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Are You Career Ready?
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1.  Career Ready graduates.
2.  Talents, skills, strengths, and interests on the 
job.
3.  To prepare you for your successful leap into the 
work world.
4.  Any 3 such as: Explain thoughts; express ideas 
by speaking; demonstrate correct body lan -
guage.
5.  a) Student's choice of one communication skill.
(does well)
  b) Student's choice of one communication skill.
(needs improvement)
6.  Any 3 such as: Build friendships; able to orga-
nize; work as a team member.
7.  Student's choice of one teamwork/interpersonal 
skill (does well)
8.  Any 3 such as: organize, motivate, supervise.
9.  a) Student's answer.
  b) Reason for answer.
10. Personality.
11.  a) Loyalty: speaking well of company.
  b) Trustworthy: honest with company's prod -
ucts.
  c) Reliable: Work when not supervised.
  d) Initiative: Do what needs doing without be -
ing told.
  e) Productivity: Work while at work.
12.  Student's list of work ethic skills student thinks 
he/she has now.
13.  a) Analyze: Figure out.
  b) Synthesize: Put many different things/
thoughts, like a puzzle, together successfully.
  c) Think Critically: Figure out hard problems. 
d) Strategically: Think of a good plan and make 
good moves
14.  a) Student's answer.
  b) Reason for answer.
15.  Tools, equipment, raw materials, computers, 
and/or high tech equipment.	
16.  Able to respect the viewpoints of others from 
diverse cultures, races, ages, religions, life -
styles.
17.  Any 3 such as: research job options, identify 
skills, steps required to get a job.
18.  You will be able to successfully answer ques -
tions about your skills and career readiness 
during a job interview.