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| Supervisor | the person who checks and evaluates the work of an employee. |
| Workers’ compensation | a state-run program that gives injured workers financial help to cover lost wages and medical expenses. |
| Decision-making process | a series of steps used to identify and evaluate choices to arrive at a decision. |
| Economy | the ways people make, buy and sell goods, and services. |
| Employer | a person or business that pays a person or group of people to work. |
| Skill | the ability a person develops to do something he or she has learned |
| Wages | a fixed amount of money paid for each hour worked. |
| Minimum wage | the lowest hourly wage an employer can legally pay for a worker’s services. |
| Free enterprise | a type of economic system in which individual or businesses may buy and sell, and set prices with little government control. |
| Values | the ideas a person lives by and the beliefs that are important to that person. |
| Personality | the combination of an individual’s attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics. |
| Producers | individuals or companies that make or provide goods and services. |
| Attitude | a person’s basic |
| Discriminate | to treat someone unfairly because of race, age, gender, religious beliefs, nationality, physical appearance, or disability. |
| Career clusters | groups of careers that have similar job characteristics. |
| Ethics | the rules of behavior that govern a group or society |
| Job market | the need for workers and the kind of work available for them. |
| Coworkers | people who work together in the workplace |
| Work place | another name for the work world, anyplace where work is done. |
| Entrepreneur | a person who organizes and runs a business. |
| Overtime | extra pay for each hour worked beyond 40 hours a week |
| Income | the amount of money a person receives or earns regularly |
| Body language | the gestures, posture, and eye contact people use to express themselves |
| Career | one or more jobs in the same area of interest. |
| Salary | a fixed amount of pay for a certain period of time |
| Aptitude | a person's ability to learn something. |
| Interest inventory | a checklist that points to one's strongest interests |
| Consumers | people who buy and use goods and services. |
| Communication | the exchange of information between senders and receivers. |
| Goods | items that people buy |
| Part-time | a job in which a person works up to 30 hours a week. |
| Job | work that a person does for pay. |
| Income tax | tax paid on income. |
| Interests | favorite activities |
| Full time | at least 40 hours a week job. |
| Time management | choosing how to spend one’s time and creating a schedule for one’s choices. |
| Learning styles | the different ways that people think and learn. |
| Lifestyles | the way a person uses his/her time, energy, and other resources. |
| Employee | someone who works for a person or business for pay |
| Budget | a plan for saving and spending money. |
