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Choosing a Career
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Job Analysis | An evaluation of the positive and negative attributes of a given type of work |
| Salary | The amount of monthly of annual pay that you will earn for your labor. |
| Benefits | Forms of employee compensation in addition to pay. |
| Opportunity for Promotion | The ability to advance to positions of greater responsibility and higher pay. |
| Employee Expenses | Any costs of working paid by the employee that are not reimbursed by the employer. |
| Work Characteristics | The daily activities of the job and the environment in which they must be performed. |
| Entrepreneur | Someone who organizes, manages, and assumes the ownership risks of a new business. |
| Placement Centers | A services offered at schools to help students and former students with careers and employment. |
| Networks | Informal groups of people with common interests who interact for mutual assistance. |
| Aptitude | A natural, physical or mental ability that allows you to do certain tasks well. |
| Abilities | possession of the means or skill to do something. |
| Life Long Learner | Actively seeking new knowledge, skills and experiences that will add to your professional and personal growth throughout your life. |
| Upgrading | Advancing to a higher level of skill to increase your usefulness to an employer. |
| Retraining | Learning new and different skills so that an employee can retain the same level of employability . |
| Advanced Degree | Specialized, intensive programs (taken after obtaining the first college degree) that prepare students for higher-level work responsibilities with more challenges and higher pay. |
| Self Assessment Inventory | Lists your strong and weak points along with plans for improvement as you prepare for a career. |