Career Vocabulary Quiz

The ability to work with others and share ideas

• attitude

• interview

• cooperation

• co-workers

people who work together in a workplace (colleagues)

• initiative

• co-worker

• employee

• references

the lowest hourly wage an employer can legally pay for a worker's services

• salary

• benefits

• wages

• minimum wage

lowest level, starting position in a workplace

• entry-level

• salary

• employee

• commission

to treat someone unfairly because of race, age, gender, religious beliefs, nationality, physical appearance, or disability

• discrimination

• commission

• initiative

• attitude

Additional pay for time worked beyond the regular hours

• minimum wage

• salary

• wages

• overtime

the person who checks and evaluates the work of an employee (Ex. manager)

• employee

• supervisor

• co-worker

• cooperation

A training program that introduces new employees to their new company and its policies and procedures, or ways of doing

• interview

• job application

• orientation

• overtime

a formal meeting between a job seeker and an employer about a possible job

• interview

• job application

• orientation

• commission

nonverbal communication through gestures, facial expressions, behaviors, and posture

• attitude

• format

• body language

• references