Week 1
According to the Week 1 résumé tips, a résumé for someone at this stage should generally be kept to this length.
One page
This is a formal conversation in which an employer asks a job applicant questions about their skills, experience, and personality.
Job Interview
Money you receive from employment or another source is generally referred to as this.
Income
This part of the Labour Act covers vacation, public holidays, sick leave, maternity leave, and compassionate leave.
Leave
This is the initial feeling, opinion, or judgment someone forms about you shortly after meeting you.
First Impression
Name the four pillars of first impressions
Attire, attendance, punctuality, and attitude
Regularly meeting new people and starting conversations can help you develop this skill
Confidence
A customer explains a problem and you give them your full attention instead of interrupting or immediately assuming what happened. Which customer-service skill are you demonstrating?
Active Listening
You receive your paycheck and immediately spend most of it on entertainment before paying necessary expenses. What basic financial-literacy skill would help prevent this?
Budgeting
What skill means being on time, respecting other people's time, and taking your responsibilities seriously demonstrate this quality.
Punctuality
The belief that your skills, intelligence, and abilities can improve through effort, learning, and persistence is called this.
Growth Mindset
Being clear and reliable in how you present yourself online, in person, and at work so people recognize and trust your brand is called this.
Brand Consistency
Maria works a nine-hour shift without receiving any break. According to the case study in the slides, why has her employer breached the Labour Act?
Maria works a nine-hour shift without receiving any break. According to the case study in the slides, why has her employer breached the Labour Act?
This term means having the skills, behaviours, and mindset needed to succeed in a professional setting.
Work Readiness
Facial expressions, hand gestures, and eye contact are examples of this type of communication.
Non-Verbal communication/Body language
Name three characteristics of a strong work ethic
Any three of punctuality, reliability, dependability & responsibility, integrity & honesty, flexibility, adaptability, self-control & professionalism, self-motivation, self-confidence, and organization.
A disagreement or struggle between team members is called this.
conflict
What is the main purpose of having boundaries in a professional environment?
To establish limits around what behaviour and interactions are acceptable and protect respectful professional relationships.
This document summarizes your education, skills, and experience for an employer.
Resume
When answering “Tell me about yourself,” we recommend organizing your answer using these three stages.
Past → Present → Future
Put these parts of a professional email in the correct order: Body, Signature, Greeting, Subject Line, Closing, Opening Sentence.
Subject Line → Greeting → Opening Sentence → Body → Closing → Signature.
Deciding which tasks are most important and should be completed first is known as this
Prioritization
Creating a plan for how you will use your money before spending it is called what?
A budget/budgeting
Before an interview, you should do this to learn more about the organization.
Research the company
The first step in the problem-solving process is doing this.
Spotting/Identifying the problem