One of Your First Steps in Preparing to Seek Employment

question 99

Multiple Choice

One of your first steps in preparing to seek employment should be to

• A) write the story of you, including the things you are passionate about, your abilities, and so forth.
• B) call some potential employers and ask for interviews.
• C) visit promising businesses and ask if they have any openings.
• D) come to terms with the fact that you will have little to no control over where you end up.
• E) forget everything you've been told about how to get a job-the market is tougher than ever.

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Definitions:

Iconic Memory

A type of visual sensory memory that preserves an image of a visual stimulus for a brief period after the stimulus is removed.

Mental Visualization

The process of creating or re-creating images, scenarios, or elements within the mind without direct input from the external senses.

Working Memory

A cognitive system with a limited capacity that is responsible for temporarily holding information available for processing and manipulation.

Explicit Memory

Retention of facts and experiences that we can consciously know and “declare.” (Also called declarative memory.)