Personal Skills and the Job Market

This is the term used to describe the job openings that are available when you are ready to go to work

• Department of Labor

• Job Description

• Job Market

• Unemployment Office

In this type of job training you are learning as you do the work

• Online training

• On-the-job-training

• Apprenticeship

• Internship

The term used to describe money given to pay for educational expenses that does not have to be repaid

• Tuition

• Gift

• Endowment

• Grant

The term used for a person you know, such as a relative or friend

• Contact

• Reference

• Acquaintance

• Bro

A group of friends and acquaintances who keep in contact and share information

• Bromance

• Circle of Friends

• Social Network

• Colleague Club

An employment agency that provides part-time and full-time jobs on a temporary basis

• Local Work Union Chapter

• Department of Labor

• Newspaper

• Temp Agency

The willingness and ability of consumers to buy goods and services

• Demand

• Call to action

• Purchase

• Utility

Measureable physical and mental abilities required to perform a job.

• certification

• hard skills

• soft skills

• job review

Nontechnical skills needed by most workers for success on the job. These skills are harder to define and can be personality traits.

• certification

• agreeability

• hard skills

• soft skills

Describes what a job would be like including tasks performed and skills and skills

• newspaper ad

• job list

• job description

• job posting