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Q:
A ________ is an edge that makes a person attractive to employers in a job market.
A) job requirement
B) qualification
C) job skill
D) competitive advantage
Q:
An individual with a college degree earns ________ than a person without a college degree.
A) over $20,000 more per year
B) over $800,000 more per year
C) almost $28,000 more per year
D) no more
Q:
A college degree ________.
A) is valuable for status only
B) has educational, but not financial, value
C) has both educational and financial value
D) has financial value only
Q:
Which of the following is an example of a well-defined career choice that is not too broad nor too narrow?
A) pharmaceutical research
B) working in the medical field
C) researching new headache remedies
D) working as an executive for Pfizer
Q:
Which of the following issues is NOT one of the top three factors that have been identified by today's college graduates as important in selecting a new job?
A) job security
B) job location
C) job benefits
D) compensation
Q:
The most important job characteristic in the opinion of today's recent college graduates is this.
A) job security
B) benefits
C) starting salary
D) organizational culture
Q:
An important goal for a career is that it leads to ________.
A) status and prestige
B) financial security
C) the life a person wants to have
D) both status and financial rewards
Q:
The optimum career choice matches an individual's interests, abilities, and personality to ________.
A) the best opportunity in the market
B) a job that a person can competently perform
C) a high-paying job
D) a job that makes the person useful
Q:
A boundaryless career is one in which an individual ________.
A) has no exact job
B) works for no particular organization
C) is responsible for his or her own career
D) has a job that is part of his or personal lifestyle, 24 hours a day
Q:
Which of the following is NOT a reason why today's companies have largely eliminated career development programs?
A) Companies aren't as stable as they were in the past.
B) Employees frequently move from job to job.
C) Fewer employees are interested in career development.
D) Downsizing has made jobs less stable or predictable.
Q:
In today's business climate, this best describes the commitment a company makes with respect to an employee's full-time, full-benefit job.
A) It is a guaranteed lifetime job.
B) It is a week-to-week arrangement.
C) It is permanent but subject to change at any time.
D) There is no commitment on the part of the company or the employee.
Q:
This best describes the commitment a 1960s-era company made with respect to an employee's full-time, full-benefit job.
A) It was a permanent job that could last a lifetime.
B) It was a month-to-month arrangement.
C) It was subject to change at any time.
D) There was no commitment on the part of the company or the employee.
Q:
Today, career development typically focuses on an individual advancing ________ on his or her own.
A) through different organizations without ever improving his or her status
B) by holding a single job in a single organization
C) by holding a series of jobs in a single organization
D) through a series of jobs for different organizations
Q:
In today's world, ________ are largely responsible for shaping and guiding employee career paths.
A) individuals
B) companies
C) Internet services
D) headhunters
Q:
In a traditional career development program, ________ were largely responsible for shaping and guiding career paths.
A) individuals
B) companies
C) family and friends
D) professional counselors
Q:
Traditional career development programs in an organization were a good way for the organization to ________.
A) weed out poor performers
B) retain talented performers
C) keep costs down
D) increase efficiency
Q:
Traditional career development programs of the past focused on helping an employee advance ________.
A) through a series of jobs for different organizations
B) by holding a single job in a single organization
C) by holding a series of jobs in a single organization
D) by changing jobs every two years without fail
Q:
An unskilled laborer has ________ a software designer.
A) no real career when compared to
B) just as much of a career as
C) more of a career when compared to
D) a much shorter career than
Q:
The best way to define the term career is as a ________.
A) series of tasks
B) series of jobs or work positions over a period of a few years
C) series of jobs or work positions over a period of a lifetime
D) single lifelong job
Q:
Describe how to take advantage of the luck that you have.
Q:
Explain the role that luck typically plays in success.
Q:
Describe what the best kind of competitive advantage to have is.
Q:
Explain why it is better to be a specialist than a generalist in the work world.
Q:
Explain how networking helps people accomplish career goals.
Q:
Explain why practice is important in developing a competitive advantage in some area.
Q:
What does the phrase "Play to your strengths" mean in terms of choosing a career path?
Q:
Explain why a college education is a good investment.
Q:
Explain what a competitive advantage is and why it is important in career development.
Q:
Explain why individuals in today's work world need to think of themselves as CEOs of their own careers.
Q:
Explain how career planning is typically done today.
Q:
Describe how career planning was traditionally done in the workplace of the past.
Q:
Explain how the idea of a career has changed over recent decades.
Q:
Changing jobs is a sign of a troubled career.
Q:
Luck has nothing to do with success in the business world.
