Workforce terms
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 skill that allows you to use your resources efficiently and effectively. Meaning you can manage your time, energy, and workspace well, and can accomplish all your assigned tasks.
Organization
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
The process of achieving a goal by overcoming obstacles, a frequent part of most activities.
Problem Solving
Cuts and styles people’s hair.
A Barber
The minimum wage in California
$16.50
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. (Ex. Something doctors do before beginning their official career)
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