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Employability Skills

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What employability skill pertains to an individual’s ability to think critically and adapt to changes?

a)

Teamwork

b)

Problem solving

c)

Leadership

d)

Communication

2.

Which is an important part of effective communication?

a)

Active listening

b)

Passive listening

c)

Quickly responding

d)

Speaking often

3.

When working in a team, it is important to show your teammates respect by _____ their ideas

a)

Rejecting

b)

Always accepting

c)

Listening to

d)

Sharing

4.

A strong example of a transferable skill is

a)

Neat handwriting

b)

Coding

c)

Time management

d)

Driving

5.

A CEO of an accounting firm that needs help from lower-level managers should _____ some of the work

a)

Eliminate

b)

Combine

c)

Outsource

d)

Delegate

6.

The transferable skill that relates to an individual’s ability to share ideas with others through writing or speaking is

a)

Critical thinking

b)

Communication

c)

Teamwork

d)

Leadership

7.

If during an interview, your interviewer told you that teamwork is important at this company, which of the following elements of your resume should you emphasize in response?

a)

You worked on student council

b)

You finished first in state swim competition

c)

You have a GPA of 4.0

d)

You were on JV cross country

8.

Which of the following is an example of effective self-management?

a)

Including all relevant persons in an email forward

b)

Attending the majority of mandatory meetings

c)

Working well in a team

d)

Consistently arriving on time for work

9.

Why might a chef consider the self-management skill of organization to be important?

a)

A chef must speak with customers sometimes

b)

Following cleanliness procedures is important for food safety

c)

Restaurants are a growing business

d)

A chef is in charge of all the aspects of the restaurant

10.

Which of the following is one of the five time-management techniques?

a)

Only commit to activities you are interested in

b)

Do not stop until you are finished with a task

c)

Be prioritized

d)

Be confident in your decision-making

11.

In what way might a teacher use intuition in decision-making?

a)

Designing interesting lesson plans that the students will like based on what they personally find exciting

b)

Deciding that because they know the upcoming assessment is typically difficult for students, an extra period of assessment prep will be utilized

c)

Watching the clock and ending class on time

d)

Resolving an issue that two students were having

12.

What does initiative mean?

a)

the experience you accumulate over a lifetime

b)

the skill to take charge and be a leader when others are slow to do so

c)

the ability to understand what others are intending to say

d)

the desire to be the most successful in a large group

13.

Which is the first step in the communication process?

a)

Context

b)

Feedback

c)

Source

d)

Decoding

14.

Setting ______ is a large part of the planning and organizing employability skill

a)

the environment

b)

plans

c)

techniques

d)

objectives

15.

Which of the following is the strongest question to ask following an interview?

a)

Who will be my boss in this role?

b)

What are the opportunities for professional development or advancement in this workplace?

c)

What is the pay for this role?

d)

Will I be allowed to be on my phone during work time?