| A | B |
| alternative | Options to choose from in making a decision. |
| career guidance | Programs and activities designed to assist students in career planning and decision making. |
| decision making | The process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options. |
| decision making style | Typical ways in which people make decisions. |
| environment | One's surroundings, including neighborhood, family, friends, and the like. |
| experience | What you do and what happens to you in your environment. |
| intuition | A feeling or a hunch. |
| occupational skill | Skills needed to perform tasks or duties of a specific occupation. |
| problem | A question in need of a solution or an answer. |
| qualify | Meet the preliminary requirements, as for a job or position. |
| reality factor | Persons, events, or situations over which we have little control that often influence decisions, such as lacking the admissions test scores to be admitted to one's preferred university. |
| training agreement | Signed agreement outlining the relationships and responsibilities of the parties involved in a work experience education program. |
| training plan | Description of knowledge, attitudes, and skills to be developed by the student participating in a work experience education program. |
| training station | Work experience student's place of employment. |
| transfer | Move from one place to another. |
| transferable skill | General skills that can transfer from one type of work to another. |
| work experience education | Education programs designed to provide opportunities for students to explore or participate in work as an extension of the regular school environment. |
| work history | All of the jobs that one holds during the course of a working lifetime. |