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Employable Skills

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Being able to handle change and adapt:

a)

Initiative

b)

Transferable Skill

c)

Communication

d)

Adaptable

2.

Being able to share, send, and receive information to others:

a)

Initiative

b)

Adaptable

c)

Communication

d)

Employable

3.

People and personal skills that help one perform a task well and interact with others:

a)

Transferable Skills

b)

Hard Skills

c)

Soft Skills

d)

Employable

4.

When a person has skills that employers desire:

a)

Employable

b)

Soft Skils

c)

Initiative

d)

Communication

5.

Working on things without being asked or told:

a)

Strong work ethic

b)

Initiative

c)

Adaptable

d)

Transferable Skills

6.

Skills that most jobs require or are easily transferred from job to job:

a)

Soft Skills

b)

Hard Skills

c)

Transferable Skills

d)

Strong work ethic

7.

Works hard and doesn't complain:

a)

Adaptable

b)

Employable

c)

Strong work ethic

d)

Communication

8.

Soft skills are easily measure and observed.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Hard skills are more easily identified, observed, and measured than soft skills.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A strong work ethic and communication skills are considered hard skills.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Computer programming and driving are considered soft skills.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The five most important skills that employers look for in an employee are all soft skills.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Skills that are specific skills related to a type of task, subject or situation:

a)

Transferable Skills

b)

Hard Skills

c)

Soft Skills

d)

Strong work ethic

14.

Hard Skills are often called:

a)

People skills

b)

Teamwork

c)

Technical Skills

d)

Social Skills

15.

Which type of skills are more important to employers?

a)

Transferable Skills

b)

Hard Skills

c)

Soft Skills

16.

What will developing and improving your soft skills do for you?

a)

Make you less employable

b)

Make you more employable

c)

Make you unattractive to employers

17.

Choose the list that represents ALL soft skills.

a)

Accounting, Communication, Strong work ethic

b)

Communication, Adaptability, Computer programming

c)

Positive attitude, communication, leadership

d)

Dependable, strong work ethic, welding

18.

Which is NOT an example of a transferable skill?

a)

teamwork

b)

leadership

c)

typing

d)

strong work ethic

19.

Which is NOT an example of a hard skill?

a)

Typing

b)

Using a machine

c)

Accounting

d)

Communication

20.

What will having the right skills do for you? Choose all that apply.

a)

Lead to more pay

b)

Offer less pay

c)

Make you more employable

d)

Make you attractive to employers