| A | B |
| Attainable | To achieve especially by effort |
| Career ladder | A sequence or related jobs – from entry-level to advanced – available at different education/training levels. |
| Career plan | A list of steps including activities, work experience, and education/training needed to reach a career goal; step-by-step plan of action including career information influenced by the ultimate career goal; a written outline (time schedule) of what a person wants to achieve including details of how goals will be achieved. |
| Compromise | Something 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; the question that needs to be answered in the decision making process. |
| Decision making process | The process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options; most logical way to make a decision. |
| Decision making style | The typical manner in which a person makes a decision. |
| Environment | The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded. |