Unit 5.01

1. A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
6. A stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person in order to function effectively.
8. Skills: The transferable skills needed by an individual to make them 'employable'. Along with good technical understanding and subject knowledge, employers often outline a set of skills that they want from an employee.
9. The ability to do something successfully or efficiently.
10. Thinking: The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment.
14. A situation in which an individual works for himself or herself instead of working for an employer that pays a salary or a wage. A self-employed individual earns their income through conducting profitable operations from a trade or business that they operate directly.
15. Up Letter: A letter sent as a follow-up to an initial letter or to a telephone call, meeting, etc.
17. Verb: A verb that shows that something is being done, a word that shows action.
19. Tests: Tests that organizations give to job applicants to help them hire employees who are productive, dependable, and low turnover.

2. Leads: Information about an open position telling you that a company is hiring - what person or company, what position they are trying to fill, what job skills and/or education are required, etc.
3. Easily changed, able to change or to do different things.
4. Solving: The process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
5. Interact with other people to exchange information and develop contacts, especially to further one's career.
7. Verbs: Use these verbs to describe your skills and accomplishments when writing your resume and cover letters -- to increase the strength of your writing and make potential employers take notice!
11. (Of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.
12. letter: A letter sent with, and explaining the contents of, another document (resume).
13. A brief account of a person’s education, qualifications, and previous experience, typically sent with a job application.
16. of Application: Also known as a cover letter, is a document sent with your resume to provide additional information on your skills and experience; provides detailed information on why you are qualified for the job for which you are applying.
18. A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee, especially a professional or white-collar worker.