Getting/Keeping a Job
What is the document that lists your past job experience, qualifications, and personal information?
Resume
What are 4 types of letters or notes that you might write?
Friendly
Thank you
Business
Message/Memo
What are 4 things you should do prior to clocking in at work?
Have work clothes/uniform on, have hands washed if working with food, have personal belongings stored in appropriate area, know where your day's workstation is
What kinds of behavior or talk might be considered "sexual harassment" if done or said in the work place?
Making sexual remarks to a coworker, telling a dirty joke, displaying sexually explicit pictures in a work site, making an obscene gesture that could be considered sexual in nature.
Name 4 common road signs
Stop
Caution
Informational
Railroad Crossing
What are 4 pieces of personal information that you would put on a job application?
Name, Social Security Number, Address, Phone Number
What are 4 things that you would write on a phone message?
Who called
Reason for calling
Return number
Date of call
What can you do to known as a dependable employee/worker?
Come every day you are scheduled to work, be on time, do assigned job the way you were taught, do not make up excuses to leave work early
Name 4 things you could do that might provoke sexual harassment
Being very flirtatious, dressing in suggestive way, use suggestive language, not rejecting unwanted sexual advances
What are 4 places in your personal environment that you need to know directions to?
Hospital
Bank
Post office
Job
What are some good ways to find a job?
Networking with friends and family, Help Wanted ads (newspaper, bulletin board listings, etc.), Internet, Employment Agencies
What are 4 parts of a letter?
Greeting
Date
Body
Closure
What is the impact of poor work attendance on workers and employers?
Workers can lose their jobs, employer's production/profit goes down, coworkers have to do the work of absent employees, you get a poor work reference
What are examples of poor hygiene?
Having body odor, gross teeth and breath, wearing dirty uniforms or work clothing, unshaven (face, legs, etc.)
What are 4 reasons to call 911?
Fire
Health emergency
Break in
Domestic violence
What are some ways to overcome work-related transportation issues?
Have your driver's license, insurance, and a car, select a job that is on the bus route and bus schedule, parent, sibling, or relative to drive you to and from work, ride with coworker
What are 4 parts of speech?
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
Adjective
Name 4 characteristics that could get an employee called "insubordinate"
Refusing to do an assigned task, being disrespectful and/or rude to a customer, yelling or screaming at a supervisor, being uncooperative and unmanageable.
Name 4 things an employee should never do at work
Make sexual comments or gestures to anyone, be disrespectful to anyone, use profanity, use private cell phone or texting while on duty
What can happen when workers do not put safety first?
Worker can be seriously injured, worker can injure someone else, worker can cause damage to property or equipment, worker can be killed
What can you do to make a good impression at an interview?
Wear neat, clean clothes appropriate for the job, make eye contact, sit up straight and be polite, be prepared with good questions
To whom would you demonstrate good listening skills?
Boss
Teacher
Parent
Public Servant (police, doctor)
What might the consequences be for coming to work dirty or stinky?
Get a written warning, be told to leave for the day, coworkers and/or customers will complain about you, lose your job
Give 4 of the best examples of inappropriate work place language
Curse words, racial references, sexual references, "street slang"
Name 4 "don'ts" to ensure your personal safety at work
Do not give out personal information to anyone, do not open doors to any unauthorized people after hours, do not leave your keys out where someone could get them, do not horseplay on the job