Vocabulary
Transferable Skills
Workplace-Specific
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A set of related skills and experiences.
What is an Occupation?
100
Skills that you can take from one job to the next.
What are Transferable Skills?
100
Name an example of a workplace skill.
Resources, Interpersonal, Information, Systems, or Technology.
100
What is SCANS?
SCANS is a set of skills necessary for success in the world of work.
100
A change over a period of time.
Trend
200
Activities people do for others for a fee.
What are Services?
200
Name an example of a Transferable Skill.
Listening and Speaking, Interprets and communicates information, Writing, Resources, etc...
200
Time and Money is part of which workplace skill?
Resources
200
What is SCANS the acronym for?
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills.
200
What is flextime?
A work schedule arrangement that allows workers to choose work hours that fit their particular needs.
300
Using outside resources to do tasks traditionally handled by internal staff.
What is Outsourcing?
300
Name at least two Transferable Skills for this sentence: 2. Susie organized a bake sale for her Girl Scout Troop to earn money for a Whitewater Rafting trip.
Communication, Listening, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Adaptability, Organizing and Planning. Any one of these will suffice.
300
Monitors and Corrects Performance is an example of which Workplace skill?
Systems
300
What categories are SCANS divided into?
Foundation, Workplace-specific, and Transferable
300
Negotiating is part of which Workplace-Specific Skill?
Interpersonal
400
The buying and selling of goods and services via the internet.
What is E-Commerce?
400
Where can you get transferable skills? (Name three)
Taking a class, Participating in student activities, paid or volunteer work such as internships, part-time jobs, groups or organizations. Any one of these will suffice.
400
Understands overall intent and proper procedure for setup and operation of equipment. Name the term and Workplace skill.
Applies Technology to Task, Technology.
400
What is the basics of Foundation skills?
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic/Mathematics, Listening, and Speaking
400
Sociability is part of which Foundation Skill?
Personal Qualities
500
Employing workers with different backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and skills.
What is Workforce Diversity?
500
You're a teacher organizing a field trip for your students, to Bush Gardens. Name as many transferable skills as you can.
Organizing and Planning, Resources, Communication, Etc...
500
Interprets and Communicates Information is part of which Workplace Specific Skill?
Information
500
Information, Interpersonal, Resources, Systems, Technology, is part of which category of SCANS?
Workplace-Specific
500
Knowing how to learn is part of which Foundation Skill?
Thinking Skills
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