Employability Skills

An aptitude is:

• an activity one likes to do
• the potential for learning a skill
• a skill you have developed
• the ability to perform a task due to training and experience

A skill is:

• the ability to perform a task due to training and experience
• an activity one likes to do
• the potential to learn something
• something you have already developed

Which is NOT an employability skill?

• work ethic
• cooperation
• interest
• self-motivation

Which is NOT a type of career choice?

• Internship
• job
• trade
• career

Which is NOT a work-based learning opportunity?

• apprenticeship
• co-op program
• job shadowing
• trade

A job is:

• a particular skilled profession
• work a person does for pay
• one or more jobs in the same or related field of interest
• work done for free

Which is NOT a basic skill

• initiative
• reading
• writing
• mathematics

Which is NOT a job search resource

• research
• networking
• job shadowing
• work-based learning

Which is NOT part of the research process

• classified ads
• referrals
• websites
• employment agencies

Which is NOT a part of Networking?

• contacts
• referrals
• websites
• career fairs