Exam 17: Career Management and Networking

In most hiring decisions,your résumé and your references are given the most weight.

Networking objectives are broader than career objectives.

When listing your network contacts,you should include personal contacts such as your dentist.

Career development is the process of setting career objectives and determining how to accomplish them.

Write three questions to ask during a networking interview.

Write a one-minute self-sell to achieve the networking objective you wrote for Work Application 3.

Write a networking objective.

State two or three of your accomplishments and a networking goal.

In most hiring decisions,what is typically given the most weight?

The résumé's primary purpose is to get you invited for an interview.

The purpose of the cover letter is to introduce your résumé and to request an interview.

__________ is the process of gaining skills,experience,and education to achieve career objectives.

A career is a sequence of related job positions,involving increasing responsibility and increased compensation and held over a lifetime.

The one-minute self-sell should include all of the following EXCEPT:

A __________ is an opening statement used in networking that quickly summarizes your history and career plan and asks a question.

Networking is the process of building relationships for the purpose of career building and socializing.

__________ is a sequence of related job positions,involving increasing responsibility and increased compensation and held over a lifetime.

All of the following are steps in the networking process EXCEPT:

Career Planning.Write step 1 of the career-planning model,followed by a brief answer.Write steps 2-4,each followed by a brief answer.Write step 5 (the brief answer is optional).

__________ is the process of building relationships for the purpose of career building and socializing.