Which of the Following Is the Best Way to Handle

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best way to handle the situation when all your work experience is in your family's business?

• A) List your family members as references, but in your letter of application stress that they were just as hard on you as they would have been if you had not been related.
• B) Do not list the name of the company if it contains your family name.
• C) List the company you worked for on the résumé; name as a reference a supervisor, client, or vendor who can talk knowledgeably about your work; and be prepared to answer questions about why you are now leaving the company.
• D) Proceed as you would even if you were not related since it does not matter that you worked with relatives.
• E) Do not mention that the company you worked for was a family business.

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Stages

A theory by Freud describing the stages of a child's development from birth to adulthood, through which sexual energy (libido) is focused on different erogenous zones.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who is known for founding psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development and his theory of cognitive development stages.

Vygotsky

A Russian psychologist, Lev Vygotsky, known for his work on the social development theory which emphasizes the fundamental role of social interaction in the development of cognition.