Chapter 1 : Choosing Your Career

Front 1

job analysis

Back 1

an evaluation of the positive and negative attributes of a given career choice.

Front 2

salary

Back 2

the amount of monthly or annual pay that you earn for your labor.

Front 3

benefits

Back 3

company-provided supplements to salaries, such as sick pay, vacation time, and health insurance.

Front 4

promotion

Back 4

the ability to advance, accept more responsibilities, and work your way up in a company.

Front 5

employee expenses

Back 5

any costs paid by employees and not reimbursed by employers.

Front 6

work characteristics

Back 6

daily activities at work, such as indoor or outdoor work or working with people or alone.

Front 7

entrepreneur

Back 7

one who organizes,manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.

Front 8

upgrading

Back 8

advancing to a higher level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer.

Front 9

retraining

Back 9

learning new and different skills so that an employee can retain the same level of employability,

Front 10

advanced degrees

Back 10

degrees earned through specialized, intensive education programs taken after the 1st college degree.

Front 11

placement center

Back 11

source of career counseling available at a high school, college, or technical training institute .

Front 12

self assessment inventory

Back 12

a listing of your strong and weak points thats gives you an idea of how to prepare for a career .

Front 13

networks

Back 13

informal group of people with common interests for mutual assistance.