Unit 7 Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. a type of insurance coverage that pays for medical events. Everyone needs health insurance.
  2. 5. the nation’s retirement program that helps provide retirement income for the elderly and pays disability benefits.
  3. 11. amount an employee is paid each year. This is different than an hourly wage.
  4. 12. document highlighting a person’s education, work, academic experiences, honors, community involvement, and skills.
  5. 14. An internship is a temporary job (usually 2-3 months) that allows experience in a work environment for a specific career, and can help narrow down a career choice.
  6. 16. a tax figured as a percentage of someone’s earnings, used to pay for public goods and services
  7. 17. the “take-home” money after all taxes and deductions have been made from the gross income.
  8. 20. a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person for a potential job or acceptance to a school.
  9. 22. Refers to strategies of saving and investing to be able to sustain oneself during retirement. Once must consider assets and income as well as future expenses, liabilities, and life expectancy.
  10. 23. stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, and is a combination of Social Security and Medicare.
  11. 24. someone who can comment on your personal character, work ethic, or past work experiences, usually as part of the job application process.
Down
  1. 1. is a payment usually of money for labor or services completed, and usually according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.
  2. 2. a letter written by someone who can highlight your skills, accomplishments, leadership experience, academic successes, extracurricular activities, ambition, and goals as part of the application process.
  3. 4. the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, and other earning, before taxes and deductions
  4. 6. a percentage of the total sales, paid to an employee instead of or in addition to salary and wages.
  5. 7. also known as a job market, refers to the supply of and demand for labor, in which employees provide the supply and employers provide the demand.
  6. 8. A time when a person is paid for work, also known as a part of the workforce. as a part of the workforce.
  7. 9. exhibiting acceptable qualities of behaviors connected to the expectations of the setting and specifically related to character, disposition, or nature of a person.
  8. 10. a one-page letter summarizing your skills, past experiences, goals, and how they align with the organization or company you are applying to.
  9. 13. practiced over time, and often are a reflection of how you exist in your daily communication, leadership styles, problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, etc...
  10. 15. money gained through employment and investment returns.
  11. 18. building relationships both personally and professionally through meeting people, interacting with them, and developing connections.
  12. 19. the lowest wage permitted by law, as determined by each state.
  13. 21. the nation’s health care program for the elderly and disabled, provides hospital and medical insurance to those who qualify