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| Job Security | The probability that an individual will keep his or her job; a job with a high level of job security is such that a person with the jobwould have a small chance of becoming unemployed |
| Job-shadowing | Work experience option where students learn about a job by walking through the work day as a shadow to a competent worker. The job shadowing work experience is a temporary, unpaid exposure to the workplace in an occupational area of interest to the student. |
| Myth | A widely held but false belief or idea |
| North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) | Standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy. |
| Non-traditional Career | A non-traditional occupation is defined as any occupation in which women or men comprise less than 25% of the workforce. Today, many women and men are breaking down barriers to pursue careers. |
| North Carolina Department of Public Instruction | Implement the state's public school laws and the State Board of Education's policies and procedures governing pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public education. The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century. |
| Occupational Info Network (O*NET) | A free online database that contains hundreds of occupational definitions to help students, job seekers, businesses and workforce development professionals to understand today's world of work in the United States. |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) | A publication of the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics that includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different occupations. |
| Organizational Design | Step-by-step methodology which identifies dysfunctional aspects of work flow, procedures, structures and systems, realigns them to fit current business realities/goals and then develops plans to implement the new changes. |
| Periodical | A magazine or newspaper published at regular intervals. |
