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Career Development
Unit 2 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Commission | Earnings based on how much a worker sells |
Certificate | An official document that proves you have successfully completed specific course contest |
Part-time | Jobs requiring less than 34-40 hours a week, depending on the employer |
Education and training requirements. | The instructional background and skills needed to qualify employment |
Fringe Benefits | Extras provided by employers (other than wages) |
Full-time Job | Working at least 40 hours a week |
Contract Worker | employees of an employment agency who work for other businesses temporary basis |
Global Economy | Worldwide financial management system |
Deduction | Amount of money taken from employees gross pay for taxes, insurance, and social security. |
Job Duty | A task one is expected to perform on the job |
Job Benefits | The extras an employer provides employees in addition to pay |
Job Qualifications | A special skill, knowledge, or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job. |
Nontraditional Occupation/Career | A career in which one gender has 25 percent or less of the total workers |
Work Schedule | A set number of days or hours the employee is expected to work. |
Salary | Fixed amount of money earned, regardless hours worked |
License | A permit to do a particular thing or allow an activity to take place |
Temporary Job | Jobs that lat for a limited period of time |
Piecemeal | Wages to be paid based on a quantity produced or number of repetition performed. |
Wages | Payment for work, usually figured by the hour. |
Self employed/entrepreneur | A person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of business. |
Seasonal Job | A form of employment linked to specific periods of the year and sectors |