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What is Your Job Market IQ?
1. What is the average length of time it takes someone to find a job?
a.) 3 weeks
b.) 8 weeks
c.) 12 weeks
d.) 16 weeks
2. In 2006, what percentage of college graduates moved back home after graduation?
a.) 25
b.) 40
c.) 47
d.) 66
3. What percentage of recruiters run searches of candidates on the Web to screen applicants?
a.) 29
b.) 67
c.) 77
d.) 82
4. Employers plan to hire ____% more new college graduates from the class of 2007 than from the class of 2006.
a.) 5
b.) 12.5
c.) 17.4
d.) 23
5. Employers in the _____ expect the biggest increase in hiring.
a.) South
b.) West
c.) Midwest
d.) Northeast
6. ___________ is the major that is number one in demand.
a.) Chemical Engineering
b.) Accounting
c.) Education
d.) Computer Science
7. What do employers rank as most important in a new employee?
a.) Communications skills
b.) GPA
c.) Bilingual skills
d.) Outgoing personality
8. Who is most likely to get a signing bonus?
a.) Civil engineer
b.) Social worker
c.) Librarian
d.) Newspaper reporter
9. What percent of college grad job seekers don’t have a resume yet or say their resume needs help?
a.) 78
b.) 56
c.) 30
d.) 15
10. What percentage of the workforce is looking for a new job this year?
a.) 25
b.) 50
c.) 75
d.) 100
(Statistics for this quiz were compiled from surveys from SHRM, JobWeb, ExecuNet, and Collegegrad.com, and dol.gov)
1. d 2. d 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. a 9. a 10. c
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5-7 points
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