| A | B |
|---|
| Occupational skills | Learned abilities to perform tasks or duties of a specific occupation. |
| Private employment agencies | Help employers locate workers and job seekers; locate jobs for a fee. |
| Professionalism: | The ability to handle problems and criticism gracefully and maturely. |
| Psychological test: | Pre-employment exams given to find out more about a job applicant’s personality, character, and interests. |
| Referral | Recommendation from a contact who is part of one’s network. |
| Resume: | A summary of one’s personal information, education, skills, activities, interests, and employment experience. |
| Salary | Fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time, usually a month or a year. |
| Unemployed: | Not working and looking for work. |
| W-4 Form: | Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate that shows the employer how much tax to withhold from an employee’s check. |
| Work ethic | How a person feels about his or her job and the effort he or she puts into it. |
| Work permit: | Written statement that makes is legal for an underage student to work for an employer. |
