| A | B |
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| Ability | What one is able to do, the power to perform a specific task |
| Aggressive | The tendency to take action without waiting for someone else to make the first move. Exhibiting determination, energy and initiative. |
| Assertive | A tendency to act confidently in stating a position or claim. Being forcefully strong and noticeable |
| Balance | The amount of money that is left after subtracting monthly expenses from net monthly income (a negative balance is possible but not advisable) |
| Career | A course of events that constitute a life. The totality of all work - paid and unpaid - one does in his or her lifetime |
| Economic security | Promise of long term job benefits |
| Gross monthly income | The total income or earnings before deductions for taxes, insurance, or other expenses |
| Job | A position with specific duties and responsibilities in a particular work place. For example: portrait photographer at the department store in Pleasantville |
| Learning Style | The different ways that people naturally think and learn |
| Leisure time | Spare time away from work to relax, enjoy hobbies, and participate in family activities, etc. |
| Montly expenses | Income spent on the wants and needs of life each month. |
| Net monthly income | Earnings after deduction or take-home pay. |
| Nontraditional occupation | An occupation in which women or men comprise 25 percent or less of its total employment. |
| Occupation | A group of jobs with common characteristics that require similar skills but are found in a variety of industries and organizations. |
| Passive | A tendency not to participate actively and usually letting others make decisions. |
| Payroll deductions | Money subtracted from gross monthly income by an employer. These include things such as taxes and insurance. |
| Personality | The combinations of a person's characteristics and traits that make him or her a unique human being. |
| Preference | Choice of a person's best option |
| Skill | Expertness which is developed through training or practice. |
| Stereotype | To attribute behaviors, abilities, interests, values, etc., to a person or group of people on the basis of their gender, race, age, or other generalized characteristics. |
| Talent | Superior, apparently natural ability in the arts, sciences, or in the learning or doing of anything. |
| Transferable Skill | Mastery of a skill that can be used in a variety of occupations. |
| Values | Aspects of our lives which are most important, deserving of our time, effort and money. |
