Quiz

Quizzes are available to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in each chapter. Click on the quiz below to get started.

1. Which of the following is not a term used to describe ‘new’ forms of career

  1. post-corporate
  2. boundaryless
  3. free-form
  4. coherent

Answer:

d. coherent

2. Which of the following is used to describe careers which require the perpetual ‘reinvention’ of the self in order to maintain employability

  1. Herculean
  2. Protean
  3. Sisyphian
  4. Mercurial

Answer:

b. Protean

3. Which of the following is not typically associated with the ‘traditional’ career

  1. hierarchical progression
  2. continuity
  3. bureaucratic context
  4. lack of structure

Answer:

d. lack of structure

4. Which of the following terms is not used to describe new forms of career

  1. unpredictable
  2. subjective
  3. discontinuous
  4. bounded

Answer:

dbounded

5. Which of the following is not one of Schein’s (1990) eight career anchors

  1. security/stability
  2. geographic mobility
  3. service or dedication to a cause
  4. pure challenge

Answer:

b. geographic mobility