Terms Flashcards

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A time when a person uses on-the-job training while working alongside a skilled apprentice

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Apprenticeship

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2
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Making positive connections with people from many different backgrounds in an effort to build future opportunities

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Networking

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3
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Working for yourself or building your own business from the start

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Entrepreneur

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4
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Any educational training you may enrol in after high school

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Post secondary education

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A title you receive after the successful completion of a program of study

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Degree

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An investigative process that involves looking at any public records or criminal behaviour in your past

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Background check

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7
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Only factual information

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Objective

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Includes you own opinions and may be left to personal interpretation

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Subjective

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The “taste” or “feel” that a person ,eaves with another person the first time they hear, see, talk with, or walk with them

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First impression

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10
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Treating the customers of your business in a way that’ll make them feel important

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Customer service

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Treating people in a way that breaks positive connections so the relationship is broken and left negatively

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Burning bridges

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12
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Keeping information private and protected from being seen/held

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Confidentiality

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13
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Using automated machines or equipment to do the work, rather than being done manually

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Automation

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14
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An organisation of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals

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Labour union

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The limits of what’s acceptable (words, actions, space, respect)

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Boundaries

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16
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Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature

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Sexual harassment

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The set of principles that are moral in the workplace. Expected conduct or behaviour

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Work ethics

18
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A summary of your skills, experiences and career interests used to get an interview

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Resume

19
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The introduction of something new

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Innovation

20
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Sending a job to another location, often another country, because of advantages it provides to the company

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Outsourcing