Study Guide For 2Nd Nine Weeks Exam

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Apprenticeship

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a person who works for another in order to learn a trade.

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Career Fair

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an event where employers offer career and employment information.

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Procrastinate

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When you put off doing something

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Prioritize

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When you put tasks in order

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Part-Time job

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When you work up to 30 hours in a week

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Temporary Job

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A Job that usually only lasts a short while

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Short Term Goal

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a goal to start working on right away.

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Medium Term Goal

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a goal that is usually more challenging and takes longer to achieve than a short term goal.

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Long Term Goal

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a challenging goal that takes a long time to achieve and may first involve the achievement of a short and medium term goals.

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Chronological Order

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time order or the order in which events happen.

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Networking

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communitcating with people you know or can get to know to share information and advice.

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Database

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A software program that stores data, or information, in different ways, for easy searching, sorting, and organizing.

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Chronological Resume

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a resume that starts with your most recent work or school experience.

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Cover Letter

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A one page letter a job seeker sends along with a resume telling who he or she is and why he or she is sending a resume.

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Body Language

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The gestures,posture, and eye contact people use to express themselves.

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Orientation

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a program that introduces new employees to their new company and its policies and procedures, or ways of doing things.

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Mentor

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an experienced co-worker who answers the questions of a new employee and offers guidance to him or her.

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Cooperate

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To work with others to reach a common goal.

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Discretion

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The good judgement used when acting or speaking so as not to offend others.

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Performance Reviews

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Meetings between an employee and his or her supervisor to evaluate how well the employee is doing his or her job.

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Human resources (H.R.)

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The department of a company or business that recruits employees, administers company policies, develops employee training programs, and manages employee records.

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Cold Calls

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a visit or telephone call to a prospective customer without an appointment or a previous introduction.

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Internet

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a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide

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Investigate

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to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.

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Distance Education

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Education in which students take academic courses by accessing information and communicating with the instructor asynchronously over a computer network.

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Colleges and Universities

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An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.

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Community and Technical Colleges

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A junior college without residential facilities that is often funded by the government.

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Continuing Education

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An instructional program that brings participants up to date in a particular area of knowledge or skills.

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Role Play

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to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of another.

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Trade School

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a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.

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Graduation Plan

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students complete various career and course planning requirements

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Vocational-Technical Colleges

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a school offering instruction in one or more skilled or semiskilled trades or occupations.