Self-Advocacy
Job Exploration
Work-Based Learning
Workplace Readiness
Post-Secondary Options
100

An individual's ability to effectively communicate, convey, negotiate or assert his or her own interests, desires, needs and rights

What is self-advocacy?

100
  • Source for employment information and inspiration
  • The place to manage your career
  • A pathway to career success
  • Tools to help job seekers, students, businesses and career professionals
  • Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor
100

A type of work experience lets you get on-the-job training while getting paid

What is an apprenticeship?

100

A set of manners that is accepted or required in a profession

What is job etiquette?

100

An institution where you can earn certificates &/or licenses that apply to your career choice

What is a Technology Center/Vocational Program?

200

Detail-oriented, punctual, works well with others, positive, problem-solver, task driven, etc.  

What are examples of strengths?

200

Assessment tools that enable people to identify the careers where they can excel by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, interests and disinterests, skills and competencies, etc. 

What are personality tests?

200

Spend time with a person at their job and seeing what it’s like each day

What is job-shadowing?

200

 

What are examples of dressing for success?

200

2 year program where you can earn your Associate's Degree

What is a Community College?

300

An alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows an individual with a disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks

What is an accommodation?

300

Testing instruments designed to help students learn more about themselves, as well as identify careers that would be a good fit based on their interests

What are career interest inventories?

300

A person who guides you, listens to you, and offers help solving problems

What is a mentor?

300

Gossiping, taking personal calls, showing up late, being rude to customers, dressing inappropriately, etc.  

What are examples of what NOT to do while at work?

300

Going to work either part-time or full-time

What does it mean to enter the workforce?

400

The act of revealing personal information about a disability for the specific purpose of receiving accommodations in postsecondary school, job training, or the workplace

What is disclosure?

400

How learners receive, perceive, understand, express, memorize and recall new knowledge (i.e. Auditory, Visual, Reading & Writing, and Kinesthetic)

What are learning styles?

400

Getting hands-on experience working part or full time; can be a paid or unpaid position

What is an internship? 

400

Be on time, dress appropriately, treat others with respect, avoid making personal calls, be willing to help, be a good listener, don't complain or gossip, etc.  

What are examples of good work etiquette?

400

4 year program where you can earn your Bachelor's Degree

What is a university?

500

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound; Defining these parameters as they pertain to your goal helps ensure that your objectives are attainable within a certain time frame.  

What are SMART goals?

500

A group of occupations with similar features. 

What are career clusters?  Jobs in the same cluster require similar knowledge or skill sets. If someone enjoys a job in a particular cluster, they are more likely to enjoy related occupations in the group.  

500

Helping out your community for free

What is volunteering?  

500

Showering, brushing and flossing your teeth, brushing and styling your hair, wearing clean clothes, and washing your hands

What are examples of good hygiene?

500

Recieve stipends for service, money for college, and learn discipline, work-ethic, and hard and soft skills

What is the military?