Interviewing for a Job
Does the Interviewer care about what you tell them when they ask to tell you but yourself?
No
What are abilities?
Skills one has developed
What's Inflation?
A sharp increase in the costs of goods and services.
What is the Dictionary of Occupational Titles?
Defunct publication produced by the United States Department of Labor which matched job seekers to jobs from 1938 to the late 1990s.
What does management mean?
the organization and the coordination of the actives of a business in order to achieve defined
What is the Interviewer looking for when they ask you to tell you about yourself
Confidence
What is an Achievement?
Something that somebody has succeeded in doing; usually with effort.
What is Job Shadowing?
Short- term experience that allows the student to follow an experienced worker and see the day- day activities of a particular career.
What is a Non-traditional Career?
Any occupation in which women or men comprise less than 25% of the workforce.
What is planning?
a basic management function involving formulation of one or more detailed plans to achieve optimum balance of needs or demands with the available resources
What is the Job interviewer looking for when you tell them about your weaknesses?
To see if you understand yourself and if you can cover up those weaknesses
What is Feedback?
Information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task for improvement.
What is a Scholarship?
Money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements to help pay for education expenses; generally do not have to be repaid.
What are Decision Making Styles?
The typical manner in which a person makes a decision.
What is organizing?
arranging several elements into a purposeful sequential or spatial (or both) order or structure
What is the Interviewer looking for when they ask where do you see yourself in 5 years?
To see your goals
What are Human relations?
The study of the ways in which people relate to each other in group situations.
What is an Economy?
The wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production & consumption of goods/services and careful management of available resources.
What are Stepping Stone goal?
Short-, medium-, and long-term goals that can help a person reach their ultimate career goal in realistic stages; they allow for adjustments to be made to the career plan.
What is staffing?
the selection and training of individuals for specific job functions, and charging them with the associated responsibilities
How should you sit at a job interview?
Upright with your hand on your knees
What are Values?
The worth, importance, or usefulness of something to somebody.
What is a Depression?
Extended period of negative economic activity; unemployment, declining income & production.
What does Tentative mean?
Something you are unsure or hesitant about; not fully worked out or developed.
What is controlling?
the basic management function (1) establishing benchmarks or standards, (2) comparing actual performance against them, and (3) taking corrective action, if required