Many college students are more focused on getting a job after graduation than on planning for their careers. Even if you are not currently pursuing your dream job, successfully managing your career requires many career readiness competencies that employers are already looking for, including self-awareness, self-motivation, ownership/accepting responsibility, and openness to change. This activity is important because enhancing these skills will make you a more attractive job candidate in addition to increasing your ability to manage your career.
The goal of this exercise is to challenge your knowledge of tips for managing your career.
1. Angèle breaks her workday into two main chunks. She reserves the first half of the day—the morning, when she is most productive—for activities that are time-consuming, complex, and don't produce any immediate gratification. She then spends the afternoons catching up on emails and other personally satisfying, albeit mindless, work tasks.
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2. Darnell runs into the CEO of his company while attending a conference in another state. Darnell takes the rare one-on-one opportunity to tell the her about the success he and his team have had on a recent company project.
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3. Wesley loves his current job. However, he still views every new project as an opportunity to gain valuable skills that will make him more marketable to other companies.
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4. Esteban treats every interaction at work as a job interview. He wants his coworkers, subordinates, and supervisors to know that he is a dedicated, conscientious, and hard-working person.
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5. Teresa is the VP of Human Resources at her company. Next week she is attending a training to bring her up to speed on the latest in medical marijuana legislation and how it will impact organizational policies in her state.
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6. Luke thinks he is losing ground on the younger workers in his company because he continuously has to ask them for help with technology-related matters. Luke decides to enroll in some seminars on social media management so that he can update his skill set.
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7. In her LinkedIn profile, Reena lists the major projects she has led successfully with her current employer. For each project, she notes the impact that the project had on the organization's financial performance.
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8. Brandy is offered an interview for her dream job. She spends several days emailing back and forth with the interviewer's administrative assistant to get things set up. The assistant is impressed by his interactions with Brandy because she is prompt and respectful in her responses to him. He passes this information along to his boss.
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9. Monique is quitting her job and moving to another state because her partner was offered a tremendous job there. Monique is excited about the opportunity to recharge and refocus her own career.
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10. Khalil researches the norms for attire at each company he plans to interview with. This way he can be certain to dress according to specific organizational expectations.
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Make every day count
Stay informed and network
Promote yourself
Roll with change and disruption
Small things matter during interviews

Answer:

1. Angèle ⇒ Make everyday count

She tries to get as much done as possible in the day.

2. Darnell ⇒ Promote yourself

Darnell promotes the work that he and his team has done to a higher ranking person, his CEO.

3. Wesley ⇒ Roll with change and disruption

Wesley is fine with being in his current job or going to another one (change).

4. Esteban ⇒ Promote yourself

He wants everyone to think highly of him and so is promoting himself.

5. Teresa ⇒ Stay informed

Teresa is keeping abreast of information in marijuana legislation.

6. Luke ⇒ Stay informed

Luke is trying to stay informed with technological innovation.

7. Reena ⇒ Promote yourself.

Reena is promoting herself and her achievements on social media.

8. Brandy ⇒ Small things matter during interviews

Her respect for professional etiquette in responding to the interview assistant was a small thing that is likely to go a long way to helping her pass the interview.

9. Monique ⇒ Roll with change and disruption

Her life has been changed and disrupted by this move yet she is excited and looking forward to it. She is rolling with change.

10. Khalil ⇒ Small things matter during interviews

Khalil is trying to dress appropriately for the interview. He is taking an interest in the company's aesthetic values which shows he is paying attention to detail - the smaller things.

