Career Management 3.05

Which is true of the current workplace?

• Less competition for jobs

• Fewer female workers

• Increased use of technology

• Simpler lower-level jobs

Which is a declining occupation?

• Child care workers

• Truck drivers

• Retail sales people

• Farmers

Employment forecasters predict greater than average job growth in:

• agriculture

• sewing

• retail sales

• textile occupations

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

increase in the area of:

• health occupations

• law occupations

• service occupations

• farm occupations

In today’s workplace, workers typically:

• stay at one job for their career

• continue to learn new skills

• work fewer hours

• work days and nights

Terrorism has increased job opportunities in the:

• manufacturing field

• agricultural field

• public service field

• retail field

Private ownership, profit motive, competition, and freedom of choice are

characteristics of a:

• socialist

• free enterprise system

• mixed economy

• central economy

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

• daily newspapers

• trade and professional journals

• reports to stockholders

• newspaper classifeds

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

• Bachelor's degree

• Master's degree

The workplace that today’s students enter will have:

• fewer women, minorities, and immigrants

• a shift away from service occupations

• more international competition

• less demand for high skills