Career Research Vocabulary

Surroundings that influence you.

• Heredity
• ability
• personality
• environment

A choice for employment  that is long term

• Occupation
• Job
• Career
• culture

The transmission of physical or mental characteristics from parents to their offspring

• heredity
• influence
• personality
• character

The relationship that exists between all of a person's psychological parts.

• Environment
• life experience
• culture
• personality

A choice of employment that is usually a starter.  Not long term

• occupation
• job
• career
• work

Your attitude towards your personality.

• awareness
• self-concept
• individuality
• aptitude

A person's potential for success in performing a certain activity.

• working
• purpose
• attitude
• aptitude

Time that is free from normal occupational duties.

• Vocational time
• discriminatory time
• leisure time
• on the job training

Preferences a person has for specific topics or activities

• interests
• ideals
• attitude
• knowledge

The sense of morality and the ethical code by which  a person lives.

• Character
• Ability
• Knowledge
• Self-esteem