Career Exploration
Degrees
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General Vocab
Employment
100
What are internships?
Temporary, on the job learning experiences in a certain career field. Students experience the career from the inside, and can often turn the experience into a full-time paid position. Sometimes paid.
100
How many years must you go to college to get an associate's degree?
2.
100
How much money would you be able to make when you job shadow?
$0!
100
What is a long term goal?
Something you would like to achieve in the far future--one year or more
100
Define Career
An occupation that requires significant planning and effort to achieve, and that is meant to last for a long period of time
200
What are students doing when they spend half of their training in the classroom, and the other half being paid to work part-time in that career in order to gain experience and learn new skills.
Cooperative Education
200
How many years does it take to get a bachelor's degree?
4-5
200
What do you call the money that you earn?
Income
200
What makes special skills "special?"
They can only be used for ONE career field
200
What do you call somebody who owns his or her own business?
An Entrepreneur
300
What is Job Shadowing?
to follow a person in a certain career for an entire day to see what their job is like and what they do.
300
Which degree takes 6-8 years to obtain?
Master's Degree
300
Define Cost of Living
The amount of money it costs to live in a certain area
300
What are skills?
An ability that someone can do especially well
300
Define Job
An occupation that pays, but requires little training or education; a temporary position of employment
400
What does somebody do when they're mentoring?
Teaching or giving guidance to someone, such as a less experienced person or student, about a certain career; teaches them how to set goals for their future and achieve them
400
Where can you obtain an associate's degree?
Community College OR Junior College
400
What is it called when you owe somebody money?
Debt
400
What is a short term goal?
Something you would like to achieve in less than one year
400
What is the difference between good and services?
Goods: tangible products that you can touch; they can be sold, traded, or bought Services: things that you do for a person or a company for money; i.e.: mowing a lawn, cutting hair, designing a logo
500
Describe Service Learning
Performing community service while learning about a specific career
500
How many years after graduating high school does is typically take to obtain a PhD?
10-12
500
What kind of job do you have if you work 35 hours per week?
Part-time Job
500
Give an example of transferable skills and briefly explain why they're transferable
Skills that can be used from job to job, or career to career; ANY job can use them
500
What is networking?
Creating relationships with people in a certain career field by meeting new people and making connections
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