| A | B |
| Portfolio | Personal and career plans; school and community accomplishment |
| Goals | An accomplishment you want to achieve |
| Special Interests | activities you enjoy; such as hobbies |
| Skills | What your abilities are |
| Electronic Portfolio | Involves the use of electronic technologies; allows collection and organization of portfolio facts in many different media types |
| Leisure | time available for ease and relaxation |
| Values | A setof principles, standards or qualities considered worthwhile or desirable; some peopleplace more value on material items such as a car and a large house |
| Culture | Patterns, traits and products considered as the expression of a particular period, class, community or population; some cultures choose to live very conservatively, such as an Amish Community |
| Attitude | A mental position one possesses with regard to a fact, issue or belief |
| Long-term Goal | Goals set for one or more year |
| Short-term Goal | Goals set for less than one year |
| Co-workers | People who work together |
| Lifestyles | The way of life or conditions in which a person lives; reflects a person's values, morals, financial situation and culture. |
| Interest inventory | A self assessment tool used in career planning, that assesses one's likes and dislikes of a variety of activities, objects, and types of persons |
| Work Values | Those things that are important to you as they pertain to your career |
| Self- Assessment | The first step of the career planning processing of gathering information about yourself in order to make an informed career decision |
| Skills test | Tells you what you can do now, given your previous learning |
| Job | is a paid position involving a specific place and time and specific tasks set by an employer |
| Occupation | is a group of related tasks that require special training, education, or experience to learn a specific set of skills |
| Career | describes a lifetime work history or long-term participation in a particular field of expertise. |
| Career cluster | include all the possible careers in an entire field |
| Transferable skills | are similiar skills used in various types of careers |
| Specialized Skills | are skills used in specific occupations. |