Career Management 3.05

Which is true of the current workplace?

• Increased use of technology
•  Simpler lower-level jobs

Labor market trends for the 21st century predict that the greatest number of workers will need to have which level of education?

• High school diploma 
• Community college

Employment forecasters predict greater than average job growth in: 

• textile occupations
• retail.

In order to telecommute, a worker must:

• know how to use a computer. 
• work at night.

Which is a declining occupation?

• Farmers
• Retail sales people

The latest trends in a trade or profession can be found in:

• trade and professional journals. 
• reports to stockholders

Women make up more than half of the workforce in which industry?

• Retail sales
•  Civil engineering

In today’s workplace, workers typically

• continue to learn new skills
• work fewer hours

An increase in the number of dual-income families has created an increase in the area of

•  health occupations
•  service occupations. 

The workplace that today’s students enter will have:

• more international competition
• less demand for high skills.