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What is a common difference in the length of a CV between the United States and the United Kingdom?
In the USA, one page is preferred, while in the UK, it is between 2 and 4 pages.
What is a personal online brand?
It is the professional expertise, experience and personality that you share for everyone else to see about you online.
Explain Logistics and Supply Chain
logistics = detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation
supply chain = sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a commodity
Identify and correct the word that can be confused in the sentence:
I have lived in Berlin for/since 2010.
Since.
Since is a word that can be used as a preposition, a conjunction or an adverb to indicate a point in time from which something started or continued. It is often confused with for, which is a preposition that indicates a period of time.
What is the reason why you should not include a photo in your CV in most English speaking countries and in the USA?
To avoid discrimination and unconscious bias.
How does corporate culture affect the workforce of a company?
It affects how happy and valued employees feel at work.
What are the origins of the words “Logistics” and “Supply Chain”?
military:
get food and ammunition to the front line
supply points between military base and battlefield
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:
He passed the exam despite/although/even though his illness.
Despite.
Despite is a preposition that means in spite of or regardless of. It can be used to introduce a noun, a pronoun or a gerund.
What is the Latin meaning of the term Curriculum Vitae?
It is course of life.
Which Generation values company culture the most?
Generation Y (Under 30) values it the most.
Which types of goods (in general) are transported by aircrafts and which by freighters?
aircraft: lightweight and expensive
freighters: heavy and cheap
Use the correct tense to complete the sentence:
By next year, they will have been living/will live/will be living (live) in Germany for five years.
Will have been living.
Will have been living is the future perfect continuous tense, which is used to describe an action that will start and continue in the future before another future action or time. It is formed by using will + have + been + present participle.
What is the term for the quality that you should not use to describe yourself in your application because it is too vague and common?
Hard working, a fast learner, reliable or punctual.
What are benefits of a good company culture? (Name 5)
Identity, Recruitment, Retention, Employee loyalty, Image, Job satisfaction, Work performance, Employee morale
What inventions were developed due to more traffic in harbors and airports?
harbors: buoys
airports: air traffic control
Identify and correct the word that can be confused in the sentence:
There are fewer/less people here than yesterday.
Fewer.
Fewer is an adjective that is used to compare a smaller number of countable nouns, while less is an adjective that is used to compare a smaller amount of uncountable nouns.
What is false weakness?
It is the term for a weakness that you present as a strength when answering a question about your strengths and weaknesses.
How do companies benefit from personal online branding?
It is good business for companies because e.g., Consultants do better and attract more clients.
On March 22, 1989, Antonov An-225 (largest cargo plane to ever exist) set the world record for the most records achieved at once. How many records did it set (+- 5 %)?
110 world records at once
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence:
Can you lend/borrow me your pen?
Lend.
Lend is a verb that means to give something to someone for a short time, expecting to get it back. It is often confused with borrow, which means to take something from someone for a short time, intending to return it.