8.0 Vocabulary

Renee Bass

Job: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Career: the work you will do to earn a living

over a period of years

Career planning: define your lifestyle goals, conduct self-assessment, identify possible career choices/gather info on each, evaluate

choices, make decision, plan how to reach your goals

Lifestyle goals: what type of lifestyle do you want? How do you want to spend your time,

energy, and money?

self-assessment: your values, interest, skills and aptitudes, personality, work environment

preferences, and relationship preferences.

Values: the beliefs that guide the way you live.

Interests: leisure activities, school activities, favorite classes, sports, and social activities

you enjoy doing.

Aptitudes: an ability or natural talent

Skills: an ability or natural talent.

Co-op,: cooperative

Work-study programs: an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and

formal study

Internships: one who works in a temporary

position with an emphasis on

on-the-job training rather

than merely employment

Apprenticeship: works for an expert to learn a trade

College Major: a college student's main field of specialization during his or

her undergraduate studies

Associate degree: a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates

course of studies

Bachelor degree: A degree typically earned after completing four academic years of coursework

Master’s Degree: an

academic degree

granted to individuals who have undergone

study demonstra

ting a mastery or high-order overview

of a specific field of

study or area of

professional practice