Human Resources Sarah Guo Will Complete Two Years of College in April

question 19

Multiple Choice

Human Resources
Sarah Guo will complete two years of college in April and graduate with a diploma in human resources. She is ready to begin searching for full-time employment. Sarah has held several part-time, temporary positions while attending high school and college, but this will be her first permanent position. She has taken many courses in human resources as well as a variety of general business, communications, and optional courses. She hopes to find a job with a medium-sized or large firm somewhere in British Columbia, preferably in or near Vancouver, where she has lived since she was born.
-How could Sarah strengthen the Work Experience section of her résumé?

• A)She could describe her work experience using bulleted lists beginning with action verbs.
• B)She could include full addresses for all employers she has listed in her résumé.
• C)She could describe all job duties in detail for the part-time positions she held.
• D)She could omit the dates of her work experience because the jobs she held were temporary and part-time.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Delayed Reinforcement

A technique in conditioning where a reward or punishment is given some time after the desired or undirected behavior occurs, which may slow the learning process.

Immediate Reinforcement

the prompt delivery of a reward or consequence following a behavior, which strengthens the likelihood of the behavior being repeated.

Law Of Effect

A principle of learning proposing that behaviors followed by positive outcomes are likely to be repeated, while those followed by negative outcomes are less likely to be repeated.