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Management Practice Test: Career
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Management Practice Test: Career
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1. Which of the following might be a competitive edge for a person applying for an accounting job?
2. One secret to a successful career is to identify your ________ and develop it to the fullest.
3. It is a good idea for people to think of their career as a business and themselves as ________ that business.
4. A boundaryless career is one in which an individual ________.
5. It is best to try to cultivate a competitive advantage in job skills that are ________.
6. Employees in today's work world should think of themselves as ________.
7. Traditional career development programs in an organization were a good way for the organization to ________.
8. Today, career development typically focuses on an individual advancing ________ on his own.
9. In looking for possible jobs, a primary concern should be to pay attention to the ________.
10. Mentors have been shown to be especially helpful to ________.
11. The phrase 'Play to your strengths' when applying for a job means ________.
12. Generally speaking, the more ________ a job requires that you have actually been trained for, the better off you are.
13. A college degree ________.
14. A more senior person than yourself who guides you through your career is known as ________.
15. How might a job applicant position him- or herself to benefit from changes that occur in the environment?
16. The optimum career choice matches an individual's interests, abilities, and personality to ________.
17. This is the best strategy for a skier who lacks confidence in her ability to tackle a steep mountain.
18. How did entrepreneurs like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Paul Allen take advantage of luck early in their careers?
19. Even the prepared person cannot take advantage of luck unless she ________.
20. An advantage of an online networking community such as LinkedIn is that you can search for people according to their ________.
21. In a society that is experiencing a widespread obesity 'epidemic,' one might expect opportunities in this field to increase the most.
22. Confidence almost always translates into ________.
23. One reason that confident people are successful is that they ________ goals in the face of difficulty.
24. Many people in fields such as nursing, engineering, and accounting keep their skills up to date by taking formal courses and ________.
25. To extend the reach of their networks, people should do all of the following EXCEPT ________.