Career Development Chapter 8B

Multiple Choice Questions - Chapter 8B

• Definition of Career: A series of jobs or work positions over a lifetime.
• Career Development Programs: Traditional programs focused on employees holding a series of jobs within a single organization. Modern programs focus on individual advancement, potentially outside a single organization.
• Traditional Career Development Success: Organizations benefit from retaining skilled employees, reducing staff turnover, and increasing efficiency.
• Current Career Development: Today's companies often lack formal programs, with employees frequently changing jobs and career paths often independent from the organization. Employees are taking responsibility and responsibility for their own career development.
• Employee Commitment: 1960s companies often offered lifetime employment with full benefits. Today's arrangement is more flexible, with jobs sometimes contingent on specific tasks or timeframes.
• Job Characteristics: Today's college graduates prioritize job security, benefits, and starting salary over other factors like organizational culture.
• Boundaryless Career: A career with no specific organization, where individuals are responsible for their own career progression.
• Optimum Career Choice: Matching an individual's interests, abilities, and personality with a job they can perform well in the market.
• Career Goals: Some important goals in a career include financial security, status, prestige, and a desirable lifestyle.
• Well-Defined Career Choice: A career choice specific enough to be meaningful but not so narrow as to limit opportunities like a general medical field, but tailored to a specific task like pharmaceutical research.
• Competitive Job Advantages: Skills that stand out in the job market. Examples include exceptional writing skills, athletic ability, or computer programming, depending on the job.
• Strengths in Job Application: Highlighting your strengths and capabilities in the job application process resonates with employers.