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1
Which of the following is true of job-search strategies?
A)One should begin one's job search only when one is ready to find employment.
B)Meeting business professionals does not lead to employment contacts.
C)The first step in finding an internship is to know one's classmates.
D)Unpaid internships are rarely valuable.
E)The wider one's circle of friends, the more likely one is to make employment contacts.
2
Which of the following is an external factor that should be considered when looking for a job?
A)Education
B)Economic needs
C)Special qualifications
D)Work Experience
E)Personal qualities
3
_____ refer to tools used by websites that send job notices automatically based on a confidential profile.
A)Interest inventories
B)Classified advertisements
C)Job counselors
D)Executive search consultants
E)Personal search agents
4
A student currently pursuing an internship wishes to apply for a job. Which of the following is the correct way for him to describe his work experience?
A)"Graduated from Oakwood High in 2008."
B)"Tabulated inventory turnover for a period of three months."
C)"Manage supply chain inventory of two branches."
D)"Pursuing a course in database management."
E)"Recalibrated the inventory stock system."
5
A section of a résumé reads as follows:
"Worked as a telemarketer from a private organization for 14 months with the following results:
  • Employee of the month, July 2012
  • Highest number of sales in a month, April 2012
  • Highest call-to-sale ratio, January 2011"
This strategy of organizing information is known as _____ layout.
A)reverse chronological organizational
B)functional
C)achievements
D)combination
E)targeted
6
Which of the following is true of the requirements of the opening of an unsolicited cover letter?
A)It must gain attention and set up the review of information that follows.
B)It must not express interest in a particular job profile.
C)It must not be a clear request for employment.
D)It must be a detailed description of one's work experience.
E)It must emphasize one's availability for employment.
7
The primary job of an email cover message is to:
A)identify the job and highlight the applicant's strengths.
B)provide a chronological description of the applicant's work experience.
C)merely present facts.
D)provide a link to a webpage containing the résumé.
E)list online references.
8
Which of the following best defines the behavioral interview style?
A)It involves asking questions about what a candidate would do in certain situations.
B)It involves asking a candidate to undergo a personality test.
C)It involves asking detailed questions about the candidate's background.
D)It involves asking questions about a candidate's age, sex, race or religion.
E)It involves asking questions that determine the technical qualifications of a candidate.
9
Which of the following is true of writing application follow-up messages?
A)Follow-up messages are merely favorable response messages with an extra amount of goodwill.
B)Job acceptances are a form of routine inquiry.
C)The direct order is usually the best strategy for negative messages like a resignation.
D)Thank-you messages are usually short and end on a goodwill note.
E)Messages refusing a job offer follow the direct refusal pattern.
10
Which of the following is true of maintaining one's job-search activities?
A)Continuously keeping one's finger on the pulse of the job market is not a good idea.
B)Most trade or professional journals lack job notices or bulletin boards.
C)Updating one's résumé as one gains new accomplishments and skills is important.
D)Keeping up on one's professional reading is not as important as updating one's résumé.
E)It is easy to keep track of one's important details even if one does not maintain one's résumé.





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