The Career Wheel
Resumes
Cover Letters
SMART Goals
Challenges & Barriers
100

Transferrable skills, personal traits, personal interests, value, labour market, work & leisure experience, education a& significant others are all factors that belong to...

The Career Wheel

100

This section of a resume typically includes your name, address, phone number, and email address address.

What is the Contact Information section?

100

What is the ideal length of a cover letter?

What is one (1) page?

100

This component of SMART goals ensures that the goal is within your capabilities and resources.

What is achievable?

100

These barriers include restrictions that prevent certain individuals, such as those with criminal records, from obtaining employment.

What are legal barriers to employment?

200

Abilities or talents that can be applied across various jobs & industries

What are transferable skills?

200

This term describes the list of jobs you've held, including the company name, job title, and dates of employment.

What is Work Experience?

200

Mentioning this at the end of your cover letter shows initiative and interest in the position.

What is a follow-up/interview?

200

This is what you create when you decide what you want to achieve.

What is a goal?

200

__________________ is a difficulty or obstacle that makes it harder to achieve a goal but can often be overcome with effort and resources.

What is a challenge?

300

These are the qualities that help define us as a unique individual

What are Personal Style/Traits/Characteristics ?

300

This type of resume format focuses on your skills and experience rather than your work history?

What is a Skills/Functional resume?

300

What are the three main sections of a cover letter?

Opening (Introduction), Body (Development), & Closing (Wrap Up)

300

SMART goals is an acronym which stands for...

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, & Time Bound

300

This term describes an obstacle that blocks progress and is often beyond an individual's control, requiring changes in laws, policies, or societal norms to overcome.

What is a barrier?

400

Beliefs and feelings which guide a person's actions best describes our____________. They reflect what we consider important and worthwhile in life.

What are values?

400

This crucial step involves reviewing your resume for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors before submitting it to potential employers. 

What is proofreading?

400

This is the primary purpose of a cove letter.

What is to introduce yourself and explain why you are a good fit for the job?

400

A detailed strategy outlining the steps necessary to achieve a specific goal?

Action Plan

400

SAID, SIS, and John Howard Society's Employment Readiness program are all examples of what type of strategy?

Addressing financial obstacles.

500

This document, often required by employers, verifies both your identity and your eligibility to work in Canada.

What is a Social Insurance Number (SIN)

500

This technique involves modifying your resume to align with the specific job description and requirements of each position you apply for.

What is Tailoring or Customizing your Resume?

500

Your cover letter is your "_______  _________" which provides a brief snapshot of who you are, sets the tone for the resume, and creates that good first impression that could set your application above the rest of applicants.

Elevator Pitch

500

This type of goal-setting framework helps ensure that objectives are clear, trackable, and achievable.

What is the SMART goal framework?

500

This term describes the challenge of balancing job search efforts with family responsibilities.

What is work-life balance?

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