Section A
You are expected to dress nicely and answer questions.
What is an interview?
You do not have a job; you are looking for a job.
What is being unemployed?
This is the person who completes a form asking for a job.
Who is the applicant?
The company, supervisor, boss, department leader are synonyms for this person.
Who is the employer?
This position allows a person to work 34 or fewer hours each week.
What is a part-time position?
This is an increase in your hourly pay or salary that continues.
What is a raise?
After the interview, the supervisor offers you a job (position) with the company.
What is hired?
Paid holidays, 2 weeks of paid vacation, child care center at your job, health insurance, retirement accounts, etc.
What are job "benefits"?
This position requires the person to work 35 - 40 hours, usually it is 40 hours.
What is a full-time position?
This is pay for any hours worked beyond 40 hours.
What is overtime pay?
This document contains your contact information, work experience, education and more.
What is a resume?
This is extra money employees could receive once or twice a year, especially around Christmas or the summer.
What is a bonus?
This is the opposite of a difficult, hard or "challenging" job.
What is an easy job?
This is an advancement in your position at work with more responsibilities and usually more money.
What is a promotion?
You decide you do NOT want to work for a company any more. You have decided to _____.
What is "to quit"?
This is the money you are paid yearly, not hourly.
What is a salary or annual income?
The "want ads" is a section usually found in this publication. Older people used it to find jobs, cars, houses, apartments, furniture, etc.
What is a newspaper?
A worker, associate, team member, crew member are all synonyms for this person.
Who is an employee?
You have the training, certification or skills necessary to do a specific job.
What is being qualified or having the qualifications?
It is not good to be late to work; you need to arrive ____. A little early is even better!
What is "on time"?
You are able to use a computer, repair cars, speak 2 or more languages, etc.
What are skills?
A person earns or _____ money when the person has a job.
What is "makes"?
You have been terminated; the boss tells you to leave and don't come back.
What is fired?
In America, many people (especially factory workers) still work from 7a - 3p; 3p - 11p, or 11p - 7a.
What is a "shift" or "working hours"?
After working many years for the same company, some people decide to _______ and receive a monthly pension (payment) from the company.
What is retire or retirement?