Deck 25: The Job Search, Résumés and Interviews

Question 1

What is considered critical to the success of your résumé writing?

A)A self-effacing tone
B)The order of presentation of information
C)The inclusion of a creative image
D)The use of technical terminology

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following should be highlighted in a resume?

A)Name,address,phone number,qualifications and referees
B)Employment objective,activities and interests
C)Work experience and achievements
D)Reasons for leaving past employment

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What does a résumé often include?

A)Information about one's marital status
B)150 word summary of your personal details
C)Information about career goals and what you can offer a prospective employer
D)Age,religion and gender

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The essential factors in an online résumé are

A)content,uniform presentation and keywords
B)creative presentation and literary expression
C)depth,breadth and impact
D)logical structure and sound argument

Question 5

What will you need to use as keywords for an electronic or keyword résumé to allow search engines to hit your résumé?

A)Power-action words
B)Stand-alone nouns
C)Expanded noun groups
D)Metaphors and similes

Question 6

Why is a targeted résumé also known as a specific résumé?

A)It describes personal details specifically
B)It introduces professional qualifications in detail
C)It emphasises relevant skills and experience for a specific job
D)It emphasises the career goals you are targeting

Question 7

The two broad sections of a résumé are

A)general history and specific skills
B)personal information and employment-related information
C)personal information and specific skills
D)personal goals and attributes

Question 8

The type of résumé which identifies the key skills,areas of expertise and body of experience the employer will be looking for is

A)a basic résumé
B)a target résumé
C)a functional résumé
D)a skills resume

Question 9

How many minutes on average does it take an employer to scan a résumé?

A)Four or five minutes
B)Two or three minutes
C)One or two minutes
D)Six or seven minutes

Question 10

Which of the following is a key place to look or a key strategy that you would adopt whilst job-seeking?

A)Newspapers,employment agencies and online recruitment
B)Professional association journals and networking
C)Direct mail campaign and placing an advertisement in newspapers\trade journals
D)All of the above

Question 11

The first impression of your résumé is often affected by

A)the layout of information on the page
B)your qualifications
C)your expression
D)your tone throughout your résumé

Question 12

In which way does a résumé target your goal and support it?

A)By using elegant,formal expression
B)By introducing interesting,personal details
C)Via the recommendations of many referees
D)With the use of action words or verbs

Question 13

Language used in a résumé should be

A)active and direct
B)specific and inclusive
C)familiar to the audience
D)all of the above

Question 14

What tone is appropriate for résumé writing?

A)A courteous and confident tone
B)Informal and casual
C)Very formal and serious
D)Academic and accomplished

Question 15

When seeking the first job or a new job it is important to

A)have a few goods friends in high places
B)know the decision makers
C)be self-effacing,so you don't appear pushy
D)be thoroughly prepared

Question 16

Job seekers who have completed voluntary work experience have an advantage because

A)they can show their public-spirited nature
B)they have been able to build contacts,experience and skills
C)volunteers develop a positive attitude that transfers readily to an interview.
D)more and more corporations value community-minded attitudes

Question 17

When your current job title is unrelated to your current career goals,you should

A)use skill headings rather than the job title
B)alter your title to suit the job
C)add a footnote to explain
D)insert a table comparing the two positions

Question 18

What is the purpose of keywords in a résumé?

A)To attract the attention of recruiters or employers
B)To demonstrate your professional ability and potential for the position
C)To highlight crucial skills and experience
D)To show your language proficiency,particularly your writing ability

Question 19

Some questions that should NOT be asked at job interviews are

A)those related to your age
B)those related to your marital status
C)those related to your work experiences
D)a and b above

Question 20

A good approach for any jobseeker is to say

A)'If I have the knowledge,skills and attitude,employers will seek me out'
B)'Nothing comes to one who waits,it's later than you think'
C)'Nothing ventured,nothing gained.Seize the day'
D)'I am a business of one.I need to market myself to prospective employers'

Question 21

The employment interview is really

A)an opportunity to find the most compliant applicant for the job
B)a question and answer session to find the best applicant for the job
C)a chance to convince the employer that you know and can do everything
D)an intensive interrogation to get rid of weaklings

Question 22

Work-related references are

A)documents that highlight and support certain skills and experiences you have gained
B)appraisal letters from your supervisor or boss
C)letters of recommendation to change your job
D)documents attesting to your good character

Question 23

A key component in the marketing process is a powerful referee.

