Social Skills for Work

Social Skills for Work

What you should do and not do to keep your job

Be on time!

In order to be on time for work, you have to plan to show up early in case something were to go wrong (traffic, car breaks down, bus is late) and to give yourself time to get ready (clock in, put on your uniform, go to the bathroom)

Multiple Choice

If you are supposed to be at work at 4 and it takes 20 minutes to get there, what time should you leave your house?

• 3:40

• 3:30

• 4:00

• 3:00

Dress nice and practice good hygiene

Taking a shower, wearing deoderant, brushing your teeth and hair is necessary to keep a job. Wearing clean and neat clothes is just as important too.

Multiple Choice

If you are working on Friday, when should you shower for work?

• Thursday

• Monday

ALWAYS go to work except for....

When you are sick, family emergency, or you have asked for time off in advance.

Multiple Choice

You have a lot of homework to do, but you have to work after school. What should you do?

• Go to work and do homework after

• Don't go to work so you can do homework

Communicate with your supervisor

• If you are sick, you should let your supervisor know at least two hours before your shift

• If you need time off, you should communicate this with your supervisor at least two weeks in advance

• If you need help or don't understand how to do something, ask your supervisor for clarification or instructions

Multiple Choice

You should go to work if you have a fever and let your supervisor know about it after your shift.

• True

• False

Have APPROPRIATE coversations while at work. These topics should be avoided:

• Politics

• Religion

• Personal problems

• Details of your relationships

• Exaggerations

• Flirting

Multiple Choice

Your girlfriend comes to your workplace while you are working. What should you do?

• Stop what you are doing and go talk to her for 15 minutes.

• Yell "HI! I LOVE YOU. I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER" from across the store.

• Wait until she walks over to you and say, "Hi. I'm working right now so I'll talk to you later."

• Tell all your coworkers that your girlfriend is here to see you.

Multiple Choice

Your phone rings while you are working. What should you do?

• Answer the phone and have a conversation with the person calling.

• Turn off your phone so it doesn't distract you while working.

• Let it ring, but it ignore it.

These are topics you can talk about:

• Weather

• Hobbies

• School

• Work related things

Multiple Choice

Your coworker asks you if you have a girlfriend. What should you say.

• Yes, she is really nice.

• Yes, she is hottest girl EVER!

• Yes, we make out all the time.

• No, that's a dumb question.

Multiple Choice

Your coworker says, "Hi! How are you?" How should you respond?

• Say nothing

• "I'm good! How are you?"

• "I'm good."

• "Bad. I want to go home."

Multiple Choice

You have been at work for an hour and then you start to get a headache. What should you do?

• Complain about your head hurting for the rest of the shift.

• Leave work

• Ask your supervisor if it's ok if you can go home.

Multiple Choice

Your coworker asks you what you did last night. What should you say?

• Tell them about the details of the R rated movie you watched last night.

• Tell them you watched a movie

Multiple Choice

Your coworker is really funny and makes people laugh. You want to make people laugh too. What should you do?

• Tell inappropriate and offensive jokes

• Tell approriate jokes

• Do a funny dance

• Make fun of one of your coworkers

Multiple Choice

Your coworker asks if you skateboard. What should you say?

• Yes, I am the BEST skateboarder ever. I am probably better than you!

• Yes, I enjoy skate boarding! I've been skate boarding since I was kid.

Multiple Choice

A customer comes in who is very pretty. How should you respond?

• "Hi! Can I help you find anything?"

• "Hi! You're really pretty."

• "Hi! You're hot, can I have your number?"

• "Hi! Do you have a boyfriend?"