Employment Skills-8th Grade

Job is defined by...

• work that a person does for pay

• a hobby that someone enjoys

• a task that is done voluntarily

• a position held in a company without compensation

What are resources for choosing a career and seeking employment?

• Research, Networking, Interest Inventory

• Job Boards, Social Media, Online Courses

• Resume Writing, Interview Techniques, Salary Negotiation

• Career Fairs, Company Websites, Job Descriptions

personal attributes that enable someone to interact efficiently and  harmoniously with other people. These are the characteristics people who are hiring look for.

• employability skills

• technical skills

• hard skills

• transferable skills

Initiative is: the drive to do something simply for the reward of feeling good, working with others to complete a goal, the willingness to do something that needs to be done without being told, working together collaboratively

• the drive to do something simply for the reward of feeling good

• working with others to complete a goal

• the willingness to do something that needs to be done without being told

• working together collaboratively

An aptitude is:

• the potential for learning a skill

• a measure of intelligence

• a type of personality trait

• a fixed ability that cannot be changed

Work-based learning opportunities are as follows: Internship and Apprenticeship, Job shadowing and Co-op program.

• Only Internship and Apprenticeship

• Only Job shadowing and Co-op program

• Both A and B

• None of the above

A career is defined by...

• a series of unrelated jobs in different fields

• work history of one or more jobs in the same or related fields of interest.

• the number of years spent in education

• the salary earned over a lifetime

Motivated means...

• Drive

• Bored

• Indifferent

• Lazy

Job shadowing is defined by...

• The act of following a person on the job for a few days in order to learn about a particular career.

• A formal interview process to assess a candidate's skills.

• A training program that includes classroom instruction and hands-on experience.

• A type of internship that requires a written report at the end.

A skill is:

• the ability to perform a task due to training and experience

• a natural talent that cannot be developed

• a theoretical understanding of a subject

• a random chance of success in a task