Chapter 4 Key Terms

2. a form employers use to ask questions about an applicant's skills, work experience, education, and interests.
4. people who will recommend a person to an employer.
7. a person who starts his or her own business.
9. ability to do the various tasks required for a particular job.
10. a program that combines on the job training from a skilled worker and classroom instruction.
11. a formal meeting between an employer and a job applicant.
13. a collection of examples of a person's best work; often used when applying for a job to show a person's abilities and accomplishments.

1. spending time with a person at work and learning by watching as he or she performs the functions of the job.
3. group of related jobs that can lead to more advanced positions.
4. a brief summary of a person's education, skills, work experience, activities, and interests.
5. communicating with people you know or can get to know to share job and career information and advice.
6. a successful worker who shares her or his expert knowledge and demonstrates correct work behaviors to new employees.
8. a natural talent or a person's potential for learning a skill.
10. a skill a person has already developed.
12. skills such as dependability, responsibility, and a positive attitude, that are required to acquire and retain a job.