Choosing Your Career Path

Any activity that results in a useful product or service.

• résumé

• career

• job

• work

A position in which a person works to earn a living.

• career

• job

• occupation

• work

A type of work.

• occupation

• apprenticeship

• career

• lifestyle

The work that a person does over a period of years.

• apprenticeship

• career

• references

• résumé

The way a person chooses to live.

• aptitude

• interview

• work

• lifestyle

A natural talent.

• apprenticeship

• aptitude

• transferable skill

• work

A basic skill that can be applied from one work situation to another.

• transferable skill

• career

• work

• lifestyle

Broad groupings of occupational and career specialties.

• references

• careers

• career clusters

• job

A position in which the worker learns skills and gains experience while under the supervision of an experienced worker.

• aptitude

• transferable skill

• occupation

• apprenticeship

A summary of a person’s skills, training, education, and work experience.

• references

• résumé

• lifestyle

• aptitude