| A | B |
| career clusters | a group of jobs that require similar abilities and skills |
| dual-career family | a family in which both the wife and the husband hold jobs |
| flextime | a system that allows workers leeway in the times they begin and end their word days |
| high technology | the advanced scientific research that has led to new products in electronics, telecommunications, health care and other fields |
| job sharing | a practice in which two people are hired part time to do one full-time job |
| productivity | the amount a person can produce per hour of work |
| sex discrimination | a form of prejudice directed against members of one sex |
| stereotypes | fixed ideas about groups of people that are either too simple or completely false |
| stress | the body's response to mental or physical change |
| transferable skills | abilities that can be used in many different jobs |