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Investigating Your Career

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Would you like a text that gives you the opportunity to direct your attention toward an area of interest that might develop into a career path and helps you identify educational course offerings related to your career choices? INVESTIGATING YOUR CAREER, 3rd Edition has been revised to include social networking, personal finance, blog activities, math and financial information, and additional coverage on the 16 Career Clusters, making it the perfect solution. This career exploration text uniquely focuses on your individual PATH to success: your Passions, Attitude, Talents, and Heart, as career possibilities are explored. You will learn critical success skills such as how to budget your money, the value and misuse of credit, and how to manage your time. Focusing education on the future, the U.S. Office of Education has grouped careers into 16 clusters based on similar job characteristics. Every chapter in INVESTIGATING YOUR CAREER, 3E includes detailed information on a career cluster allowing you to learn about the various career options available. The career cluster approach makes it easier to understand the relevance of your required courses.

Table of Contents:
Part 1: PREPARATION. 1. Preparing Your Path for Success. Career Expectations. Your P*A*T*H to Success. Planning for Career Success. 2. Discovering Career Choice Influences. People. Values. Web Influences. 3. Understanding Yourself. Career Development. Learning About Yourself. Informal Assessments. 4. Looking into the Future. Futurecasting. Workplace Trends. Working Differently. Part 2: FOCUS. 5. Planning Your Internal Career Design. Start the Plan Now. Career Decisions. Creating Your Internal Career Design. 6. Setting Goals. Self-Motivation. Action Plans. Time Management. 7. Understanding Finances. Finances 101. Financial Planning. Preparing for the Future. Part 3: DECISIONS. 8. Considering Career Preparation Choices. Finding the Right Path. Education and Training: High School Options. Education and Training Options Beyond High School. Planning Your Career Preparation Path. 9. Going From Here to Your Career. Career Preparation Path. Education/Training Path. Career Plan Implementation. Part 4: CAREER READINESS. 10. Searching for a Job. Personal Career Goals and the Job Market. The Job Search and Possible Pitfalls. Narrowing the Focus. 11. Applying for a Job. Personal Fact Sheet and Resumes. Job Applications and Pre-employment Tests. References and Cover Letters. 12. Interviewing for a Job. The Interview Process and Preparation. The Interview. After the Interview. Part 5: TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE. 13. Succeeding in a Career. What Employers Want. Adjusting to the Workplace. Growth in the Workplace. 14. Understanding the Workplace. Employment Laws. Employment Forms. Employment Types and Employer Expectations.

About the Author :
Dr. Tena B. Crews is a Professor of Integrated Information Technology (IIT) at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. She is also the Director of Online Learning and Development for the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management at the University of South Carolina (USC). She previously served the Director of Business Education at USC and as an Associate Director of Technology Pedagogy at the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). She is the author of the Fundamentals of Insurance adopted by many secondary and post-secondary schools. She has served on numerous executive boards for state, regional, national and international professional organizations. She has won several awards for her teaching and research and continues to teach in both the face-to-face classroom and online. Ann Jordan has served as the Career Development Manager for the Great Oaks Institute of Technology & Career Development, where she supervised the K-12 Career Development program. In this capacity, she oversaw career development programs for over 115,000 K-12 students across 36 school districts. Currently, Ann works as a career development consultant for various organizations and school districts in Southwest Ohio. Ann is the co-author of Communicating for Success and Discovering Your Career.

Review :
Part I: PREPARATION. 1. Preparing Your Path for Success. Career Expectations/Job-Occupation-Career. Your P*A*T*H to Success. Planning for Career Success. 2. Discovering Career Choice Influences. People. Values & Environment. Social Media. 3. Understanding Yourself. Career Development Process. Learning About Yourself. Informal Assessments. 4. Looking into the Future. Futurecasting. Studying Workplace Trends. Working Differently. Part II: FOCUS. 5. Planning Your Internal Career Design. Starting Your Planning Now/Decision-Making Process. Career Decisions. Creating Internal Career Design. 6. Setting Goals. Reaching Goals with Self-motivation. Action Plans. Time Management. 7. Understanding Finances. Finances. Financial Planning. Preparing for the Future. Part III: DECISIONS. 8. Considering Career Preparation Choices. Finding & Planning the Right Path. Education and Training Choices. Education and Training Choices. 9. Going From Here to Your Career. Career Prep Path. Education and Training Path. Career Plan Implementation. Part IV: CAREER READINESS. 10. Searching for a Job. Setting Job Search Goals and Researching the Job Market. Managing the Job Search. Narrowing the Focus. 11. Applying for a Job. Personal Fact Sheet and Resume. Job Applications and Pre-employment Tests. References and Cover Letters. 12. Interviewing for a Job. Interview Process and Prep. Interview. After the Interview. Part V: TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE. 13. Succeeding in a Career. What Employers Want:Put Your Values Forward and Bullying Aside. Adjusting to the Workplace. Growth in the Workplace. 14. Understanding the Workplace. Employment Laws. Employment Forms. Types of Employment.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781111575502
  • Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: South Western Educational Publishing
  • Height: 284 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 220 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1111575509
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1080 gr


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