Employability Skills Quiz

Design a year-long project where you will develop a new employability skill each month. Describe the skills you would choose, the methods you will use to develop each skill, and how you will measure your progress.

• Choose random skills and informal self-assessment.

• Select skills based on industry demands, use professional courses, and measure progress through certifications.

• Focus only on communication skills using online tutorials.

• Choose skills that are easy to learn and self-assess progress casually.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Imagine you are leading a team for a major project in your chosen career field. Outline a comprehensive plan that includes team roles, timelines, resources needed, and potential challenges. Also, describe how you would address conflicts and ensure the project stays on track.

• Assign roles randomly, no fixed timelines, minimal resource planning, and ignore conflicts.

• Assign roles based on skill, set clear timelines, list detailed resources, and have a conflict resolution strategy.

• Only focus on assigning roles, with no attention to timelines or conflicts.

• Assign roles and timelines but do not consider resources or conflict management.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Develop a proposal for a community service project that will help you build and demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills. Include objectives, target community, expected outcomes, and evaluation methods.

• Vague objectives, no specific target community, unclear outcomes, no evaluation.

• Clear objectives aimed at community improvement, defined target community, measurable outcomes, and specific evaluation methods.

• Only specify the community with no clear objectives or outcomes.

• Focus on outcomes without defining objectives or evaluation methods.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Create a detailed plan for acquiring a new technological skill relevant to your future career, including research, practice, application, and mastery stages. Explain how each stage will contribute to your overall competency.

• Only focus on the practice stage with minimal planning.

• Detailed planning for all stages with specific goals and outcomes for each.

• Ignore the research and mastery stages, focusing only on application.

• Plan extensively for research but not for other stages.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Propose a strategy for continuously updating your employability skills over the next five years, considering technological advancements and changing industry trends. Include methods for staying informed, learning new skills, and applying them to real-world scenarios.

• Plan to learn only current popular skills without considering future trends.

• Regularly follow industry news, enroll in relevant courses, and participate in industry networks.

• Focus solely on technological skills, ignoring other employability skills.

• Assume skills learned now will remain relevant without need for updates.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Envision yourself starting a business that addresses a gap in the current market. Draft a business plan that includes market analysis, product development, marketing strategies, financial planning, and risk management.

• Only focus on product development without market analysis or financial planning.

• Comprehensive plan covering all aspects including detailed risk management strategies.

• Ignore marketing and risk management, focusing on market analysis and product development.

• Provide a general overview without going into the specifics of any area.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Imagine you are tasked with improving the employability skills of students in a university. Develop a detailed curriculum that includes courses, workshops, and real-world application opportunities. Explain how each component will help students become more employable.

• Focus only on theoretical courses without practical application.

• Balanced curriculum with courses, hands-on workshops, and internships linked to industry needs.

• Offer only workshops without foundational courses or application opportunities.

• Provide real-world applications without foundational theoretical knowledge.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Formulate a strategy for a multinational company to enhance the cross-cultural communication skills of its employees. Include training programs, evaluation methods, and how these skills will enhance overall business operations.

• Generic communication training without focus on cross-cultural elements.

• Specialized cross-cultural communication training, regular assessments, and integration into business practices.

• Only provide one-time training without follow-up or integration.

• Focus on enhancing business operations without improving communication skills.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Design a personal development plan that includes self-assessment, goal setting, skill development, and feedback mechanisms. Explain how each component will help you achieve your long-term career goals.

• Only focus on goal setting without mechanisms for feedback or skill development.

• Comprehensive plan with clear steps for self-assessment, setting realistic goals, skill enhancement, and regular feedback.

• Plan focusing solely on skill development, ignoring other components.

• No self-assessment or feedback, only vague goals and undefined skill development.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking

Propose a project that involves collaboration between different departments in a company to solve a complex problem. Outline the project's scope, the roles of each department, collaboration strategies, and expected outcomes.

• Undefined project scope and roles, no collaboration strategies.

• Well-defined scope, clear departmental roles, effective collaboration strategies, and measurable outcomes.

• Focus only on the roles of departments without defining the project scope or outcomes.

• Mention collaboration but with no clear roles or expected outcomes.

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DOK Level 4: Extended Thinking