement.
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Video?voice conferencing :
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Can be used as an option to replace travel.
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Working Conditons:
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Information about hours, enviroment, and safety in regard to an occupation.
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