| A | B |
|---|
| Abilities | Natural or acquired skill or talent |
| Ability | Developed skill |
| Age Discrimination Act of 1967: Passed | Passed to prohibit discrimination against people between forty and seventy years of age. |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | 1992; Gives civil rights projections to those provided on the basis of race, sex, national origin, age, and religion; EOC administers these laws. |
| Aptitudes | Developed abilities; those things that one is good at doing; potential for leaning skills. |
| Assessment | The act of evaluation |
| Attitude | One’s outlook on life; how one reacts to a situation |
| Auditory | Relating to the sense of hearing |
| Career: | An occupation or profession followed as a life’s work |
| Change | To make or become different; to replace with another |
| COBRA | Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act; law to provide terminated employees or those who lose insurance coverage because of reduced work to be able to buy group insurance for themselves and their families for a limited amount of time. |
| Compassion | To care deeply about other people and their well-being |
| Divorce | The legal dissolution of a marriage |
| Dexterity | Proficiency in using the body or hands. |
| Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC | Enforces laws to prevent unfair treatment on the job due to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, or age |
| Ethics | The principles of conduct that govern a group or society |
| Family Medical Leave Act: 1993 | Requires employers with 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave a year to allow workers to take time off to help care for a new baby or an ill family member without fear of losing their jobs. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act: | Sets minimum wage, requires over-time pay for time worked over 40 hours, and restricts the employment of minors |
| Fatigue | Weariness from labor or stress; tired. |
| Formal assessment | Standardized written or performance test of knowledge, aptitude, values, etc. |
| Gender identity | Sexual identify; a person knowing that their sex is permanent and cannot be changed. |
| Generativity: State | of human development often referred to as the “working years”; between a person’s late twenties and early sixties, when he or she is productive in the world of work, develops a family and re-examines personal beliefs and values. |
| Hobby | A pursuit or interest engaged in for relaxation |
| Holland Codes | Codes (career personality types) developed by Dr. John Holland based on the assumption that people can be grouped into six personality types. These codes can be compared to characteristics important to occupations |
| Individual | Pertaining to one only |
| Integrity | Following a strict code of conduct or standard of values |
| Interests | Activities, things, and ideas a person likes and enjoys. |
| Interest Inventory: | A periodic survey of a person’s interests |
| Interpersonal | Relationships between persons. |
| Intrapersona | Relates to independent action |
| Inventory | An account of things. |
| Job: | To do occasional pieces of work for hire; task. |
| Kinesthetic | Relates to interaction with people and objects in real space |
| Layoff | An involuntary separation of the employee from the employer for a temporary or indefinite period, through no fault of the employee |
| Learning Styles: | The ways people think and learn. |
| Leisure: | Time free from every-day job responsibilities during which a person can pursue personal interests and hobbies. |
| Life Roles | The various parts of one’s life, such as citizen, parent, spouse, worker, etc. |
| Life Stages | Changes that occur as we move through life experiences |
| Lifestyle | : The way a person lives his or her life, including geographic location, type of home, method of transportation, and social situations |
| Linguistic | Pertaining to the use of language |
