Pursuit of lifelong ambition or progression toward lifelong goal.
A Career
Responsible for preparing meals.
A Chef
A letter or form containing details of your qualifications, skills, experience, etc. that you send to an organization when you are applying for a job with them.
A Job Application
A group discussion to produce ideas or solve problems.
Brainstorming
Activity to earn money, not always related to career plan.
A Job
Allows young people to work for a period of time (usually a summer) in a business related to a field of study or interest.
An Internship
May style hair; give manicures, pedicures, and facial treatments.
A Cosmetologist
A postsecondary educational institution designed to train students for a specific job.
A Trade School
A process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior.
Communication
This gives participants a chance to spend time “following” a professional around for a day (or more) to see what they do in their daily work, to understand what the job involves, and to ask questions related to the career.
Job Shadowing
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee.
A Salary
Installs and repairs electrical systems in houses and other buildings.
An Electrician
A specialized education designed to develop or strengthen specific career skills.
A Certificate Program
An assessment or evaluation of oneself or one's actions and attitudes, in particular, of one's performance at a job or learning task considered in relation to an objective standard.
Self-Assessment
Cuts and styles people’s hair.
A Barber
A group of occupations with similar features.
A Career Cluster
Responds to emergencies in which life, property, and environment are at risk.
A Firefighter
It shows that a person has the specific knowledge or skill needed to do a job.
Certification and Licensing
Conducting oneself with responsibility, integrity, accountability, and excellence
Professionalism
Which degree is usually earned at a vocational or trade school?
An Applied Science Degree
Similar to internships, it offers on-the-job training for a longer period of time and typically for payment.
A Pre-Apprenticeship
A trained professional who arranges for mortgages, car loans, and other financing.
A Loan Officer
A program that focuses on applied military science, military operations, intelligence gathering, military technology, and national security.
A Military Technical Program
A personal set of values that determines how any employee approaches their work.
Work Ethic
The state of working for oneself as a freelance or the owner of a business rather than for an employer.
Self-Employment