College
Workplace Terms
Employee Terms
Technical Education
100

The term for the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are on.

What is college campus?

100

A term describing a long-term job or occupation that usually requires formal education or training.

What is a career?

100

Consists of a conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted to assess whether the applicant should be hired.

What is a job interview?

100

A document that shows a person has the knowledge, experience and skills to perform a specific job and the tasks in which they have been trained

What is a professional certification?

200

Degree granted after completing 4 years of a college program.

What is Bachelor's Degree?

200

A group of people or relationships that can help with progressing your career and/or educational goals. People in this group could write recommendation letters for you for work or school.

What is Professional Networks/Relationships?

200

The term for the amount of money paid to an employee annually/yearly.

What is salary?

200

The learned specialized, technical and practical skills you need to succeed in a role or industry.

What are hard skills?

300

Education provided for adults after they have left the formal education system, consisting typically of short or part-time courses.

What is Continuing Education?

300

The term to describe working together to solve a disagreement or dispute with another professional in the workplace.

What is conflict resolution?

300

The amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours (more than 40 hours a week).

What is overtime?

300

A post-secondary school in which people learn how to do a job that requires special skills instead of going to a formal college.

What is a Vocational/Technical/Trade School?

400

Acronym for state colleges and universities in New York?

What is SUNY?

400

Guidelines to help employers dealing with employee accountability, health, safety, and interactions with customers.

What are Company/Workplace Policies?

400

It is sometimes submitted with a resume to an employer to further outline their work experience and skills when applying for a job.

What is a cover letter?

400

A program or position in which someone learns a trade by working under a certified expert.

What is an apprenticeship?

500

Financial aid grant that is not limited to New York State?

What is Pell Grant?

500

The practice of engaging closely with what a speaker is saying and indicating understanding, typically by asking relevant questions, using gestures, and summarizing.

What is active listening?

500

Covers the full scope of services, pay, insurance, vacation time and other perks available to an employee from his employer

What is a benefits package?

500

Name one technical job title in the health care field.

Certified Nursing Practitioner, Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Ultrasound Tech, Pharmacy Tech, Dental Hygienist, EMT and Paramedic, etc...