| A | B |
| Attainable | achieve especially by effort |
| Career ladder | sequence of related jobs available at different education/training levels |
| Career Plan | list of steps including activities, work experience, and education/training needed to reach a career goal |
| Compromise | somthing that combines qualities or elements of different things; to give up something to reach a decision |
| Consequences | something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition; the relation of a result to its cause |
| culture | customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social group |
| decision | a choice or judgment helps to meet goals |
| decision making process | process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options; most logical way to make a decision |
| decision making style | typical manner in which a person makes a decision |
| environment | circumstances, objects or conditions by which one is surrounded |
| evaluation | comparing and constrasting sets of data to rank them and make a choice to develop a plan |
| flextime | `schedule that allows workers to choose work hours that fit their particular needs |
| human resource | skill, knowledge, experience, and/or time that a person has inside himself or herself that can be used to help reach a goal |
| impulsivie decision | choices you make quickly |
| intuitive | using a hunch to help make a decision |
| long term | involving or in effect for a number of years |
| major decision | important decision that influences a person's future such as a career decision |
| personal career profile form | chart used to rank possible career choices for a career plan |
| personal goals | goals that one wants to achieve for himself/herself |
| priorities | given or taken precedence, especially in importance or value |
| realistic | objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are; attainable |
| routine | series of activities performed regularly |
| self-information | knowledge about one's self, particularly in relation to career decision making |
| short term | involving or occurring over a short period |
| specific | concrete terms |
| stepping-stone goal | short, medium and long-term goals that can help you reach your ultimate career goal in realistic stages |
| strategy | planned action toward a goal |
| submissive | allowing others to make decisions for you |
| trade-off | giving up one thing in return for another in the decision-making process |
| ultimate goal | final conclusion |