| A | B |
|---|
| Abilities | Natural or acquired skill or talent. |
| Ability | Developed skill. |
| Age Discrimination Act of 1967 | Passed to prohibit discrimination against people between forty and seventy years of age. |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | 1992; Gives civil rights projections to those provided on the basis of race, sex, national origin, age and religion; EOC administers these laws. |
| Aptitudes | Developed abilities; those things that one is good at doing; potential for learning skills. |
| Assessment | The act of evaluation. |
| Attitude | One's outlook on life; how one reacts to a situation. |
| Auditory | Relating to the sense of hearing. |
| Career | An occupation or profession followed as a life's work. |
| Change | To make or become different; to replace with another. |
| COBRA | Law to provide terminated employees or those who lose insurance coverage because of reduced work to be able to buy group insurance for themselves and their families for a limited amount of time. |
| Compassion | To care deeply about other people and their well-being. |
| Divorce | The legal dissolution of a marriage. |
| Dexterity | Proficiency in using the body or hands. |
| Equal Employment Opportunities Commission | Enforces laws to prevent unfair treatment on the job due to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or age. |
| Ethics | The principles of conduct that govern a group or society. |
| Family Medical Leave Act | 1993; Requires employers with 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to allow workers to take time off to help care for a new baby or an ill family member without fear of losing their jobs. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | Sets minimum wage, requires over-time pay for time worked over 40 hours, and restricts the employment of minors. |
| Fatigue | Weariness from labor or stress; tired. |
| Formal assessment | Standardized written or performance test of knowledge, aptitude, values, etc. |
| Gender identity | Sexual identify; a person knowing that their sex is permanent and cannot be changed. |
| Generativity | State of human development often referred to as the working years; between a person's late twenties and early sixties. |
| Hobby | A pursuit or interest engaged in for relaxation. |
| Holland Codes | Codes developed by Dr. John Holland based on the ssumption that people can be grouped into six personality types. |
| Individual | pertaining to one only. |
| Integrity | Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values. |
| Interests | Activities, things, and ideas a person likes and enjoys. |
| Interest Inventory | A periodic survey of a person's interests. |
| Interpersonal | Relationships between persons. |
| Intrapersonal | Relates to independent action. |
| Inventory | An account of things. |
| Job | To do occasional pieces of work for hire; task. |
| Kinesthetic | Relates to interaction with people and objects in real space. |
