CM 3.00 Key Terms

an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

• Career

• Job

• Professional Job

• Career Values

a paid position of regular employment.

• Career exploration

• Work-based learning

• Job

• Career

a person's regular work or profession; job or principal activity.

• Career

• Job

• Work environment

• Occupation

The forecast of the anticipated change in a particular occupation.

• Job Outlook

• Career

• Career exploration

• Work Environment

a starting place for many careers that often require little to no professional experience.

• Career

• Entry-level job

• Operative job

• Qualifications

a position for which an employee possess specialized skill set and abilities to preform that desired operation.

• Earnings

• Earning Potential

• Career portfolio

• Technical job

a job in which employees work on an industrial machine or a specific aspect of the manufacturing business.

• Technical job

• Career

• Machinist

• Operative job

a career that requires a specific level of college education, typically a bachelor's degree or higher, for someone to preforms it's duties and responsibilities. ex. doctor, teacher

• Job Outlook

• OOH

• Professional job

• Resources

a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively.

• Resources

• Career Values

• Occupation

• Skills

the act of learning abut various occupations and their fit with your unique career preferences. ex. skills, interest, values

• Operative Job

• Skills

• Work

• Career Exploration