Interviewing
A good practice to close out the interview process (the act providing a copy of your certificate or reiterating your interest in the job)
What is Follow Up?
Training course designed to provide specific skills to certify competency.
What is Certification Training?
Days that are earned based on the amount of full-time work completed
What is vacation time or paid time off?
Working additional hours to accommodate extra work assignments
What is Overtime?
The ability to understand a different perspective or background and share their feelings
What is empathy?
A structured conversation where one participant asks questions and the other provides answers over an electronic medium
What is a virtual interview? Or zoom interview
A formal discussion in which a manager evaluates performance and provides feedback.
What is a Performance Review / Appraisals?
The practice of wearing protective masks, goggles, steel toe boots and reflective gear
What is safety?
A process of providing specific training to complete tasks associated with jobs
What is a training module?
Robert is good at problem solving and communication but struggles with organizing and scheduling.
What are strengths and weaknesses?
Feeling sure of yourself and your abilities
What is Confidence?
A monthly or quarterly membership fee deducted from pay check that supports representation.
What are Union Fees?
Automated process to receive payroll wages
What is Direct Deposit?
A tracking mechanism to record hours worked.
What is timekeeping?
The individual who steps up to move the team/project forward, brings the team together, and sets the vision of the team
What is a leader?
The characteristic of being able to arrive at an obligation before or at a designated time.
What is Punctuality?
Employers use this period of time (3-6 months) to determine if the new hire or promoted employee is a good fit for the position.
What is a Probationary Period?
During non-peak seasons employees are temporarily removed from the work schedule
What is a Layoff or what is a furlough?
Working to meet a predetermined timeframe to complete a project
What is a deadline?
A group that is comprised of people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.
What is diversity?
Behaving in a businesslike manner
What is Professionalism?
A process that is done after the training program is completed to gain membership in the Trades
What is a Union application process?
When an employee fails to notify a supervisor prior to the start of a scheduled shift
What is No Show or Unexcused Absence?
Benefits available during periods of temporary work stoppage
What is unemployment benefits?
A solution that is not totally satisfying to anyone, but that everyone can live with
What is a compromise?
A supplemental document to provide a recommendation or testament to your character or skills
What is a Reference or Letter of Reference?
A personalized strategy that allows you to determine interests, set goals, and put actions in place that will prepare you for the future
What is Personal Goals?
The department of the company that provides benefits, policies, procedures and additional resources
What is Human Resource?
Spending time with and observing someone doing a specific job so that you can learn it too.
What is job shadowing?
Steve is the foreman on a construction site that has encountered a problem. In his role, he is tasked with quickly determining how to move forward and who to assign the work to – this characteristic is called what.
What is Decision Making?
During the application and interview process it is very important to provide factual responses
What is honest or what is honesty?
A list of additional external resources often provided as an extension of the training program at most community agencies
What are Referral Services?
Formal process for an employee to disagree with a personnel action by their supervisor
What is filing a grievance or complaint?
Working with a counselor to review your best skills, strengths, and weaknesses, to figure out the best career suited for your personality.
What is a career assessment?
Providing useful feedback to help someone do their job better in a way that isn’t judgmental or disapproving
What is constructive criticism?
Providing examples of how you handled a variety of work related challenges on the job
What is a work experience?
Being provided with a gift or additional perk of the job.
What is the results of good work performance? OR what is a work incentive?
Susan initially started as a temp worker with ABC Unlimited, then moved into a staff position with benefits.
What is a Promotion or Full-Time?
Name an action you may be required to take after a job offer has been extended.
What is a drug test or background check?
A team mate goes on vacation which required someone else to perform their task
What is a backup or fill in?
Prejudging based on, age, race, sexual orientation and religion
What is discrimination?
Formal Acknowledgment of exceptional work outcomes by your manager or supervisor
What is recognition?
Digging trenches, lifting heavy loads, operate heavy machinery and perform general maintenance are basic responsibilities found in this role
What is a Laborer?
Employers are prohibited from penalizing, dismissing, or disciplining a worker who has pursued official concerns
What is reprisal or retaliation?
Receiving training that covers the tasks performed by other team mates.
What is Cross Training?
A process where each applicant is asked the same pre-selected questions
What is a structured interview?
Employer’s request that employees have specific certifications or health vaccinations
What are job requirements?
The use of workplace resources to teach an employee how to effectively do their job
What is on-the-job training?
The process of completing additional training as you pursue higher level positions
What is Up Skilling? or What is moving up?
Since disagreements arise when working on a team, this is an important characteristic to have in order to keep moving forward together.
What is Conflict Resolution?