Money & Budgeting
This is the name of the regular record you create to track your monthly income versus your bills and expenses.
What is a budget?
This is the document you submit to an employer that lists your work history, education and skills.
What is a resume?
This river is widely recognized as the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This is the monthly payment you give to a landlord for the space you live in.
What is rent?
This term refers to the ability to wait calmly, control your frustration, and keep trying when a task or person is difficult.
What is patience?
These are the two most common types of basic accounts you can open at a bank.
What are checking and savings accounts?
This word means being on time and showing up when you a scheduled for a shift.
What is punctual?
This is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
What is Au?
This is the first step you should take when doing a load of laundry so that your red shirt doesn't turn your white shirts pink.
What is sorting by color?
This is the act of fully concentrating on what someone is saying, understanding their message, and responding thoughtfully, rather than just waiting your turn to talk.
What is active listening?
This term describes what happens when you repeatedly borrow money using a card or loan without paying off the balance, leading to extra fees and interest
What is debt?
This is the term for personal attributes- like communication, teamwork, and being friendly- that help you get along in the workplace.
What are soft skills?
This country contains more natural lakes than the rest of the world's countries combined.
What is Canada?
This kitchen appliance uses extreme cold to keep perishable foods like milk and meat from spoiling.
What is the refrigerator?
This critical workplace skill involves looking at a problem objectively, weighing different solutions, and choosing the most effective path forward.
What is problem solving?
This is the first step you should take before making a large, expensive purchase like an appliance or a car.
What is deciding whether you really need it (or comparing prices/weighing pros and cons)?
This is the trial period at the start of a new job where an employer evaluates your performance to see if you are a good fit.
What is a probation period?
This legendary music artist is widely known as the "King of Pop"
What is Michael Jackson?
Doctors generally recommend getting about this many minutes of physical exercise every single day.
What is 30 minutes?
This phrase describes your ability to adjust quickly and stay positive when a schedule changes, a coworker calls out, or a new system is introduced at work.
What is adaptability?
This is the form your employer gives you in January that summarizes your total earnings and the taxes withheld for the previous year.
What is a W-2 form?
When receiving constructive feedback from a supervisor, these are the recommended first steps to take.
What are acknowledging, accepting, and making a plan to change?
The closest planet in our solar system to the sun.
What is Mercury?
This is what you should always do with the cash change a store clerk hands back to you before walking away from the counter.
What is count it?
This is the capacity to recognize, understand, and share the feelings of another person, which helps build trust and strong teamwork.
What is empathy?