COUN 17 Midterm Check-In Quiz

Where can you find feedback on assignments?

• Under the "Grades" tab on Canvas, you can view the "comments" section of each assignment you submit.

• Grades and feedback will be emailed to you at your personal email address.

• You don't need to check for feedback, you can just move on to the next assignment.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Common Career Development Myths?

• Investing time in the career development process will increase my chances of choosing a satisfying career.

• Career development is making a decision about what I want to do for the rest of my life.

• Career assessments will tell me exactly what career is right for me.

• Good grades and a college degree will get me a good job when I graduate.

According to the video we watched the first week, how many university graduates hold jobs that don't require a university degree (also known as being "underemployed")?

• ~20%

• ~10%

• ~30%

• Below 5%

In response to underemployment among college graduates, the video narrator urges viewers to recognize that...

• College degrees are the key to employment in today's job market

• College degrees used to be important, but are now outdated

• Students need to focus on skill-building, and not all skills can be obtained inside a classroom

• Students should add on minors to their degrees to have a more diversified education

Which of the following is NOT one of the cautions we read about regarding career assessments?

• Career assessments don't have right and wrong answers. Your goal isn't to be right, but to be accurate and true to yourself

• The purpose of assessments isn't to tell you a specific career to pursue. All a career assessment can do is suggest ideas about careers you might want to explore in more depth

• Don't make the mistake of laughing off job suggestions you think you already know something about or discard suggestions you know nothing about

• Take as many career assessments as possible so you have the most information available to you to make an accurate career decision

If you are in a situation and notice in an intuitive or unconscious way that something just doesn't feel right? This could be an example of a conflict with your...

• Skills

• Values

• Interests

Making a career decision based on what is best for the group and personal relationships (such as one's family and/or community) is an example of a _____ approach to decision-making.

• Individualistic

• Collectivistic

• Intuitive

• The phrases "this is an important, high-status job” and “this is a dead-end, low respect job” are examples of emphasizing what aspect of a career?

• Identity

• Prestige

• Applicability

The "I" RIASEC Category (Holland Code) stands for...

• Interests

• Independent

• Investigative

• Introvert

True or False: The theory behind the Strong Interest Inventory (Holland's Theory) is that people will be more satisfied/fulfilled in a work environment that matches their interest type

• True

• False