Dos Amugus Company has income from continuing operations of $621,000 (after tax) for the year ended December 31, 2020. It also has the following items (before considering income taxes): (1) An unrealized loss of $120,000 available-for-sale-securities. (2) A gain of $60,000 on the discontinuance of a major component. (3) A cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle that resulted in an increase in prior years' depreciation of $50,000. Assume all items are subject to income taxes at a 30% tax rate. Prepare an income statement, beginning with income from continuing operations. DOS AMUGUS COMPANY Partial Statement of Comprehensive Income For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Missouri River Supply Co. sells canoes, kayaks, whitewater rafts, and other boating supplies. During the taking of its physical inventory on December 31, 20Y2, Missouri River Supply incorrectly counted its inventory as $233,400 instead of the correct amount of $238,600. Enter all amounts as positive numbers. a. State the effect of the error on the December 31, 20Y2, balance sheet of Missouri River Supply. Balance Sheet Items Understated/Overstated Amount Merchandise Inventory $fill in the blank 2 Current Assets fill in the blank 4 Total Assets fill in the blank 6 Owner's Equity fill in the blank 8 b. State the effect of the error on the income statement of Missouri River Supply for the year ended December 31, 20Y2. Income Statement Items Overstated/Understated Amount Cost of Merchandise Sold $fill in the blank 10 Gross Profit fill in the blank 12 Net Income fill in the blank 14 c. If uncorrected, what would be the effect of the error on the 20Y3 income statement

A company's Cash account shows an ending balance of $4,600. Reconciling items included a bookkeeper error of $105 (a $525 check recorded as $630), two outstanding checks totaling $830, a service charge of $20, a deposit in transit of $260, and interest revenue of $33. What is the adjusted book balance

An ______ in the interest rate (r), ceteris paribus, will cause planned investment to ______.

One way to support the domestic marketing campaign is through industry participation. List three other pillars of this campaign.​

Reform Traders current net operating income is $16,800 and its average operating assets are $90,000. The company's required rate of return is 15%. A new project being considered would require an investment of $28,000 and would generate annual net operating income of $3,100. What is the residual income of the new project

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Waldo Company has been approached about providing a new service to its clients. The company will bill clients $160 per hour; the related hourly variable and fixed operating costs will be $70 and $24, respectively. If all employees are currently working at full capacity on other client matters, the per-hour opportunity cost of being unable to provide this new service is:

A manager has up to $190,000 available to invest in new construction equipment for the company. The manager must purchase a new dump truck and does not have a need for a second dump truck. The dumping trailer can only be purchased along with a dump truck. From the following list of possible equipment, identify all of the mutually exclusive alternatives and identify which of the alternatives are not acceptable.

No. Description Cost ($)
1 Loader 125,000
2 Dump Truck 170,000
3 Dump Truck 265,000
4 Dumping Trailer for the Dump Truck 25,000

Metlock Mining Company purchased land on February 1, 2020, at a cost of $1,101,100. It estimated that a total of 58,200 tons of mineral was available for mining. After it has removed all the natural resources, the company will be required to restore the property to its previous state because of strict environmental protection laws. It estimates the fair value of this restoration obligation at $112,500. It believes it will be able to sell the property afterwards for $125,000. It incurred developmental costs of $250,000 before it was able to do any mining. In 2020, resources removed totaled 29,100 tons. The company sold 21,340 tons.
Compute the following information for 2020.
(a) Per unit mineral cost: _______
(b) Total material cost of December 31, 2020, inventory:_______
(c) Total material cost in cost of goods sold at December 31, 2020:_______

Huron has provided the following year-end balances: Cash, $29,000 Patents, $7,400 Accounts receivable, $9,400 Property, plant, and equipment, $98,400 Prepaid insurance, $4,100 Accumulated depreciation, $15,000 Inventory, $39,000 Retained earnings, 15,500 Trademarks, $13,100 Accounts payable, $8,000 Goodwill, $16,000 How much are Huron's current assets

Metlock Windows manufactures and sells custom storm windows for three-season porches. Metlock also provides installation service for the windows. The installation process does not involve changes in the windows, so this service can be performed by other vendors. Metlock enters into the following contract on July 1, 2020, with a local homeowner. The customer purchases windows for a price of $2,280 and chooses Metlock to do the installation. Metlock charges the same price for the windows irrespective of whether it does the installation or not. The installation service is estimated to have a standalone selling price of $630. The customer pays Metlock $1,980 (which equals the standalone selling price of the windows, which have a cost of $1,140) upon delivery and the remaining balance upon installation of the windows. The windows are delivered on September 1, 2020, Metlock completes installation on October 15, 2020, and the customer pays the balance due.

