Career Mgt. 004 Vocabulary, 1-14
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- Entrepreneur
- A person who runs a business; a self-employed person.
- Benefits
- Financial help in time of sickness, old age, disability, or the like.
- Bias
- To prejudice or present information in a slanting manner.
- F4K
- A web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support. Accessible at http://students.f4k.org.
- Long-term goals
- Those things that a person wants to accomplish that may take several months to several years to accomplish (long term goals are generally refer to those goals which will take one year or more to accomplish).
- NCCareers.org
- Website which contains career information specific to North Carolina. Helps match interests with possible occupations. Accessible at www.NCCareers.org.
- Inflation
- A sharp increase in the costs of goods and services.
- Entrepreneurship
- The ownership, organization, and management of a business.
- Informational interview
- Talking to a person about his/her job.
- Career outlook
- The number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future.
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
- Book that describes thousands of jobs in detail.
- Free enterprise system
- Allows private ownership; profit motive competition, and freedom of choice.
- Mentor
- A trusted advisor.
- Guide to Occupational Education (GOE)
- Book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests.