Life Skills
This is a written contract you make with an apartment owner.
What is a lease?
This is the monthly payment you give a landlord.
What is rent?
This is when a college student works for a company to get experience. Sometimes they have to pay for it, sometimes they get paid, and sometimes they volunteer their time for experience.
What is an Internship?
This is the term for the interest rate charged on the outstanding balance of a credit card if the full amount is not paid by the due date.
What is APR: Annual Percentage Rate
Tell me 3 tasks a waitress may need to perform when working.
What is take orders, make change, carry food etc.
This is a 4 digit code you use for a debit card.
What is a PIN?
Name 2 ways you can make sure you pay bills on time.
What is auto-pay, reminder in calendar, pay ahead, etc.
This type of investment fund pools money from multiple investors to invest in a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other assets.
What is Mutual Funds?
This is how often you should see your doctor.
What is.. at least once a year?
I went to work at 3:00 PM and worked until 9:30 PM. This is the amount of hours I worked.
What is 6.5 hours?
Yesterday I went out to eat and spent $7.35. I paid with a $10.00 bill. This is how much change I received.
What is $2.65?
Name 3 types of bills you may need to pay when you have your own place.
What is water, gas, electric, cable/internet, rent, garbage, phone, car, etc.
Give me 2 examples of what NOT to do in a job interview.
What is chew gum, use your cell phone, sit down before the interviewer does, not keep eye contact, etc.
This is the process to determine how much money you have and how to spend it.
What is budget/budgeting?
This is the number that determines your interest rate on a car, house, etc.
This is the name of the Government agency that collects federal income tax.
What is the IRS: Internal Revenue Service?
Name 3 different appliances you would find in a house.
What is a washer, dryer, dishwasher, microwave, oven, toaster, refrigerator, etc.
This is the form that you should bring to interviews that shows all your job experience, education, etc.
What is a Resume?
This is how you you put out a grease fire.
What is throw flour or baking soda on it?
This type of insurance protects your or your roommate's personal belongings, such as furniture and clothing, in case of theft or damage.
What is Renter's Insurance?
I want to see a movie at 7:20pm. It takes me 30 minutes to get to the theatre from my house. I want to have 10 minutes to buy tickets and snacks. This is the time I need to leave to arrive right when the movie starts.
What is 6:40pm?
Name 3 household tasks you would need to perform outside to maintain where you live.
What is mow the lawn, weeding, watering plants, raking, landscaping, gardening, windows, etc.
These are the people you put on your resume that new employers can call to learn about your work history.
What are References?
This is the "extra amount of money" you have to pay if you take out a loan.
What is Interest?
Name 4 occupations where you would need to wear a uniform.
What is waste management, police officer, fireman, waitress, fast food worker, military, etc.