| A | B |
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| Attainable | To achieve especially by effort. |
| Career ladder | A sequence or related jobs – from entry-level to advanced – available at different education/training levels. |
| Career plan | A list of steps including activities, work experience, and education/training needed to reach a career goal; step-by-step plan of action including career information influenced by the ultimate career goal; a written outline (time schedule) of what a person wants to achieve including details of how goals will be achieved. |
| Compromise | Something that combines qualities or elements of different things; to give up something to reach a decision. |
| Consequences | Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition; the relation of a result to its cause. |
| Culture | Customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group. |
| Decision | A choice or judgment; helps to meet goals; the question that needs to be answered in the decision making process. |
| Decision making process | The process of choosing between two or more alternatives or options; most logical way to make a decision. |
| Decision making style | The typical manner in which a person makes a decision. |
| Environment | The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded. |
| Evaluation | Comparing and contrasting sets of data to rank them and make a choice to develop a plan. |
| Flextime | A schedule that allows workers to choose work hours that fit their particular needs. |
| Human resource | That skill, knowledge, experience, and/or time that a person has inside himself or herself that can be used to help reach a goal. |
| Impulsive decision | Choices you make quickly. |
| Intuitive | Using a hunch to help make a decision. |
| Long term | Involving or in effect for a number of years. |
| Major decision | Important decision that influences a person’s future such as a career decision. |
| Personal Career Profile Form | A chart used to rank possible career choices for a career plan. |
| Personal goal | Goals that one wants to achieve for himself/herself. |
| Priorities | Given or taken precedence, especially in importance or value. |
| Realistic | Objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are; attainable. |
| Routine | A series of activities performed regularly. |
| Self-information | Knowledge about one’s self, particularly in relation to career decision making. |
| Short term | Involving or occurring over a short period; immediate. |
| Specific | Concrete terms. |
| Stepping-stone goal | Short-, medium-, and long-term goals that can help you reach your ultimate career goal in realistic stages; allow adjustments to be made to the career plan. |
| Strategy | A planned action toward a goal. |
| Submissive | Allowing others to make decisions for you. |
| Trade-off | Giving up one thing in return for another in the decision-making process. |
| Ultimate goal | The final conclusion. |
