- Business Casual - The most common dress code in professional setting. Closed toed shoes, and a nice shirt or blouse are recommended.
- Business Professional - The most formal professional attire, usually a dark color suit.
- Career - A commitment to a field or job within a field for an extended time.
- Certification - Certifications provide specialized training in a particular skill or trade.
- Cover Letter - A one-page letter summarizing your skills, past experiences, goals, and how they align with the organization or company you are applying to.
- Community Service- Experiences you have shared your time and strengths with your community as a volunteer (without pay).
- Employment - A time when a person is paid for work, also known as a part of the workforce.
- Informational Interview - An interview conducted to collect information about a job, a career field, industry or company. An informational interview is not a job interview.
- Internship - An internship is a temporary job usually 2 to 3 months that allows experience in a work environment for a specific career. Internships can help narrow down a career choice.
- Interview - A formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult or evaluate another person for a potential job or acceptance to a school.
- Interviewee - An interviewee is a person who is being interviewed, or is being asked questions.
- Interviewer - An interviewer is a person in an interview setting who is asking the questions to the interviewee.
- Mock Interview - A mock interview is the practice interview.
- Networking - Networking is building relationships both personally and professionally. Relationship building is meeting people, interacting with them, and developing connection.
- Professionalism - Professionalism is exhibiting acceptable qualities or behaviors connected to the expectations of setting. Qualities describe the character, disposition, or nature of a person.
- Soft skills - Skills that are practiced over time, and often are a reflection of how you exist in your day-to-day communication, leadership, problem solving, creativity, collaboration, etc.
- Trade School - Trade schools, also called vocational or technical schools, are schools that teach a set of specific skills and knowledge related to a particular job or career field for students pursuing a certification.
- Unemployment - Unemployment is when a person within the workforce is without paid work.