Question 24

The purpose of a referee in a job application is to

A)persuade a potential employer to give you an interview and to speak about your specific skills relevant to the job on offer
B)have people who know you,and who are in a responsible position,support your claims about professional competence and experience
C)have someone speak positively about you,overestimating your good points and those parts of your experience which will particularly contribute to the vacant job
D)use a trusted third party who will speak to a potential employer on your behalf about what you can do and what you can't do

Question 25

Which of the following is a factor that causes interviews to be poor predictors of job performance?

A)An interviewer with a stereotype of what represents a good applicant
B)Favouritism for those who hold similar views to the interviewer and undue emphasis given to negative information
C)The likelihood that the interviewer will forget much of the interview's content soon after its conclusion
D)All of the above

Question 26

The purpose of a stress interview is to

A)test 'the mettle' of the interviewee
B)determine how the interviewee behaves when stressed
C)determine how the interviewee behaves when emotional
D)give the interviewee the impression that the interviewer is not interested

Question 27

The stage of the interview process in which impression is most important is

A)pre-interview
B)interview
C)post-interview
D)all stages of the interview process are important

Question 28

An effective interviewer may make good use of interview techniques such as

A)interrogation techniques
B)conducive techniques
C)a combination of directive and non-directive techniques
D)psychometric testing

Question 29

The letter of application should contain

A)three main parts
B)four main parts
C)five main parts
D)as many as ten main parts

Question 30

The database program will sort the résumés by

A)keywords,industry-specific words,experience and educational qualifications
B)gender,age and status
C)title,position and referees
D)employment history

Question 31

In which way is a scannable résumé loaded into a database by recruiters?

A)Using electronic mailing lists
B)By podcasts
C)Using Optical Character Recognition OCR
D)Using Web 2:00

Question 32

The purpose of Equal Employment Opportunity EEO policies and programs that have been created by organisations is to

A)make sure no illegal or inappropriate questions are asked at the interview
B)make sure that EEO legislative requirements appear to have been met
C)ensure that there is over-representation of minority and overlooked groups
D)try to get fairer merit-based representation in employment for all groups

Question 33

If you haven't received an acknowledgment two weeks after you have mailed a job application

A)your application has definitely been rejected
B)it is appropriate to make an inquiry either by letter or telephone
C)it is not appropriate to contact the recruiters again
D)the only thing you can do is to search for other jobs

Question 34

The purpose of the letter of application is to

A)make an explosive lasting impression and draw attention to the relevance of your qualifications to a specific job
B)draw attention to those qualifications or experiences not listed in the résumé but which may equip you for the job and persuade the reader to consider your application carefully
C)strengthen what you want to emphasise by repeating the content in your résumé
D)achieve a balance between your perception of your suitability for the job and the potential employer's needs

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a type of employment interview?

A)The single interview
B)The series interview
C)The panel interview
D)The complementary interview

Question 36

An e-portfolio can be most useful for

A)demonstrating your familiarity with technology
B)providing samples of your work
C)showcasing your experience,talents,awards and qualifications in more detail than a résumé
D)allowing employers greater access to your general profile

Question 37

Why is it effective for recruiters to use web search engines?

A)It is free of charge for recruiters
B)It is more convenient for them
C)It is more reliable and credible to do so
D)The success rates are better

Question 38

Including a link to a professional networking site in your résumé

A)demonstrates how well-known you are in industry
B)allows you to share industry information
C)provides a recruiter or potential employer with additional work-related information about you
D)can be high risk

Question 39

Which of the following is a goal of the interview?

A)To determine the sameness of the interviewer's and applicant's beliefs
B)To inform applicants about the job and the organisation and get information about their likely 'fit'
C)To get information from interviewees about their age,marital status and family ties
D)To provide an opportunity for interviewers to perform and present themselves

Question 40

The cull or sorting of applicants to be interviewed and those who are not to be interviewed is made

A)by comparing the information in the application against the essential and desirable qualifications for the position
B)by considering applicants' written information and checking with referees to determine the likelihood of the applicant succeeding in the vacant position
C)on the basis of work history,applicable experience,qualifications gained and information gathered at the pre-interview stage
D)on the basis of referees,psychometric and other applicable tests,accuracy,presentation and timeliness in the submission of the job application

Question 41

The employer or recruiter is likely to read those résumés on the Internet which are brief,strong and clearly stated.