Q:
The path less traveled is almost always the path to failure.
Q:
The secret to job success is identifying your competitive advantage and developing it to the fullest.
Q:
In the workplace, being a generalist is usually more desirable than being a specialist.
Q:
It is a wise idea to cultivate job skills that are rare and useful in the marketplace.
Q:
Internet networking groups such as LinkedIn can provide valuable contacts.
Q:
Though many people think that "whom you know" is important for getting jobs, having connections is highly overrated as a way to advance one's career.
Q:
The 10,000 hour rule supports the idea that success is mostly hard work.
Q:
The key to being a super high achiever is usually some unique talent or ability that no one else has.
Q:
Most jobs do not require interpersonal skills.
Q:
Changes in the environment that can affect a career include negative things, such as downsizing, only.
Q:
Trying to "protect" your career from outside harm is probably a silly idea because there is no way to protect against changes in the environment.
Q:
It is a good idea to think of your career as your business and your boss as the CEO of that business.
Q:
The second step in constructing a career path is matching your strengths and interests to opportunities in the market.
Q:
It is almost impossible to predict which jobs in the future are likely to decline.
Q:
All a job seeker needs in a tight job market is a single competitive advantage to get a good job.
Q:
Being a skilled writer can give a person a competitive advantage in the job market.
Q:
Being good with numbers can give a job seeker a competitive advantage.
Q:
The first step in constructing a career path is to identify your competitive advantages.
Q:
Competitive advantages that people have are limited to their natural talents.
Q:
The best investment a person can make in his or her own future is to get a good education.
Q:
The difference in pay rates over a lifetime between college graduates and noncollege graduates is fairly small.
Q:
Volunteer work is important to today's college graduates.
Q:
Job location ranked second in job priorities for today's job seekers.
Q:
Today's job seekers identify quality child care as an important job benefit.
Q:
Most of today's college graduates are saying that their number one concern in a job is that it has the possibility for advancement.
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A good career match means that the jobs you get are high paying.
Q:
The first goal in career development is to make a career choice in which you match your interests and abilities to a job or series of jobs.
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A boundaryless career is a career in which an individual takes responsibility for his or her own career.
Q:
Today, the organizationnot the individualis responsible for the employee's career development.
Q:
Traditional career development in which an individual advances through the ranks of a single organization is more popular than ever.
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In the past, career development was usually confined to advancement within a single organization.
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The term career applies only to high-level professionals such as designers or physicians, not laborers.
Q:
An individual typically has several careers over a lifetime.
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A career is a best defined as a sequence of jobs.
Q:
Even the prepared person cannot take advantage of luck unless he or she ________.
A) is highly intelligent
B) can take action when opportunity knocks
C) can convince others to join his or her effort
D) puts in 16-hour days
Q:
The best way to describe success is that it is a matter of matching up opportunities, ________, and luck.
A) intelligence
B) talent
C) skill
D) preparation
Q:
One reason NOT to change jobs is to ________.
A) add new people to your network
B) keep your skills fresh
C) raise your income
D) keep your job tasks challenging and interesting
Q:
What element proved lucky for entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Paul Allen early in their careers?
A) They were interested in computers.
B) They were born in the same time period.
C) They went to the same college.
D) They joined IBM early in their careers.
Q:
Which statement best summarizes the relationship between success and luck?
A) All successes depend partly on luck.
B) Most successes depend totally on luck.
C) Success has nothing to do with luck.
D) Luck seldom has anything to do with success.
Q:
The advice, "You don't leave a good job," ________.
A) was never true
B) is still true today
C) is no longer true
D) is true today more than ever
Q:
Employees in today's work world should think of themselves as ________.
A) members of a large, loyal family that will never abandon them
B) pawns who have no power to change or improve their situation
C) free agents who are constantly looking to improve their situation
D) bosses who control their organization
Q:
Today's employers no longer expect ________ from employees.
A) long-term loyalty
B) maximum effort
C) high performance
D) a full work day
Q:
This is the best time to take risks in your life.
A) when you are established
B) when you are young
C) when you are old
D) when you have something to lose
Q:
In a career, major accomplishments often require a person taking ________.
A) the path more traveled
B) the path less traveled
C) the straightest path
D) a circuitous path
Q:
One secret to a successful career is to identify your ________ and develop it to the fullest.
A) special ability
B) strength
C) main interest in life
D) competitive advantage
Q:
Which of the following is a job that would allow a person who is a poor writer and speaker to excel?
A) engineer
B) lawyer
C) basketball coach
D) advertising executive