Getting the Cash
Regular payment, paid on a daily or weekly basis, made by an employer to an employee
What is a wage?
This color is associated with manual work or workers, in a particular industry (construction, factory, hands-on jobs).
What is a blue-collar worker?
Short and long-term goals and actions that will allow you to meet those goals
What is a career plan?
Where you would go after high school to continue education in a certain field of study.
What is college?
A fixed regular payment paid on a monthly or biweekly basis
What is a salary?
Someone who works a job in an office or other professional environment is considered what type of color collar worker
What is a white-collar worker?
What is a part time worker?
Education and skills based on training programs that prepare people for a specific job, trade, or craft.
What is vocational training?
An employee earns this before taxes
What is gross pay?
If you work in a government job, you are considered this collar color employee.
What is red-collar?
What you can take to narrow down your employment options
What are interest surveys?
Official paper stating that you have complete a course of study or passed an examination.
What is a certificate?
An employee earns this after taxes
What is net pay or take-home pay?
This color was used to describe jobs that were held by working women (nurse, teacher, secretary).
What is a pink-collar worker?
Short-term work experience offered by companies and other organizations (usually for students)
What is an intership/apprentership?
What you get when you graduate high school.
Money obtained in return for labor or services
What are earnings?
This color is used to describe workers that have jobs that required trade, vocational or technical school certificates.
What is grey?
An occupation that you train for and usually keep for a long period of time in a specific field.
What is a career?
Finacial Aid that is available through the U.S. Deptartment of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid
What is FAFSA?