Local Job Market
One of the top 50 employers in Lancaster County
Accept any employer on the top 50 list
What is wages?
When one person/company owns/controls a product or service.
What is a monopoly?
Meaning you will likely keep your job. Labor Market or Job Security.
What is job security?
Categories of jobs which share similar skills/knowledge.
What are Career Clusters?
One of the top industries in Lancaster County
Accept any of the top 50 industries
The federal minimum wage (amount)
What is $7.25 per hour?
The movement of labor and products around the world.
What is globalization?
A cause of unemployment. Outsourcing or Competition.
What is outsourcing?
The type of 2-year degree you get from a community college or trade school.
What is an Associate's Degree?
The career cluster you were asked to highlight on the top 50 employers/industries lists
What is manufacturing?
How much you will be able to get paid for your job in the future.
What is potential earnings?
An arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another while working for them.
What is an apprenticeship?
How much people want a good or service. Supply or Demand.
What is Demand?
A type of school where you learn hands-on trades and specific job skills.
What is a trade/technical school?
The number 1 employer in Lancaster
What is Lancaster General Hospital
The wage at which half the workers in a job earned more and half earned less
What is median wage?
The percentage of people in the labor force who are actively searching for a job but do not have one.
What is the unemployment rate?
An increase in new jobs added in an area, company or industry. Job Outlook or Job Growth.
Assistance a student gets to pay for college. Includes loans, grants, and scholarships.
What is financial aid?
A local manufacturing company
What is Dart Container Corp, CHN Industrial America, Arconic US, Pepperidge Farm, Tyson Poultry, Turkey Hill Dairy, or Tait Towers Manufacturing?
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing power of money.
What is inflation?
To obtain goods or services from an outside or foreign supplier in place of an internal source.
What is outsourcing?
When there are too many workers and not enough jobs for them. Labor Shortage or Labor Surplus.
What is Labor Surplus?
The form you must complete to qualify for any federal or state financial aid.
What is the FAFSA?