Careers
What is the definition of a career?
What is a series of connected employment opportunities?
What do colleges look at when you apply?
What are grades, ACT, difficulty of classes, extracurricular activities?
What are two sources of income?
What are Wages/Allowances/Salary, Lottery, Investments, Self-employment, Gifts, Awards, Inheritance?
What are compulsory charges imposed on citizens by local, state, and federal government
What is an I-9 Form used for?
What is a definition of a job?
What is something you simply do to earn money?
What is a scholarship?
What is a payment made to support a student’s education awarded on the basis of academic or other achievements?
What factors affect your income?
What is your education, the demand for your services, your experience, your reliability/work habits, how good you are at your job, and the state of the economy?
What are some things taxes provide?
What are Bridges, Road maintenance, Research, Education, Armed services, national defense, veterans, and foreign affairs, Retirement income for elderly (Social Security), Social programs (ex. Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc.), Physical, human, and community development, Law enforcement, Interest on the national debt
What is a 1040 EZ form?
What is the form you complete to fill out your taxes if you make under $50,000?
What are some things that might be asked in a job interview?
What is your experience, your education, your interests, your expectations for the job, your knowledge/skills, your weakness/strengths?
What is FAFSA?
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
What are some common employee benefits?
What are Paid Vacation Holidays, Paid Sick Days, Health Insurance, Disability Income Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental/Vision Insurance, Profit Sharing, Payroll Savings Plan, Stock Option Purchase, Registered Pension Plan, Retirement Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, Travel Expenses, Spouse Benefits, Access to Financial Advice?
What two forms are required for an individual to complete before they begin work?
What is I-9 and W-4?
What is a W-2 form?
What is the form that shows your wages earned and taxes paid throughout the year?
What are two things you should include on your resume?
What is your education, your experience, your references, volunteer experience?
What is a 529 Plan
What is an account that encourages saving for college by being tax free as long as the money in the account is used for higher education?
What are some required payroll deductions? What are voluntary payroll deductions?
Required: What is Social Security and Medicare (FICA), state and local taxes?
Voluntary: What is retirement, union dues, and charitable contributions?
What federal agency collects taxes?
What is the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)?
What is a W-4 form?
What is the form that determines your allowances and how much you would like withheld from your paycheck. To get a higher tax return, claim less allowances on your form (that way they will take out more)?
What are interest rates?
What is a grant?
What is a sum of money granted to pay for one’s education from the government because of economic need but does not need to be repaid?
What is gross income? What is net income?
Gross income: What is the total amount a worker is paid before any required or voluntary deductions are made?
Net income: What is “take home pay,” or the amount a person receives when he cashes or deposits his check. It is the remaining amount after deductions are made?
What is the total sales tax in this situation: A shirt cost $5 with sales tax at 5.5%?
What is $0.28?
What is the total cost of this item with sales tax: a book that cost $10 with sales tax at 9.5%?
What is $10.95?