Career, Decision making, & Lifestyle Choices

In decision making, what is a 'problem'?

• A difficult situation that requires a solution

• A fun game

• A simple choice

• Something that always has an easy answer

What is usually the first step in the decision-making process?

• Identifying the problem

• Ignoring the problem

• Blaming someone else

• Hoping the problem goes away

What does 'collaboration' mean when making decisions with a group?

• The act of working together to achieve a common goal

• A competition where only one person wins

• Ignoring everyone else's ideas

• Doing everything by yourself

Why is it important to practice making decisions?

• It can help you make better decisions in the future

• It is a waste of time

• It will make you feel bad

• It will make you a perfect decision-maker

What are 'consequences' in decision making?

• The good and bad things that might happen because of a decision

• Only the good things

• Only the bad things

• Things that don't matter

What does it mean to 'consider the consequences' of a decision?

• Think about what might happen with each choice

• Guess randomly

• Only think about the good things

• Ignore the possible outcomes

Internship

• temporary form of employment with an emphasis on supervised on-the-job training; may be paid or unpaid and may be part-time or full-time

• refers to the way individuals manage their time and energy between career activities and home activities

• extent to which an assessment yields the same result on repeated trials

• working for another person to learn a trade

Work-life Balance

• refers to the way individuals manage their time and energy between career activities and home activities

• extent to which an assessment yields the same result on repeated trials

• job shadowing experienced through the Internet via video interviews

• extent to which an assessment measures what it claims to measure

Job Shadowing

• program in which students learn about an occupation by following a professional throughout the work day

• extent to which an assessment yields the same result on repeated trials

• act of offering services without the expectation of payment

• refers to the way individuals manage their time and energy between career activities and home activities

The act of offering services without the expectation of payment is known as which of the following?

• Volunteering

• Job shadowing

• Training

• Working