Successful Placement Post-test

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F) in the space provided.

____1.        One in four Americans between the ages of 65 and 69 has at least a part-time job and 80 percent of the baby boom generation wants to continue to work past age 65.

____2.        The employment of individuals with significant disabilities has improved but the employment of older consumers has not followed suit.

____3.        Individuals who are 65 and older must watch their earnings so they will not exceed the earnings limitation.

____4.        Decreased financial security and of diminished opportunities for productive activity are major problems for older persons who lose their vision.

____5.        The counselor’s role in the placement of older consumers is to point them in the right direction and check on them periodically to see how they are doing.

____6.        Older workers use sick leave on average less than do younger workers.

____ 7.       Older workers are generally more expensive to place than are younger persons.

____8.        Some recommendations for accommodating older persons in a work situation include:  job sharing, flex schedules, part time work, self-employment.

____9.        One of the selling points a counselor can use to place older workers with employers is that they are “cheap labor.”

____10.      Monster.com is a search engine which helps one locate scary movies.

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