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| Agriculture & Natural Resources Cluster | provides basic needs (possible career forester) The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing and development of agricultural commodities and resources |
| Americans job bank | the largest listing of US jobs |
| Architecture & Construction Cluster | The careers in designing, planning, managing, building, and maintaining the build environment. |
| Arts, Audiovisual Technology & Communication Cluster | (possible career TV announcer) Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multi media content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services. |
| Bridges.com | website for education and career planning |
| Business Management & Administration Cluster | Business Management & Administration Cluster |
| Business Management & Administration Cluster | Careers opportunities in this cluster are available in every sector of the economy |
| Capital | any money or equipment invested in a business |
| Career Cluster | a group of jobs that is similar to one another |
| Career development coordinator (CDC) | helps Career Technical Education students explore career interests |
| Career Interest Categories (4) | People, Data, Things, Ideas |
| Career outlook | The number of jobs that will be available in a certain field in the future; can help you determine if a certain career will be available in the future |
| Career Pathways | Pathways are the subgroups of career clusters, at the pathway level, knowledge and skill requirements are targeted toward a very specific group of occupations that share common abilities |
| Career plan | a course of action toward achieving career and educational goals AND an outline of what a person wants to achieve in their work life step-by-step plan of action including career information influenced by the ultimate career goal |
| College foundation of North Carolina (CFNC | college information that is specific to NC, helps with financial planning |
| College/University | A postsecondary school where a student might receive a bachelor’s degree, master’s, or doctoral degree in a specific discipline |
| Computerized career information system | user friendly computerized career planning and information system (is not a major classification system for occupations) |
| Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) | describes thousands of jobs in regards to the duties and work characteristics |
| Discover.com | website that helps with education and career planning |
| Education & Training Cluster | planning, managing, and providing education anservices, and related learning support services |
| Entrepreneur | A person who runs a business; a self-employed person |
| Entrepreneurship | The ownership, organization, and management of a business, it is not a form of a legal business ownership; is not a form of legal business ownership |
| Environment | The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded; home, school, community |
| Exploration | “Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test |
| Exploring career decisions curriculum guide | curriculum guide helps teachers to lead students in grades 6-8 to investigate themselves and the world of work as a basis for career planning |
| F4K.org (Future 4 Kids) | A web portal developed to provide career and educational resources with industry and mentor support |
| Finance Cluster | planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management |
| Forester | a person trained in forestry |
| Government & Public Administration Cluster | executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and management and Administration of the local, state and federal levels |
| Guide to Occupational Education (GOE) | list twelve main interest areas and careers that suit people with those interests |
| Health Science Cluster | ”A reaction that comes natural when a issue occurs (it is expected)” |
| Hospitality & Tourism Cluster | encompasses the management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events, and travel related services |
| Human Services Cluster | preparing individuals for employment in career pathways that relate to families and human needs |
| Information Technology Cluster | building linkages in IT occupations framework; for entry level, technical, and professional careers related to the design, development, support, and management of hardware, software, multi-media, and systems integration services |
| Job Market | total number of jobs open to those seeking employment |
| Job | To do occasional pieces of work for hire; task (newspaper carrier) |
| Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Cluster | planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services, and homeland security, including professional and technical support services |
| Loans | borrowed money that must be paid back |
| Manufacturing Cluster | Planning, managing and performing the processing of material into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering |
| Stages of Human Development | Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives |
| Mentor | A trusted advisor |
| NCCareers.org | website which contains information specific to NC, will help match interests with possible occupations |
| Occupational Information Network (O*Net) | a comprehensive, interactive database, identify and describe important information about occupations, replaced DOT |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) | list the same information about every job; careers and the future of those careers |
| Occupational outlook quarterly | A magazine providing occupational and employment information, focuses on careers and various aspects of the labor market. Contains a wealth of data, including projections about the future of the labor force, industry, and a variety of occupations |
| Plagiarism | speaking and using the ideas or writings of another as your own |
| Readers guide to periodic literature | is a reference guide to recently published articles in periodical magazines and scholarly journals; it is not a information guide |
| Resources | all the things that a person has or can use to help reach goals |
| Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Cluster | highly technical and requires a firm background in Math and Science, planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services including laboratory and testing services, and research and developmental services |
| Sedentary job | a job that spends much of the day sitting |
| Standard Industrial Classifications System (SIC) | US department of Labor identifies career information based on industrial classification. |
| Standard occupational classification system (SOC) | provides information classified into broad occupational definitions; production occupations |
| Transportation, Distribution & Logistics Cluster | planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail, and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance |
| Work Environment | inside, outside, hot, cold, dry, wet |