Required:
Prepare the journal entries for Geraths in 2020.

Using property she inherited, Lei makes a 2020 gift of $16,200,000 to her adult daughter, Doris. Neither Lei nor her husband, Greg, has made any prior taxable gifts. Assuming that a flat 40% tax rate applies, determine the Federal gift tax liability if (a) the election to split gifts is not made and (b) the election to split gifts is made. (c) What are the tax savings from making the election

Qu. 10-150 (Algo) Majer Corporation makes a product with ... Majer Corporation makes a product with the following standard costs: Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost Per Unit Direct materials 6.4 ounces $ 2.00 per ounce $ 12.80 Direct labor 0.5 hours $ 15.00 per hour $ 7.50 Variable overhead 0.5 hours $ 2.00 per hour $ 1.00 The company reported the following results concerning this product in February. Originally budgeted output 5,100 units Actual output 6,000 units Raw materials used in production 33,400 ounces Actual direct labor-hours 1,860 hours Purchases of raw materials 35,800 ounces Actual price of raw materials $ 47.10 per ounce Actual direct labor rate $ 37.60 per hour Actual variable overhead rate $ 5.60 per hour The company applies variable overhead on the basis of direct labor-hours. The direct materials purchases variance is computed when the materials are purchased. The materials quantity variance for February is:

The sales volume variance is the difference between the: A. static budget (based on planned volume) and actual revenue or cost. B. flexible budget (based on actual volume) and actual revenue or cost. C. static budget (based on actual volume) and the flexible budget (based on planned volume). D. static budget (based on planned volume) and the flexible budget (based on actual volume).

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Using the MyFico.com website (learn about scores), research what is in My Score and produce a poster or presentation on how a FICO score breaks down and what that means to the consumer.

Midwest Mfg. uses a balanced scorecard as part of its performance evaluation. The company wants to include information on its sustainability efforts in its balanced scorecard. For each of the sustainability items below, indicate the most likely balanced scorecard perspective it relates to. Label your answers using C (customer), P (internal process), I (innovation and learning), or F (financial). ____________
1. CO2 emissions ____________
2. Number of solar panels installed ____________
3. Gallons of water used ____________
4. Customer surveys of company s sustainability reputation ____________
5. Pounds of recyclable packaging used ____________
6. Pounds of trash diverted from landfill ____________
7. Dollar sales of green products ____________
8. Number of sustainability training workshops held ____________
9. Cubic feet of natural gas used ____________
10. Patents for green products applied for

On May 3, 2020, Cheyenne Company consigned 90 freezers, costing $480 each, to Remmers Company. The cost of shipping the freezers amounted to $850 and was paid by Cheyenne Company. On December 30, 2020, a report was received from the consignee, indicating that 45 freezers had been sold for $780 each. Remittance was made by the consignee for the amount due after deducting a commission of 6%, advertising of $210, and total installation costs of $330 on the freezers sold.
(Round answers to 0 decimal places, e.g. 5,275.)
(a) Compute the inventory value of the units unsold in the hands of the consignee.
Inventory value
$enter the inventory value in dollars
(b) Compute the profit for the consignor for the units sold.
Profit on consignment sales
$enter the profit on consignment sales in dollars
(c) Compute the amount of cash that will be remitted by the consignee.
Remittance from consignee

The following information relating to a company's overhead costs is available. Actual total variable overhead $ 75,000 Actual total fixed overhead $ 14,000 Budgeted variable overhead rate per machine hour $ 2.50 Budgeted total fixed overhead $ 15,000 Budgeted machine hours allowed for actual output 32,000 Based on this information, the total variable overhead variance is:

