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Career Development Intervention
Questions and Correct Answers
Working collaboratively and effectively with clients requires career counselors to
possess advanced multicultural competencies.
Ans✅✅: True
In 2014, the median number of years that workers had been with their current
employers was 4.6 years. (4.7 for men and 4.5 for women)
Ans✅✅: True
Today's workers operate in a global economy, which is described as
"flattening" of access and opportunity and it has a major impact on the nature
of work around the world which has lead to a more level economic playing field.
What lead to this advancement?
Ans✅✅: technological advancements
What are some positive outcomes from globalization?"
Ans✅✅: 1. improves the receiving countries economy and standard of
living
2. workers have greater working opportunities
3. outsourcing countries benefit from lower labor costs
4. consumers benefit from competition- as companies lower prices
What are some negatives from globalization?
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Ans✅✅: 1. Manufacture workers and some white-collar workers have
fewer job opportunities in nations where work has been outsourced
2. increased exploitations of workers in developing countries
3. increase in inequality and discrimination- widening the gap between
the have and have-nots
4. safety standards are often ignored
5. many countries lack child labor laws and workers often work in
inhumane conditions
6. lack of environmental regulations
7. increased human trafficking
8. multinational companies have become influential in local politics and
influence legislation - business friendly vs. employee friendly
How many more hours per year do Americans workers work than Japanese
workers?
Ans✅✅: 137 more hours per year
How did early Christianity impact work in the US?
Ans✅✅: Early Christians viewed work as providing an opportunity to
help the less fortunate and share the fruits of their labor. There was
the notion that "idleness is akin to sinfulness." In the Middle Ages,
work was viewed as appropriate for all people as a means for spiritual
purification.
How did Martin Luther view work?
Ans✅✅: He viewed work as a way to serve God. All work had equal
spiritual value as long as you did your best.
Pretest - Stuvia US
Career Development Intervention
Questions and Correct Answers
Working collaboratively and effectively with clients requires career counselors to
possess advanced multicultural competencies.
Ans✅✅: True
In 2014, the median number of years that workers had been with their current
employers was 4.6 years. (4.7 for men and 4.5 for women)
Ans✅✅: True
Today's workers operate in a global economy, which is described as
"flattening" of access and opportunity and it has a major impact on the nature
of work around the world which has lead to a more level economic playing field.
What lead to this advancement?
Ans✅✅: technological advancements
What are some positive outcomes from globalization?"
Ans✅✅: 1. improves the receiving countries economy and standard of
living
2. workers have greater working opportunities
3. outsourcing countries benefit from lower labor costs
4. consumers benefit from competition- as companies lower prices
What are some negatives from globalization?
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
Ans✅✅: 1. Manufacture workers and some white-collar workers have
fewer job opportunities in nations where work has been outsourced
2. increased exploitations of workers in developing countries
3. increase in inequality and discrimination- widening the gap between
the have and have-nots
4. safety standards are often ignored
5. many countries lack child labor laws and workers often work in
inhumane conditions
6. lack of environmental regulations
7. increased human trafficking
8. multinational companies have become influential in local politics and
influence legislation - business friendly vs. employee friendly
How many more hours per year do Americans workers work than Japanese
workers?
Ans✅✅: 137 more hours per year
How did early Christianity impact work in the US?
Ans✅✅: Early Christians viewed work as providing an opportunity to
help the less fortunate and share the fruits of their labor. There was
the notion that "idleness is akin to sinfulness." In the Middle Ages,
work was viewed as appropriate for all people as a means for spiritual
purification.
How did Martin Luther view work?
Ans✅✅: He viewed work as a way to serve God. All work had equal
spiritual value as long as you did your best.
Pretest - Stuvia US
