College & Career Seminar - Final (2022 Fall)

Technological advances and changes in the United States’ society have brought about the following changes in the workplace:

• Lifetime Careers, Flexible Hours, Job Sharing, and Telecommuting

• Flexible Hours, Secure jobs, Telecommuting, and Composite Careers

• Flexible Hours, Job Sharing, Telecommuting, and Composite Careers

• Composite Careers; Lifetime Careers; Entrepreneurship; and Telecommuting

A  _________ career can be defined as having two or three jobs at the same time.

• Flexible 

• Composite

• Structured 

• Traditional

• None of the above

If a real estate broker receives a _______ of 6 percent, he or she would earn $6,000 for listing and selling a $100,000 condominium.

• Tax 

• Penalty

• Commission

• Status

• None of the above

When considering the physical setting you would prefer, you want to think about

• Whether you work in a city, small town, or a rural area

• Whether you work in one place or travel a lot

• Whether you work in an office, from your home, or outdoors

• All of the above

How much structure you have in your work day, whether you work with people or alone, and whether you work with tools, computers information, or numbers are all considerations regarding your

• Physical setting

• Relationships at work

• Working conditions

• Psychological rewards

The psychological rewards you want to get from working are directly related to

• Your strengths and personality

• Your passions and values

• Your occupations and vocations

• Your skills and abilities

When considering the financial rewards you want, you should consider more than just how much money you will make. You also want to think about

• How you are paid, how often you are paid, your benefits, and job security

• Why you are paid, the hours you work, who you work with

• Where you work, how you are paid, why you work

• None of the above

In general a full-time job is one that requires

• 40 hours or more a week

• 30 hours a week

• You to work all of the time

• None of the above

While a job with flexible hours provides you with some leeway about when you work, a job with structured hours means your work hours are

• More than you want

• Set by you

• Strictly prescribed

• All of the above

Having composite careers mean you

• Do a lot of different things at work

• Have two or more jobs at the same time

• Work in the same job, or the same kind of job, your whole working life

• Have a series of different careers throughout your working life