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| Layoff | An involuntary separation of the employee for a temporary or indefinite period, through no fault of the employee. |
| Learning Styles | The ways people think and learn |
| Leisure | Time free from every-day job responsibilities during which a person can pursue personal interests and hobbies. |
| Life Roles | The various parts of one's life, such as citizen, parent, spouse, worker, etc. |
| Life Stages | Changes that occur as we move through life experiences |
| Lifestyle | the way a person lives his or her life, inculding geographic location, type of home, method of transportation, and social situations |
| Linguistic | Pertaining to the use of language |
| Marriage | The legal unions of a man and woman as husband and wife. |
| Naturalist | interested in natural enviroments |
| Occupational Changes | Changes in job status |
| Parenthood | The state or relationship of being a parent |
| Pink Slip | Notice of termination |
| Reduction in Force | The employment of fewer people. |
| Rehabilitation Act of 1973 | Extendeed protection to those with physical or mental handicaps |
| Resources | Those things that a person can use to help reach goals |
| Responsibility | A willingness to accept an obligation and be accountable or an action or situation |
| Retirement | The state of being retired from one's occupation |
| Sandwich Generation | Group of people who are caring for both their parents and their children |
| Self-Concept | How people veiw their own skills, interests, and competence level |
| Self-Esteem | How one views oneself; a feeling of good will with regard to how you feel about yourself; pride; confidence |
| Skill | Proficenncy or ability |
| Social | Preference with working with others |
| Spatial | Pertaining to a sense of space |
| Termination | Dismissal from employment |
| Time Management | Plan to use time wisely |
| Transition | The process of changing from one state, activity, or one place to another |
| Unemployment Insurance | A joint state-federal program under which state-administered funds pay a weekly benefit for a limited time to eligible workers when they are involuntarily unemployed. |
| Values | Cherished ideas and beliefs that affect decisions a person makes. |
| Verbal | Expressed in words |
| Visual | Pertaining to sight |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Services | Provided free to those who meet the legal eligibility guidelines. |
| Wellness | Good health |
| Work | Activity directed toward a goal that produces something of value; to exert oneself physically or mentally |
| Work Ethic | How a person feels about his/her job and the effort he/she puts into it |
| Work Needs | Those characteristics that employers require for employment (SCANS skillls, basic skills, thinking skills, personal qualities, workplace competencies). |
| Work Values | Ideas and beliefs concerning career/work that are important to a person and govern his/her perception of job/occupation/career. |
| Worker's Compensation | Guarantees finanical assistance to workers injured on the job. |
