Career Vocabulary
Choosing a Career
Career Development Activities
Career Resources
Random Career Trivia
Other Random Stuff
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The person who hires you to work for their business or company.
What is an employer?
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100
Knowing one’s personality, interests, strengths and weakness
What is self-awareness or self-assessment?
100
A professional learning experience that offers meaningful, practical work related to a student's field of study or career interest
What is an internship? (Volunteer, Co-op, Student Organizations)
100
Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and Monster are used for this.
What is job search?
100
Female Rapper from Houston attained stardom while obtaining her degree in Healthcare Administration
Who is Megan Thee Stallion?
100
A goal that you expect to complete in one year or less.
What is a short-term goal?
200
Someone you can rely on that will put in a good word for you when an employer calls.
What is a reference?
200
A process to discover new knowledge about majors and careers.
What is college and career exploration/research?
200
A personal marketing tool that summarizes your work experience, education, skills and achievements for a prospective employer
What is a resume?
200
Although there might be local differences, this is $7.25.
What is the Federal minimum wage?
200
This company has the largest number of (2.3 Million) employees worldwide
What is Walmart?
200
A goal you expect to achieve in 5 years.
What is a long-term goal?
300
A short speech you have prewritten to highlight your best qualities and to give an overview of your skills and goals.
What is an elevator pitch?
300
A written list of short and long-term goals and the actions students can take to achieve their education and career goals
What is a college and/or career plan? What is an action plan?
300
An activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization"
What is volunteering?
300
Large in person/virtual events where potential employers meet with job seeking students.
What is a Career Fair?
300
World famous video gamer who is the first to partner with Adidas and RedBull. Started his career playing video games as a hobby while working at Noodles and Company Restaurant.
Who is Ninja?
300
A letter that accompanies a resume that provides a personalized introduction to the employer.
What is a cover letter?
400
A developed talent or ability through training and practice.
What are skills?
400
The choice of a particular option as the result of identifying and matching personal attributes to a major and career.
What is a career decision?
400
Tools that are designed to help individuals identify and match personal attributes to majors and careers
What are career assessments?
400
A social network specifically designed for career and business professionals to connect.
400
This Grammy-winning artist recorded her debut album alongside her brother in their childhood bedroom.
Who is Billie Eillish?
400
A job that generally requires little skills and knowledge and is low-paying.
What is an entry level job?
500
The action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts
What is networking?
500
A free online tool for students to discover professional information about jobs, salaries and skills. It includes interest assessments to match your interests to careers.
What is O*Net?
500
A meeting to learn about the real-life experience of someone working in a field or company that interests you.
What is an informational interview?
500
An individual trained to help people with their career decisions.
What is a career coach/advisor?
500
This social media platform, which started in 2010, is responsible for creating this new career type.
What is an Instagram Influencer?
500
An ideal job that has all the qualities and characteristics you desire.
What is a dream job?