Vocabulary Ch 5
Terms
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- A federally administered employment and training program that serves severaly disadvantaged young people.
- Job Corps
- Home study.
- Correspondence Courses
- A wide range of education and training provided by employers for their employees.
- OJT (On-The-Job Training)
- A school privately owned and operated for profit.
- Proprietary School
- Intended to train students in fields related to engineering and the physical sciences.
- Technical School
- Occupational training programs developed jointly by high schools and community colleges.
- Tech Prep
- The largest type of institution of higher learning, composed of several undergraduate colleges and graduate schools for advanced study.
- University
- Types of jobs available.
- Employment Structure
- A four-year degree that is sometimes called a bachelor's degree or undergraduate degree.
- Baccalaureate Degree
- Relationship between an employer and an employee during which the worker learns a trade.
- Apprenticeship
- A certified, experienced, skilled craftsperson who has succesfully completed an apprenticeship.
- Journey Worker
- Has met certain minimum standards for its program of study, staff, and facilities.
- Accredited
- The specific details of a job offer, such as working hours, salary or wages, and fringe benefits.
- Conditions of Employment
- Unions of craftsmen.
- Guilds
- To verify or make firm, such as calling to check on an appointment.
- Confirm
- Qualifications.
- Competencies
- A thank-you letter sent to an interviewer following a job interview.
- Follow-Up
- After high school.
- Postsecondary
- To evaluate someone or something, such as a potential employer.
- Appraise
- Fit into.
- Adapt
- A face-to-face meeting between a job seeker and a potential employer.
- Job Interview
- A policy of granting admission to all applicants without regard to grade point average, test scores, or class rank.
- Open-Admissions Policy
- Pleasant or agreeable.
- Compatible
- Imagined or pretended.
- Hypothetical
- A course of study that satifies the admissions requirements for a specific professional school as part of the baccalaureate degree.
- Preprofessional Programs
- Unspoken communication through physical movements, expressions, and gestures.
- Body Language
- General equivalency diploma.
- GED