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• Career

  An occupation for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress
• Your Activities


  • List Your Education
  • List Any Awards You've Won and When You Won Them
  • List Your Personal Interests
• How to dress properly during the interview

  Appropriate interview attire and everything fits correctly
• Men's interview attire


  • Suit in a solid color such as navy, black, or dark gray
  • Long-sleeved shirt that is white or color coordinated with the suit
  • Leather belt
  • Tie
  • Dark socks and conservative leather shoes
  • Little or no jewelry
  • Neat, professional hairstyle
  • Limited amount of aftershave
  • Neatly trimmed nails
  • Portfolio or briefcase
• Women's interview attire


  • Suit in navy, black, or dark gray
  • Suit skirt just below or above the knee
  • Coordinated blouse
  • Conservative shoes
  • Limited jewelry
  • No very large dangling earrings or arms full of bracelets
  • No jewelry is better than cheap jewelry
  • Professional hairstyle
  • Light make up and a limited amount of perfume
  • Clean, neatly manicured nails
  • Portfolio or briefcase
• Tips for making the best interview impression

  • Make sure you have appropriate interview attire and everything fits correctly
  • Get your clothes ready the night before, so you don't have to spend time getting them ready the day of the interview
  • If your clothes are dry clean only, take them to the cleaners' right after an interview, so you're prepared for the next interview
  • Be sure to polish your shoes the night before
• What to bring to the interview

  • Interview location/directions
  • Contact name and number for the person you're meeting with
  • Identification
  • Notepad and pen
  • Extra copies of your resume
  • List of three references
  • Work samples (depending on the job)
  • Laptop or tablet to showcase your work (depending on the job)
  • Breath mints with you to use before entering the building
• Discipline


  The force that prompts individuals or groups to observe rules, regulations, standards and procedures deemed necessary for an organization
• Employee discipline


  • A learning that promotes self-control, dedication, and orderly conduct
  • A condition or attitude, prevailing among employees, with respect to rules and regulations in an organization
  • Working, cooperating and behaving in a normal and ordinary way, as any responsible person would expect an employee to do
• Punishment


  Discipline as a condition that must exist for an orderly behavior in the organization
• Types of punishment


  • Oral warnings
  • Written warning
  • Loss of privileges
  • Fines
  • Punitive suspension
  • Withholding of increments
  • Demotion
  • Termination
• Oral warning


  A verbal notification to an employee regarding their unsatisfactory performance, behavior, or violation of workplace policies
• Written warning


  A formal document issued by an employer to an employee, typically following an oral warning or as a first step in a progressive disciplinary process
• Loss of privileges


  Restricting or revoking certain rights or benefits that an individual may have within a specific environment, such as the workplace, educational institution, or community
• The imposition of fines in the workplace is relatively uncommon, and it's crucial to note that employment laws and regulations vary widely across jurisdictions
• Punitive suspension


  The practice of suspending an employee from work as a form of punishment for misconduct, policy violations, or other unacceptable behavior
• Withholding of increments


  The decision by an employer to delay or deny an employee's salary increase, often in response to performance issues, policy violations, or other reasons
• Demotion


  The process of lowering an employee's rank, title, or job responsibilities within an organization
• Termination


  Also known as dismissal or firing, is the involuntary separation of an employee from their job
• John Holland


  • An American psychologist known for his work in personality psychology and career choice theory
  • He developed the Holland Codes, also known as the RIASEC model, which categorizes individuals into six personality types based on their interests and preferences
• RIASEC


  A commonly used test to determine career interests
• RIASEC personality types


  • Realistic
  • Investigative
  • Artistic
  • Social
  • Enterprising
  • Conventional
• Realistic


  Mechanical, hands-on activities or practical tasks, working with mechanical or electric equipment, building things, using tools
• Investigative


  Curious and science-oriented, science, technology, research, investigating or studying natural science
• Artistic


  Creative and artistic, painting, designing, singing, dancing, writing, reading literature, listening to music
• Social


  Service-oriented, teaching, helping, counseling
• Enterprising


  Business-oriented, selling, persuading, directing, influencing, supervising, managing a business
• Conventional


  Highly organized, maintaining orderly files/records, designing systematic procedures