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PSHE Practice Test (Economic Education): Skills Employers Want - Age 11-14
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Different jobs require different skills and qualifications. Some require university degrees, and others require vocational qualifications. There are some jobs which need no qualifications at all. However, no matter what the position, every employer wants their workforce to heave certain attributes. Ones which cannot be gained by study.

Answer the questions below to find out how well you understand what employers want.

Remember: The ideal employee gets on with their colleagues, enjoys their work, and does it well.
 

PSHE Practice Test (Economic Education): Skills Employers Want - Age 11-14
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10 Questions

1. When faced with a stressful and pressurised situation, how would the ideal employee react?
2. When faced with a stressful and pressurised situation, how would the ideal employee react?
3. Your boss tells you that your role has changed and the job you will be doing is different to the one you applied for. How should you respond?
4. Which of the following would be preferred by an employer?
5. You hate your current job and manager so you apply for another job. At your interview they ask why you want to leave your current job. Which answer would be best received?
6. Four potential employees attend an interview. They are all equally qualified but one is nervous, one is shy, one is confident, and one is timid. Which person is most likely to be offered the job?
7. When you are at work a problem arises. What should you do?
8. Which of the following would be preferred by an employer?
9. Which of these people would an employer most want to hire?
10. Which of these should you aim to do at an interview?