Job Search Vocabulary

Front

______________________ is a job or profession that you have been trained for, and which you do for a long period of your life.

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Career

Front

________________ is a job you want and are willing and able to become qualified to do in the future.

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Career goal

Front

______________ is the ability to influence or convince others to believe what you say or to do what you ask.

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Persuasive

Front

______________ are the things that are most important to you.

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Values

Front

_____________ is defined as doing something that may be difficult and test your abilities.

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Challenge

Front

_________________________ is a job where you spend a lot of time sitting down, and not moving or exercising very much, eg typing on the computer all day.

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Sedentary work

Front

_____________________ is a formal meeting at which someone is asked questions in order to find out whether they are suitable for a job.

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Interview

Front

______________________ is a person's favorite activity.

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Interest

Front

_________________ is putting several things or problems in order of importance, so that you can deal with the most important ones first.

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Prioritizing

Front

______________________ is the smallest amount of money an employer can pay a person who has little experience.

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Minimum wage