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Terms

EMPLOYMENT TERMS

Attitude

A certain disposition, perspective, or belief that affects a person’s behaviour.

Entrepreneurship

The quality of being an entrepreur; the act of identifying opportunities and mobilizing resources to bring about change in order to operate a venture.

Employability

Having the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are of value to an employer.

Job

One person’s regular tasks in a particular work situation (e.g. Chemical engineer at ABC Labs).

Occupation

A general name for a kind of work that people do in many different ways and places.  Teaching is an occupation that includes kindergarten teachers, high school teachers, principals and many more.

Occupational Cluster

A group of related occupations that have similar job requirements or worker attributes.  Examples, nurse, doctor, physiotherapist, and dietician are all part of the health – care occupational cluster.

Career

The combined total of all the events in a person’s life from the time he/she is born, including education, work, family, leisure activities and more.

Career Planning

Determining a suitable career path using knowledge of personal interests, skills, and preferred futures; researching the educational and skills requirement of a variety of potential work and life roles.

Transition

An instance or process of changing from one form, state or place to another; adjusting to change.  It is a process or a series of events rather than a single event.

Labour Market

A broad term to describe a region’s entire work force usually used with information about trends, projections, growth sectors and skill levels, in relation to jobs.

Labour Market Information

Information about employment trends, projection, industry sectors, occupations and educational qualifications.

Career Decision Making

Developing skills and abilities to access information, to increase awareness about career opportunities and career pathways, and to be able to make rational decisions affecting one’s own career planning.

Career Planning

Determining a suitable career path using knowledge of personal interests, skills and preferred futures (dreams); researching the educational and skill requirements of a variety of potential work and life roles.

Types of positions are changing due to family concerns and lifestyle choices.  Employers are therefore in a position to work on being flexible to meet the needs and wants of the employees and at the same time looking after the company.

Types of positions:

Full-time

Part-time

Seasonal

Contract

Casual

Volunteer

Job Sharing

Consulting

Entrepreneurship