Career Assessment

Your friend, Daniela, has prepared a list of questions for her interview tomorrow and asks you to review them. Click next to each question you think is appropriate to ask during a first interview.

• How many vacation and sick days do I get?

• What is the career progression for someone starting out in my role?

• What if I don't like my boss?

Click all the strategies listed below that you think would likely lead to an interview.

• Developing your LinkedIn profile and waiting for people to contact you

• Offering to work as an unpaid intern to show an employer your skills in a job setting

• Contacting a company to get the name of the hiring manager

• Submitting one resume and cover letter to 100 jobs on a hiring site like Monster.com

Lisa, a high school student, bags groceries at the local supermarket three nights a week during the school year. She is a _________ worker and likely gets paid _________________.

• full-time, a salary

• full-time, an hourly rate

• part-time, an hourly rate

• part-time, a salary

At what point of the hiring process might you be expected to complete forms for taxes, health insurance, and other company benefits?

• After you submit your resume but before your interview

• After your interview, so they can use the info to help decide whether to hire you

• Within the first few days of starting your new job

• Once they’ve made you an offer, but before you formally accept the job

You are a senior in high school and looking for your first job. What might you include in your job application to make you look like a more desirable candidate and increase the chances of being called for an interview?

Volunteer activities including your roles and responsibilities

• Yes

• No

Employers don't look very closely at your application so you don't need to worry about punctuation or grammar issues.

• True

• False

Who would be considered an appropriate personal reference when you apply to your first job?

A teacher whose class you've received A's in the past two semesters

• Yes

• No

Who would be considered an appropriate personal reference when you apply to your first job?

A high school friend who you have never worked with in a paid or volunteer role

• Yes

• No

Should you include the following on a resume?

Education

• Yes

• No

Your friend, Miguel, wants to know what he should include in a cover letter. What would you recommend?

Be sure to personalize it by writing it out by hand instead of typing one up

• Yes

• No