UD2.8.The labour market: how to improve your opportunities

Indicate which of these is not an option when applying for a job:

Leave compulsory education when you are 15 and try to enter the labour market without any qualifications

• Incorrect

• Correct

Indicate which of these is not an option when applying for a job:

Finish compulsory education, then pursue vocational or technical training and focus on a specific profession

• Incorrect

• Correct

Indicate which of these is not an option when applying for a job:

Finish compulsory education and then try to enter the labour market

• Incorrect

• Correct

Indicate which of these is not an option when applying for a job:

Finish compulsory education, then go to university and study for a degree that will prepare you for a professional career

• Incorrect

• Correct

The active population includes all people who are working, as well as people who are on unemployment ... or looking for their first job

• benefit

• rate

• pay

• payment

Decades ago the ... sector employed many people, but today the ... sectors employ more people

• primary / secondary and tertiary

• secondary / primary and tertiary

• tertiary / primary and secondary

The active population in developed countries has ... in recent years

• grown

• decreased

• maintained

The global crisis has led to a ... in the number of people in work, so the unemployment rate has ...

• reduction / increased

• reduction / decreased

• increase / increased

• increase / decreased

In the majority of developed countries, the retirement age is ... years and school is obligatory until ... years of age

• 67 / 16

• 60 / 10

• 62 / 16

• 67 / 10