Job Search Vocabulary

______________________ is a job or profession that you have been trained for, and which you do for a long period of your life.

• Career

• Resume

• Portfolio

• Priority

________________ is a job you want and are willing and able to become qualified to do in the future.

• Career goal

• Value

• Network

• Priority

______________ is the ability to influence or convince others to believe what you say or to do what you ask.

• Persuasive

• Challenge

• Networking

• Prioritizing

______________ are the things that are most important to you.

• Values

• Interests

• Persuasive

• Challenges

_____________ is defined as doing something that may be difficult and test your abilities.

• Challenge

• Interest

• Values

• Priority

_________________________ is a job where you spend a lot of time sitting down, and not moving or exercising very much, eg typing on the computer all day.

• Sedentary work

• Personnel department

• Networking

• Interviewing

_____________________ is a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job.

• Interview

• Resume

• Wage

• Job application

______________________ is a person's favorite activity.

• Interest

• Value

• Career

• Wage

_________________ is putting several things or problems in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important ones first.

• Prioritizing

• Networking

• Challenging

• Being laid off

______________________ is the smallest amount of money an employer can pay a person who has little experience.

• Minimum wage

• Value

• Salary

• Portfolio