A | B |
Benefits | Financial help in time of sickness,old age, disability, or the like |
Bias | To prejudice or present information in a slanting manner. |
Career outlook | The number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future. |
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) | Book that describes thousands of jobs in detail. |
Entrepreneur | A person who runs a business; a self-employed person |
Entrepreneurship | The ownership, organization, and management of a business |
F4K | A web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support. |
Free enterprise system | Allows private ownership; profit motive;competition, and freedome of choice. |
Guide to Occupationa Education(GOE) | Book that contains twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests. |
Inflation | A sharp increase in the costs of goods and services.Informational interview |
Talking to a person about his job.Lon=term goals | Those things that a person wants to accomplish that may take several months to several years to accomplish. |
Mentor | A trusted advisor. |
NCCareers.org | Website which contains career information specific to North Carolina |
Nontraditional occupations | Occupations in which men/women comprise 25 percent or less of the work force. |
O*Net | The Occupational Information Network is a comprehensive, interactive database developed by the US Department of Labor to identify and describe important infromation about occupations, worker characteristics, work skills and training requirements. |