| A | B |
| Aptitude | The potential a person has for learning a skill |
| Interest | An activity one likes to do |
| Skill | The ability to perform a task due to training and experience |
| Ability | A skill you have already developed |
| Initiative | The willingness to do what needs to be done without being told to do it |
| Self-motivation | The drive to do something simply for the reward of feeling good and satisfied once it is accomplished |
| Teamwork | Working together collaboratively with a group to set goals, make decisions, solve problems, and put ideas into action |
| Cooperation | Working with others to reach a common goal |
| Punctuality | Arriving on or before the stated time |
| Adaptability skills | A person's ability to change in order to fit circumstances that may arrive |
| Work ethic | A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and dilligence |
| Job | Work that a person does for pay |
| Career | A work history of one or more jobs in the same or related fields of interest |
| Trade | A particular skilled profession |
| Internship | A temporary paid or unpaid position that involves direct work experience in a career field |
| Apprenticeship | A position that involves hands-on learning while working under the guidance of a skilled worker |
| Job shadowing | The act of following a person on the job for a few days in order to learn about a particular career |
| Co-op program | Combines school studies with paid work experience |