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Mrs. Wall's Finance 1.1,1.2, and 2.1
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09/10/2010

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Professions
Definition
Much of the job involves creating, processing, storing, and retrieving info
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Service jobs
Definition
jobs that are determine what will be produced and manage invertory
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
Definition
provides in-depth job descriptions and information about job opportunities world wide
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Monthly Labor Review
Definition
provide current info about specific occupations and clusters across the nation
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Periodical Index & Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Definition
library catalogs
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Job Analysis
Definition
an evaluation of the positive and negative attributes of given career choice
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Salary
Definition
the amount of monthly or annual pay earned for your labor
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Benefits
Definition
company provided supplements to salaries(sick pay,vacation time, profit-sharing plans,and health insurance)
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Employee Expenses
Definition
any cost paid by the employee that are not reimbursed by the employer
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Work Characteristics
Definition
the daily activities at work(indoor vs. outdoor work)
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Entrepreneur
Definition
Someone who organizes and manages
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Wired magazine
Definition
magazine about technological advances
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Upgrading
Definition
advancing to a higher level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer
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Retraining
Definition
learning new and different skills so that an employee can retain the same level of employ-ability
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Placement center
Definition
offers advice and counseling to help you determine a career direction
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The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries
Definition
evaluates job opportunities and gives a full range of salaries for positions and levels
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Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors, and Executives- United States and Canada or The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America
Definition
some publications you can read about major American companies and why they are successful
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self-assessment inventory
Definition
list your strong and week points and gives you an ides of how to prepare for a career
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Developing Countries
Definition
nations that currently have little industry and a low standard of living
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Networks
Definition
informal groups of people with common interest who interact for mutual assistance
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Lifelong Learning
Definition
actively seeking new knowledge, skills and experiences that will add to your personal growth throughout your life
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Identity
Definition
who a person is
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Way(of life)
Definition
work is typically a way of life
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Values
Definition
the ideals in life that are important to you
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Lifestyle
Definition
the way people choose to live their lives based on the values they have chosen
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Aptitude
Definition
natural physical or mental ability that allows you to do certain tasks well
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Interests
Definition
the things you like to do
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Personality
Definition
made up of many individual qualities that make you unique
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Goal
Definition
a desired end toward which efforts are directed
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Goal
Definition
a desired end toward which efforts are directed
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Short-term goal
Definition
goal you expect to reach in a few days or weeks
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Intermediate goals
Definition
goal you expect to accomplish in the next few months or years
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Long-term goals
Definition
goal you expect to reach in five or ten years or longer
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Experience
Definition
the knowledge and skills acquired by working in a career field
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Cooperative Work Experiences
Definition
a job after school, part time,and weekends
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Summer Work
Definition
Temporary, Volunteer, or Community service
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Internship
Definition
an on-job-training experience that pays your cost of getting to work and any expenses you incur
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Advanced Degrees
Definition
specialized, intensive programs (taken after the 1st college degree) that prepare students for higher level of work responsibility with more challenges and higher pay
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