WorksheetsEmployability Skills
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What employability skill pertains to an individual’s ability to think critically and adapt to changes?
Teamwork
Problem solving
Leadership
Communication
Which is an important part of effective communication?
Active listening
Passive listening
Quickly responding
Speaking often
When working in a team, it is important to show your teammates respect by _____ their ideas
Rejecting
Always accepting
Listening to
Sharing
A strong example of a transferable skill is
Neat handwriting
Coding
Time management
Driving
A CEO of an accounting firm that needs help from lower-level managers should _____ some of the work
Eliminate
Combine
Outsource
Delegate
The transferable skill that relates to an individual’s ability to share ideas with others through writing or speaking is
Critical thinking
Communication
Teamwork
Leadership
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?
You worked on student council
You finished first in state swim competition
You have a GPA of 4.0
You were on JV cross country
Which of the following is an example of effective self-management?
Including all relevant persons in an email forward
Attending the majority of mandatory meetings
Working well in a team
Consistently arriving on time for work
Why might a chef consider the self-management skill of organization to be important?
A chef must speak with customers sometimes
Following cleanliness procedures is important for food safety
Restaurants are a growing business
A chef is in charge of all the aspects of the restaurant
Which of the following is one of the five time-management techniques?
Only commit to activities you are interested in
Do not stop until you are finished with a task
Be prioritized
Be confident in your decision-making
In what way might a teacher use intuition in decision-making?
Designing interesting lesson plans that the students will like based on what they personally find exciting
Deciding that because they know the upcoming assessment is typically difficult for students, an extra period of assessment prep will be utilized
Watching the clock and ending class on time
Resolving an issue that two students were having
What does initiative mean?
the experience you accumulate over a lifetime
the skill to take charge and be a leader when others are slow to do so
the ability to understand what others are intending to say
the desire to be the most successful in a large group
Which is the first step in the communication process?
Context
Feedback
Source
Decoding
Setting ______ is a large part of the planning and organizing employability skill
the environment
plans
techniques
objectives
Which of the following is the strongest question to ask following an interview?
Who will be my boss in this role?
What are the opportunities for professional development or advancement in this workplace?
What is the pay for this role?
Will I be allowed to be on my phone during work time?
