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4 Career Voc-LH
Career Dev 4 Career Voc
Term | Definition |
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Apprenticeship | A program where a person learns to do a certain job by working with a skilled worker |
Business plan | A description of the goals of a business and how it will operate. |
Career portfolio | A collection of materials whose purpose is to show your ability to do a specific job. |
Certificate | An official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course content and have the necessary skills for that area of your career. |
Consumer | Someone who purchases a good or service with the intent to use it. |
Corporation | Business owned by many people but treated by the law as though it were one person. |
Education and training requirements | The instructional background and skills needed to qualify for employment. |
Entrepreneur | A person who organizes, manages and assumes the risk of a business. |
Entry-level jobs | Beginning low skilled jobs in a particular profession. |
Global economy | Worldwide financial management system. |
Internship | a temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field. |
Job qualification | The education, work experience, and other abilities required for a job. |
Job shadowing | An informal assessment activity where one spends several hours following a worker at the job location. |
License | A permit to do a particular thing, or allow an activity to take place |
Manual labor | Work performed by humans. |
Mentoring | Receiving advice and direction from a person who has experience and knowledge in an area of interest. |
On-the-job training | Learning on the job. |
Outsourcing | Utilizing external resources to perform activities traditionally handled by internal company staff. |
Professional | Relating to a specific field with a high degree of skill or experience. |
Self-employment | A person who organizes and manages their own business. |
Specializing | To employ oneself in a particular action or function. |
Vocation | An occupation one is well-suited or qualified for. |
Work ethic | The rules of behavior in the workplace. |