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many different skills. This activity will test your awareness of your employer's likely expectations.

Instructions: Consider the examples of advice about preparing for professional success and determine if each is good advice or bad advice.

Your friend Lee tells you that making a high GPA in your major should be your top priority because that's the main qualification that today's employers are looking for.

When you say you're planning to work for a local company after you graduate, your friend Carrie advises you to develop your communication skills anyway because small and midsize companies, as well as large corporations, value effective communicators.

Your Uncle Bob tells you not to waste your time on "soft skills" because numbers are what's important in the business world.

A student who has finished her co$-$op says that just doing your assigned tasks well probably won't be good enough to get you a strong performance evaluation; you'll also have to show an understanding of how your work fits into the organization's larger goals.

Your buddy Eric advises you to choose teammates who are similar to you for group projects because that's usually the way to get the best grade.

A recent graduate, Grant, recommends studying examples of communications in your workplace before you try to tackle an important communication problem yourself.

Janine, a girl at your lunch table, recommends taking a document$-$design class because these days, people expect what they read to be visually appealing.