2.2 Looking for Employment (NOTES)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a skill students will learn in this session?

• How to compute periodic salary based on annual contract salary

• How to write a resume

• How to conduct a job interview

• How to negotiate rent

Open Ended

How do people in different stages of their careers find employment?

Multiple Choice

Match the following employment-related terms to their correct definitions: A. Employment agency/Recruitment agency, B. Employer paid/Fee paid, C. Applicant paid. 1. Fee set by an employment agency that is paid by the employer, 2. Fee set by an employment agency that is paid by the applicant for a job, 3. Business that has lists of job openings & charges a fee to find jobs for people.

• A-3, B-1, C-2

• A-2, B-3, C-1

• A-1, B-2, C-3

• A-3, B-2, C-1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the purpose of Form W-4: Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate?

• It is a summary of a job-seeker's qualifications.

• It gives directions to the government on how much money in taxes to deduct from an employee's pay.

• It is a list of additional compensation from an employer.

• It is a document that lowers the amount of a charge, cost, or fee.

Multiple Select

Select all the correct matches between the salary/compounding period and the number of times it occurs per year.

• Hourly - 8760 times per year

• Weekly - 52 times per year

• Monthly - 24 times per year

• Annually - 12 times per year

Open Ended

Explain how to convert an annual salary to a weekly salary. Use an example to illustrate your explanation.

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Karen found a job with an annual salary of $67.3K. What is her monthly pay, rounded to the nearest dollar?

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Now, what would the agency fee be if the job pays $60K annually?

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Dylan took an applicant-paid job through an employment agency. The job pays $395 per week. Dylan must pay a fee to the employment agency. The fee is 20% of his first 4 weeks’ pay. How much money must Dylan pay the agency?

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Find the cost of a 12-line ad using the given piecewise function: c(x) = { 56 when x ≤ 4; 56 + 6(x – 4) when x > 4 }.

Multiple Choice

What would be the cost of a 35-line ad according to the piecewise function for the plumber’s trade print publication?

• $284.50

• $314.50

• $315.00

• $322.50

Open Ended

Reflecting on today's lesson, what is one new thing you learned about how people find employment at different stages of their careers?

Multiple Choice

What are two key skills students will learn in this lesson about employment?

• How to write a resume and cover letter

• How to compute periodic salary and evaluate piecewise functions

• How to conduct a job interview and negotiate salary

• How to network with professionals