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The following credit sales are budgeted by Sunland Company: January $274000 February 350000 March 470000 April 360000 The company's past experience indicates that 70% of the accounts receivable are collected in the month of sale, 20% in the month following the sale, and 8% in the second month following the sale. The anticipated cash inflow for the month of April is

A company started the year with the following: Assets $104,000; Liabilities $34,000; Common Stock $64,000; Retained Earnings $6,000. During the year, the company earned revenue of $5,400, all of which was received in cash, and incurred expenses of $3,200, all of which were unpaid as of the end of the year. In addition, the company paid dividends of $1,400 to owners. Assume no other activities occurred during the year. What was the amount of net income for the year?
a. $3,200.
b. $2,200.
c. $1,400.
d. $5,400.

Flax Co. acquired 80% percent of the voting common stock of Levinson Corp. on January 1, 2021. During the year, Flax made sales of inventory to Levinson. The inventory cost Flax $275,000 and was sold to Levinson for $420,000. Levinson held $84,000 of the goods in its inventory at the end of the year. The amount of intra-entity gross profit for which recognition is deferred, and should therefore be eliminated in the consolidation process at the end of 2021, is: Multiple Choice $23,200. $67,200. $145,000. $116,000. $29,000.

Please select the proper term in each of the descriptions. Because of the existence of certain types of market failure, employers can still engage in and not necessarily lose profits. As an individual allocates their time, they face a trade-off between and work. Employers have some control over and adjust them in order to compensate for the danger or unpleasantness of a job and help contribute to certain types of market failure. Not all markets are perfectly competitive, due to the presence of , which advocates for better salaries and working conditions on behalf of their members.

What is the present value of 4360 to be received at the beginning of each of 30 periods discounted at 5% compound interest

FIFO Method, Equivalent Units, Unit Cost, Multiple Departments
Fordman Company has a product that passes through two processes: Grinding and Polishing. During December, the Grinding Department transferred 20,000 units to the Polishing Department. The cost of the units transferred into the second department was $40,000. Direct materials are added uniformly in the second process. Units are measured the same way in both departments. The second department (Polishing) had the following physical flow schedule for December:
Units to account for:
Units, beginning work in process 4,000 (40% complete)
Units started ?
Total units to account for: ?
Units accounted for:
Units, ending work in process 8,000 (50% complete)
Units completed ?
Units accounted for ?
1-a. Prepare a schedule of equivalent units.
1-b.Compute the unit cost for the month of December.

The Tree Company provides the following standard cost data per unit of product: Variable overhead $ 8.00 Tree Co. anticipated that they would produce and sell 24,000 units. During the period, the company produced and sold 25,000 units, incurring $210,000 of variable overhead costs. The variable overhead flexible budget variance was: A. $8,000 unfavorable. B. $10,000 unfavorable. C. $8,000 favorable. D. $10,000 favorable.

Pension Plan Entries Yuri Co. operates a chain of gift shops. The company maintains a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The plan requires quarterly installments to be paid to the funding agent, Whims Funds, by the fifteenth of the month following the end of each quarter. Assume that the pension cost is $157,100 for the quarter ended December 31.
Journalize the entry to record the accrued pension liability on December 31.

Project Droid has a net present value of $45,000 and has an initial investment of $180,000. Project Clone has a net present value of $8,000 and has an initial investment of $30,000. The projects are proposals for increasing revenue and are mutually exclusive. The firm should accept... Only Project Clone should be accepted Only Project Droid should be accepted Neither Project should be accepted Both Project Clone and Project Droid should be accepted

Clark's Chemical Company received refundable deposits on returnable containers in the amount of $102,000 during 2021. Thirteen percent of the containers were not returned. The deposits are based on the container cost marked up 35%. What is cost of goods sold relative to this forfeiture