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Careers Vocab HM
Term | Definition |
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Associate's Degree | degree awarded usually for at least 2 years of full-time academic study beyond high school |
Consolidation | the merger of two or more commercial interests or corporations |
Employed | The situation of a person who has an agreement with an employer to work full time,part time, or on a contractual basis for that employer |
GDP ( Gross Domestic Product) | he market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period; the most commonly used measure of the size of the overall economy |
Internship | training under supervision in a professional setting. This category does not include internships that are suggested for advancement |
Labor Force | the sum of all persons 16 years and older in the civilian noninstitutional population who are either employed, or unemployed but available for work and actively looking for work |
Moderate-term on-the-job training | more than 1 month, and up to 12 months, of combined on-the-job experience and informal training that is needed for the worker to attain competency in the skills needed in the occupation |
Non-fixed Work Schedules | schedules of employees who work different hours on one job; often used to accommodate particular traits of individual workers or because the work required by the employer varies for each individual |
Part Time | less than 35 hours of work per week, according to the Current Population Survey |
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) | the coding system used by all federal statistical agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data |