Job Search Essentials
Understanding Your Paycheck
Managing Your Money
Workplace Success
100

This document summarizes your work experience, education, and skills.

What is a resume?

100

This term refers to total earnings before any deductions.

What is gross pay?

100

This financial plan helps you decide how to spend and save money.

What is a budget?

100

These personal attributes—like teamwork and communication—help you work well with others.

What are soft skills?

200

This letter introduces you to an employer and expresses your interest in a job.

 What is a cover letter?

200

This is the amount of money you actually take home after taxes and deductions.

What is net pay?

200

Tracking your expenses is one strategy to help you stick to this plan.

What is ALSO a budget?

200

This involves managing time and energy between work and personal life.

What is work-life balance?

300

This form is a formal request for employment that collects information about the applicant.

What is a job application?

300

These are amounts subtracted from your gross pay, such as taxes and insurance.


What are deductions?

300

If you spend more than you earn, you have a negative one of these.

What is a budget balance (or deficit)?

300

Techniques like deep breathing or exercise are examples of this practice that reduces tension.


What is stress management?

400

This type of meeting allows an employer to evaluate a candidate’s qualifications and personality.

What is an interview?

400

This refers to payment for work, including wages, salary, and benefits.

What is compensation?

400

This type of planning involves balancing short-term spending with long-term saving goals.

What is financial planning?

400

This unfair treatment based on race, gender, or age is illegal in the workplace.

What is discrimination?

500

Creating a well-written résumé and cover letter shows an employer that you are serious about this process.

What is applying for a job?

500

If your gross pay is $2,000 and your deductions total $500, this is your net pay.

What is $1,500?

500

Setting aside emergency savings each month is part of this key money management habit.

What is maintaining a budget or saving?

500

Knowing your entitlement to fair pay and a safe work environment is understanding your ___.

What are workplace rights?