Unit 7 Crossword (Darter)

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Across
  1. 1. The nation’s retirement program that helps provide retirement income for the elderly and pays disability benefits.
  2. 5. Is someone who can comment on your personal character, work ethic, or past work experiences, usually as part of the job application process.
  3. 8. A document highlighting a person’s education, work, academic experiences, honors, community involvement, and skills.
  4. 9. Is the sum of all wages, salaries, profits, and other earning, before taxes and deductions.
  5. 11. Stands for Federal Insurance Contribution Act, and is a combination of Social Security and Medicare.
  6. 13. A time when a person is paid for work, also known as part of the workforce.
  7. 14. Is money gained through employment and investment returns.
  8. 15. Is the “take-home” money after all taxes and deductions have been made from the gross income.
  9. 19. 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
  10. 21. A one-page letter summarizing your skills, past experiences, goals, and how they align with the organization or company you are applying to.
  11. 22. A payment usually of money for labor or services completed, and usually according to a contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.
  12. 23. Is a tax figured as a percentage of someone’s earnings, used to pay for public goods and services.
  13. 24. Exhibiting acceptable qualities of behaviors connected to the expectations of the setting and specifically related to character, disposition, or nature of a person.
Down
  1. 2. 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.
  2. 3. A type of insurance coverage that pays for medical events.
  3. 4. 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.
  4. 6. 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.
  5. 7. A percentage of the total sales, paid to an employee instead of or in addition to salary and wages.
  6. 10. Is the amount an employee is paid each year. This is different from an hourly wage.
  7. 12. Building relationships both personally and professionally through meeting people, interacting with them, and developing connections.
  8. 16. The nation’s health care program for the elderly and disabled, provides hospital and medical insurance to those who qualify
  9. 17. A formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person for a potential job or acceptance to a school.
  10. 18. The lowest wage permitted by law, as determined by each state.
  11. 20. Practiced over time, and often are a reflection of how you exist in your daily communication, leadership styles, problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, etc.