Chapter 1 Vocab
Studying to achieve personal goals for future learning and work opportunities
Career Studies
Work that is done for pay
Job
Groups of similar occupations and industries
Career Cluster
What are the 6 career interest areas?
Creator, Investigator, Influencer, Organizer, Doer, Helper
Your favorite activities
Interests
Physical items that people buy
Goods
General kinds of activities people do in many different careers
Career Interest Areas
What are the 8 Learning Styles?
Verbal, Math, Visual, Musical, Physical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Natural
The beliefs and ideas you live by and what you think is important
Values
Work history of one or job in the same or related field of interest
Career
When you investigate a subject and gather information about it
Research
What are the two types of values?
Work values and Economic values
The ability to perform a task due to training and experience (playing an instrument)
Skills
Refers to the ways people make, buy, and sell goods and services
Economy
Temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field.
Internship
What are the two types of skills?
Job specific skills and Transferable skills
The sum of your feelings, actions, habits, and thoughts. It is what separates you from others and makes you a unique individual.
Personality
Activities people do for others for a fee
Services
Choosing to do some type of work without pay
Volunteering
Checklist that points to your strongest interests
Interest Inventory
A change over a period of time
Trend
Following someone for a few days on the job to get a better understanding of workplace expectations and environment.
Job Shadowing.
The practical use of scientific knowledge (ideas, methods, tools) to get things done
Technology
Equal employment opportunity for all, regardless of gender
Gender Equity