What are the most common skills that businesses look for?
Commitment, loyalty, honesty
Literacy, numeracy, ICT ability
Literacy, loyalty, numeracy
Which of the following is not a quality that businesses usually look for?
Teamwork
Good sense of humour
Literacy
Why do employers look at your academic achievements?
Because they say a lot about your basic qualities.
Because they say a lot about your emotions.
Because they say a lot about your trustworthiness.
It is difficult to assess what our attitudes are like. What’s a good way to find out?
List the attitudes you like in someone you admire.
Ask stranger to describe you after speaking to them for five minutes.
Ask your friends how they might describe you to someone else.
Which of the following is not a place to start looking for work?
Your Learning for Life and Work teacher.
The Equality Commission.
Careers Service of Northern Ireland.
Which of the following should a CV include?
Details of your qualifications and training.
An explanation of why you are applying.
Your National Insurance Number.
Which of the following is not a method that a manager or recruiter might use to assess if you’re right for the job?
Setting a group task.
Aptitude testing.
Essay writing.
Which of the following is a question that an interviewer might ask?
Are your friends trustworthy?
What do you do when something goes wrong?
What’s your address?
What does STAR stand for?
Situation, Task, Activity, Result.
Survey, Trial, Acquisition, Reconsider.
Strategy, Tactics, Action, Result.
Why is lifelong learning so important?
Life is boring. Lifelong learning helps us stay interested.
The world of work is always changing. Lifelong learning is how we keep up.
It gives us something to brag about at dinner parties.