Career Vocabulary

5. People who have worked with you and who will recommend you for a job.
10. An organization that helps people find jobs.
12. A natural talent and capacity for learning certain areas.
13. The person who watches over your work and checks your performance.
15. A series of jobs that a person holds in a chosen field
17. Giving up something in order to get something that is more important.
22. A written account of qualifications, including education or training and experience.
23. Something that helps you get things accomplished.
25. A goal that can be met in a certain time.
26. Coursework that teaches you job skills that you will need for entry-level work.
27. Education programs that enable students to receive school credit for on-the-job work experience.
28. People other than your supervisor with whom you work.
29. A meeting between applicant and employer to discuss the job and the applicant's credentials.

1. Advancement on the job.
2. A goal that involves the immediate future.
3. A job for which little or not experience is needed.
4. A form that gives a company basic information about you.
6. A list of questions that help you decide which careers match your interests.
7. A helper who is trained on the job by senior workers.
8. The position for which a person is paid.
9. Items and activities that attract your attention.
11. Finding out all you can about a field of work that interests you.
14. A goal that requires several months or even years to achieve.
16. A skill you develop through practice.
18. A goal that has no definite time limit in which it needs to be accomplished.
19. The department of a business or organization that deals with hiring, administration, and training of it's people.
20. The type of work in which a person is employed.
21. The things that are important to you.
24. A person who starts and runs a business.