Careers Vocabulary

A group of careers that share common features

• career cluster

• temp work

• career pathways

• cooperative programs

An occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework

• career pathway

• career cluster

• career

• temp work

A discussion between a job candidate and a professional who works in an organization or a specific position that the candidate is interested in pursuing

• exploratory interview

• job shadowing

• cooperative program

• temp work

Employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the needs of the employing organization

• internship

• job shadowing

• cooperative program

• temp work

A program that balances classroom theory with periods of practical, hands-on experience prior to graduation

• job shadowing

• temp work

• cooperative program

• service learning

Observing a professional to gain a better understanding of the role.

• job shadowing

• internship

• cooperative program

• service learning

The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

• cooperative program

• internship

• temp work

• service learning

Students learn educational standards through tackling real-life problems in their community

• service learning

• internship

• cooperative program

• work environment

Elements that comprise the setting in which employees work and impact workers

• work environment

• temp work

• flextime

• benefits

Arrangement that allows an employee to alter the starting and/or end time of her/his workday

• flextime

• internship

• cooperative program

• career pathway