MY BRAND
True or False: The “swoop" is Nike’s Brand
False. The “swoop" is Nike’s Logo
What is the difference between STEM skills and STEAM skills? Name what each letter stands for.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math.
What is the definition of an economic recession?
Shrinking growth in jobs and other measures of a country’s econimc success.
Thise score has a high of 850. You are likely to pay more for credit if this is low.
Credit Score.
This is what the probability of financial loss or physical harm is called.
Risk.
True or False: Playing the piano, having a special pet, being a great math student, being a great soccer player would all be part of your personal brand.
True. These are things that you might be known for.
This is the name for small groups of jobs and industries that are reltated by knowledge and skillls.
Career Clsuters. We explored 16 of them.
Name two soft skills.
Postitive attitude, courtesy, on time, good communication, eye contact, teamwork, confidence, good work ethic, willingness to learn.
Name the fee you would pay for an insurance policy.
Premium. It can be paid monthly, twice-a-year or annually.
This is a contract that protects a person or a company against financial loss or damage.
Insurance.
Name two elementws of a logo.
Color, shape, imagery, symbol, name.
This ia a prediction of the furture number of jobs, based on changes in society, technology, and the economy.
Job outlook.
What do you call a written summary of your education, skills, intereste?
A resume. This would give an employer a first look at whether you might be good for a job opening they want to fill.
Name the card that allows you to subtract money directly from your checking account.
Debit card.
What is the money paid out-of-pocket before insurance covers the remianing costs?
Deductible.
True or False: skills, interests and values are key to the definition of your personal brand.
True. It is who you are, how people might think of you.
More workers than job avaialble - examples, photographers, assembly line workers that use their hands.
Name two types of people that might make good personal or professional references that could be contacted to say something about you.
Teachers, coaches, neighbor you do work for, community leaders. Your parents, other relatives or friends are not good for this!
Ture or False: it is a good thing to have a lot of credit cards.
False! It will impact your credit score in a bad way if too many credit inquiries are made about your ability to pay.
We talked about Groos Income and Net Income. Name at least two types of insurance costs that might be deducted from your gross income to arive at net income.
Health, dental, vision, life.
This is a brief slogan which defines a product, service, or person.
A tagline. “just Do It” is an example of a tagline.
WHat are smll groups or occupations within a career cluster called?
Career Pathways.
There is a government site, www.bls.gov, that descirbes job growth (down and up) for just about every career imagineable. What does the “bls” in this website anem stand for?
Bureau of Labor Statisitcs.
True or false: taking on all the student debt you can is okay as long as you finish your education (this is a trick question).
Mostly false. Highly-skilled, usually high-paying careers such as doctor, lawyer, financial analyst of ten require extra years of edcation which might mean more debt. For the most part, keeping debt low gives you more choices as a young adult.
One last trick question! It is a risk not to have a plan for your education and consideration of various career options.
Generally, this is not okay! Some have pure dumb luck where they stumble into something great - maybe vlogging? Knowing a career clsuter you might like will help you find a direction and spend scarce tuition dollars for something that will bit with your skills, interests, and abilities.