Transferable Skills
These types of skills are nontechnical and can include personality attributes that help in navigating the workplace. Often including communication and teamwork. (i.e. time management, creative thinking
What are soft skills?
What is the best length for a resume?
What is 1 page!
It’s OK to bring up salary at this point in a job interview.
What is after you are offered the job?
On average, they said it takes ___ interviews to receive 1 job offer.
What is 10?
Friends, social media, job search boards are examples of what?
What is job searching?
These are types of specific, technical skills and abilities that are learnted through education, training, and experience. (i.e. speaking a foreign language, computer skills, post secondary trainings).
What are hard skills?
Name some of the most important sections of a resume.
What are: Contact Information, Objective Statement, Education, Work Experience
Under these circumstances, it would be acceptable to bad-mouth your prior or current employer in a job interview.
When is NEVER
What technique has been named the best way to find job opportunities?
What is Networking?
This place has workshops, training opportunities, and job search assistance that anyone who is unemployed and underemployed can utilize?
What is MassHire?
Where skills should be listed.
What is a resume?
A short and concise description that is tailored to the specific organization or company you are applying for.
What is the objective?
What has been your favorite part of working for this company? What are next steps in this interview process? What makes someone successful in this position? Are examples of what???
Name one way to start job searching on your own.
What is: online job search websites, in store searches (local), ask friends/networking, cold calls to companies
This place helps people with disabilities with job searching, potential training, and acquiring reasonable accommodations?
What is MRC/MassAbility?
What is an example of a good and bad communication skill during an interview?
Good Communication: What is good eye contact, smiling, answering questions appropriately, etc. Bad Communication: What is interrupting, not answering the question asked, not maintaining eye contact, asking too many questions, etc.
Name 3 things that should be included under each job in your Work Experience.
What is: 1) the name of the companies you worked for 2) city and state of each company 3) title/position(s) you held 4) how long you worked there (employment dates) 5) job duties/responsibilities
How early do you arrive to an interview?
What is 15-20 minutes?
What can you do in your free time that can add to your resume?
What is volunteer in the community?
You're attending school and need learning accommodations. Where do you go?
A positive ________ contributes to a belief that you have the ability to handle situations. It does not mean that you always have a "happy, nothing can bother me", but rather when stuff happens you are able to deal with it.
What is attitude?
How many times is a resume done?
What is it should always be updated and current?
When a person calls you about an interview, what information should you get from them?
What is: time of interview, date of interview, location (building, floor, room number, etc.), person you will be interviewing with.
When searching for jobs, what should you consider? (Name 2 things)
What is: your interests, skills you have that would apply to the job, location of the company (will you be able to get there), the environment of the job, etc.
You ask for a business card or contact at the end of the interview. What are you intending to do with it after?
What is send a thank you card?