8.5 Key Terms
Key Terms
- Interests: Your likes and dislikes. 8.1
- Values: The facets of your workplace experience that bring you enjoyment and workplace satisfaction. 8.1
- Skills: The learned abilities that will assist your job performance. 8.1
- Accomplishments: Your workplace successes. 8.1
- STAR Method: An acronym of Situation, Task, Action, Result that outlines necessary points to cover in a response to a situational question. 8.2
- Accomplishment Statement: A condensed response to a situational question outlining your successes in that situation. 8.2
- The Hidden Job Market: The portion of available job positions that are not publicly advertised and only available to candidates who are networked into the positions. 8.3
- Elevator Pitch: A statement that summarizes your goals, talents, and other distinguishing traits as a candidate. 8.3
- Careerpreneur: The mindset of treating your career path as a business rather than a result of repeated happenstances. 8.4
