Employability Skills

What employability skill pertains to an individual’s ability to think critically and adapt to changes?

• Teamwork

• Problem solving

• Leadership

• Communication

Which is an important part of effective communication?

• Active listening

• Passive listening

• Quickly responding

• Speaking often

When working in a team, it is important to show your teammates respect by _____ their ideas

• Rejecting

• Always accepting

• Listening to

• Sharing

A strong example of a transferable skill is

• Neat handwriting

• Coding

• Time management

• Driving

A CEO of an accounting firm that needs help from lower-level managers should _____ some of the work

• Eliminate

• Combine

• Outsource

• Delegate

The transferable skill that relates to an individual’s ability to share ideas with others through writing or speaking is

• Critical thinking

• Communication

• Teamwork

• Leadership

If during an interview, your interviewer told you that teamwork is important at this company, which of the following elements of your resume should you emphasize in response?

• You worked on student council

• You finished first in state swim competition

• You have a GPA of 4.0

• You were on JV cross country

Which of the following is an example of effective self-management?

• Including all relevant persons in an email forward

• Attending the majority of mandatory meetings

• Working well in a team

• Consistently arriving on time for work

Why might a chef consider the self-management skill of organization to be important?

• A chef must speak with customers sometimes

• Following cleanliness procedures is important for food safety

• Restaurants are a growing business

• A chef is in charge of all the aspects of the restaurant

Which of the following is one of the five time-management techniques?

• Only commit to activities you are interested in

• Do not stop until you are finished with a task

• Be prioritized

• Be confident in your decision-making