class perfessional development (book career success )

Performance Appraisal

Now that you have read the chapter, answer the questions below and complete the Tasks.

1. Which of the following improve your decision making?

   1. Answer

   2. Listening to your intuition

   3. Gathering important facts and data

   4. Realizing that avoidance (not making a decision) is a decision, too

   5. All of the above

2. The following are the five phases of the CASVE cycle:

   1. Answer

   2. Communication, Analysis, Synthesis, Valuing, and Execution

   3. Collaborating, Agreeing, Synthesis, Vetoing, and Evaluating

   4. Communication, Agreeing, Synchronizing, Valuing, and Elaborating

   5. Collaborating, Analysis, Synchronizing, Valuing, and Elaborating

3. Which of the following is true about information overload?

   1. Answer

   2. More choices make decision making easier.

   3. The more choices a person considers, the happier they are with their decision.

   4. A greater number of choices can lead to higher expectations, and the potential for greater disappointment.

   5. a and c.

4. Which of the following increase(s) the likelihood of unexpected events that positively impact your career?

   1. Answer

   2. Trying a new hobby

   3. Taking on a role in a school project

   4. Getting to know a professor

   5. All of the above

5. Why are role models important in career development?

   1. Answer

   2. They will tell you what to do, and always know best.

   3. They can help you see yourself in a career, and this can help you overcome challenges as you work toward your goals.

   4. They are your only hope of getting a referral for a job.

   5. None of the above

6. If you are debating about going back to school, which of the following should you consider?

   1. Answer

   2. Your budget

   3. Your commitment

   4. Your career goals

   5. All of the above

7. A good career decision

   1. Answer

   2. Limits your choices and locks you into one job for your entire life;

   3. Allows you to move ahead and can give you job security;

   4. Can expand your options, and help you build new skills;

   5. Is none of the above.

Thought Questions

1. Have you identified the decisions you need to make next? What are they?

2. Do you feel prepared to start making decisions in your career?

3. Can you identify the decisions that seem most difficult to you? What are they?

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