Vocab 3.01
A list of steps including activities, work experience, and education/training needed to reach a career goal; step-by-step plan of action including career information influenced by the ultimate career goal; a written outline (time schedule) of what a person wants to achieve including details of how goals will be achieved.
Career plan
S
Specific
A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than known facts, gut feeling, origins cannot be explained by the individual.
Hunch
focuses on your skills and experience, rather than on your chronological work history. Starts with an F
Functional Resume
(Of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.
Chronological
A specified area or discipline
Domain
M
Measurable
The process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options; most logical way to make a decision.
Decision Making Process
lists your skills and experience first. Your employment history is listed next. With this type of resume you can highlight the skills you have that are relevant to the job you are applying for, and also provide the chronological work history that employers prefer. Starts with a C
Combination Resume
A letter sent with, and explaining the contents of, another document (resume).
Cover letter
nvolving or in effect for a number of years.
Long term
A
achievable
The care of older persons/parent, especially in the home and by a son or daughter.
Eldercare
a resume that is customized so that it specifically highlights the experience and skills you have that are relevant to the job you are applying for. Starts with a T
Targeted Resume
A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
Entrepreneur
Short-, medium-, and long-term goals that can help you reach your ultimate career goal in realistic stages; allow adjustments to be made to the career plan.
Stepping-stone goal
R
results-focused
A system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
Flex time
contains a brief summary of your career highlights qualifications. Starts with a M
Mini Resume
Easily changed, able to change or to do different things.
Flexibility
The lowest level in an employment hierarchy, a low-level job in which an employee may gain experience or skills.
Entry level
T
time- bound
Allows employees of government agencies and companies with more than fifty employees to take up to three months of unpaid leave during or after a pregnancy.
Family Medical Leave Act
starts by listing your work history, with the most recent position listed first. Your jobs are listed in reverse chronological order with your current or most recent job, first. Starts with a C
Chronological Resume
Employment eligibility verification form, used for verifying the identity and employment authorization of individuals hired for employment in the United States.
I-9 Form