Question 42

The application is only one source of information a potential employer can use to decide whether you should be invited to an interview.

Question 43

The functional résumé is a variation of the targeted résumé.

Question 44

Many employers and recruitment agencies prefer to have hard-copy résumés rather than keeping electronic résumés.

Question 45

The three most common types of résumé are basic,functional and individual.

Question 46

Voluntary social and welfare work is usually not useful in other position applications.

Question 47

The evidence section of a résumé contains broad,general statements to grab the attention of the employer.

Question 48

One of the reasons for having a résumé is to modify your direction and career goals.

Question 49

The more facts and skills you can provide in a résumé,the greater your chance of finding a job that matches your abilities.

Question 50

The main feature of the targeted résumé is that you focus on your skills and capabilities rather than your history.

Question 51

An employment application consists of a résumé and a covering letter.

Question 52

In electronic databases,software scans through thousands of résumés and identifies those that most closely match the inputted keywords.

Question 53

People who may underrate their skills and abilities are those who feel they have little or no work experience relevant to an advertised position,or those who have been out of the workforce for some time.

Question 54

The purpose of your résumé is to win an interview.

Question 55

The functional résumé places emphasis on skills and experience gained through previous employment,particularly those that are significant for the positions you are applying for.

Question 56

The purpose of your résumé is to catch the readers' attention,interest them and create the desire to invite you to an interview.

Question 57

Giving examples of accomplishments is a strategy to show your strengths in résumé writing.

Question 58

Temping and freelancing is one of the ways to find a referee.

Question 59

Most job opportunities are advertised publicly.

Question 60

Keywords are the words which you can put at the end of your résumé to strengthen your claim that you have what recruiters want.

Question 61

The letter of application is also called the covering letter which is the persuasive part of the application.

Question 62

What kind of action does a covering letter,or letter of application,attempt to achieve? Identify the purpose of each of the main parts of a letter of application.Why must the covering letter be a persuasive letter?

Question 63

Plain text résumés give you greater flexibility when distributing your résumé electronically.

Question 64

Email an email résumé to a proofreader before you send it to check for any formatting problems.

Question 65

Discuss the different ways of finding a position in the employment market? Which way do you prefer? Why?

Question 66

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of written and oral references.

Question 67

What are the differences between the chronological,functional and targeted résumés? Describe the contents of each broad section of a résumé.Explain the main advantages of each type of résumé.

Question 68

What are the differences between a traditional résumé prepared in hard copy and a keyword résumé? Identify four common ways to present electronic résumés.What does a database search for in an electronic résumé? Where should keywords be located in an electronic résumé? What should be included in the summary section of an electronic résumé?

Question 69

It is the employer's responsibility to come to the interview prepared,and have the confidence to ask questions.

Question 70

Why are keywords essential in a résumé?

Question 71

Discuss issues associated with using social media and the Internet when looking for a job and marketing yourself to potential employers.Consider benefits and drawbacks,drawing on concepts addressed in this chapter.

Question 72

If you choose not to accept the position,write a letter declining the offer.

Question 73

What are the main services offered on an online recruitment site? What are the advantages and disadvantages of conducting a job search online?

Question 74

Interviews are thought to be very good predictors of competent performance in a job.

Question 75

Use synonyms wherever possible to increase your number of hits.

Question 76

What are the necessary preparatory steps for an effective job interview? How should interviewees use each stage in an employment interview? What does a follow-up letter do? How long should you wait before making a follow-up telephone call? Why should you send a letter of acceptance in writing? What should you include in the acceptance letter?

Question 77

Before posting a résumé on an Internet site,ask yourself whether it is to apply for a specific vacant position,answer a recruiting drive or for submission to a database in the hope of being headhunted at some later date.

Question 78

What are the three reasons for having a résumé? Why should you use power words in your résumé? Create a list of résumé-writing guidelines.