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Career Adventure, The: Your Guide to Personal Assessment, Career Exploration, and Decision Making

by: Johnston, Susan M.

Career Adventure, The: Your Guide to Personal Assessment, Career Exploration, and Decision Making

by: Johnston, Susan M.

ISBN 13:
9780130938336
ISBN 10:
0130938335
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
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A career guidance workbook, focusing on personal assessment, career exploration, and decision making. Features a companion Web site with links, career advice, student bulletin boards, and other helpful utilities. Culminates in a complete model of career planning. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. DLC: Vocational guidance.

Preface

About the Author

xii

Introduction

xiii

PART I SELF-ASSESSMENT

Learning About Yourself

(2)

Creating Your Dream

(4)

Who are You? Who Would You Like to Be?

(4)

Discovering Yourself

(40)

Motivations, Life Stages, and Values

(1)

Motivations: What Drives You?

(4)

Maslow's Pyramid

(1)

Life Stages: Where Do You Fit?

(2)

Your Current Life Stage

(1)

Values: How Well do You Know Yourself?

(3)

Distinguishing Your Values

(1)

Katie's Story

(3)

Pulling It all Together

(1)

A Look Back

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

(2)

Continuing Your Self-Discovery

Skills, Personality, and Interests

(1)

Abilities/Skills: Were You Born With Them? Can You Learn Them?

(3)

Acknowledge Your Abilities, Value Your Skills

(1)

Transferable Skills

(2)

Your Transferable Skills

(2)

Are You Ready for the Workplace of the Future?

(3)

On-the-Job Know-how

(1)

What Makes Your Personality Unique?

(9)

Identifying Your Type

(4)

A Glimpse in the Mirror

(2)

Love-Hate Between Types

(1)

What do you Enjoy Doing?

(3)

Assessing Your Interests

(2)

Li's Story

(2)

Pulling It All Together

(1)

A Look Back

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

(1)

PART II CAREER EXPLORATION

Learining About the World of Work

(2)

Exploring the World of Work

(42)

How Can Uncle Sam Help?

(1)

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)

(3)

Finding Your Way Around the DOT

(1)

The Guide for Occupational Exploration (GOE)

(3)

Family of Jobs

(2)

The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

(5)

Putting Predictions in Perspective

(1)

What is Computer-Assisted Career Guidance?

(1)

Using Information Technology in Your Career Search

(4)

Which way to Your College Career Center?

(1)

What's the Big Picture?

(3)

Mitch's Story

(1)

Pulling it all Together

(1)

A Look Back

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

(1)

Networking

Establishing Contacts and Support

(1)

Identifying Your Existing Network

(2)

Your ``FOY Club''

(2)

Expanding Your Network

(2)

Develop Contacts

(1)

Information Networking

(1)

Arranging Your Network Meeting

(3)

Practice Your Telephone Style

(1)

Preparing for Your Network Meeting

(1)

Following Up

(1)

Finding Mentors and Sponsors

(1)

Job Shadowing

(2)

Elizabeth's Story

(2)

Pulling It All Together

(1)

A Look Back

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

(2)

Decision Making and Goal Setting

(16)

Decision-Making Styles

(1)

Decision-Making Technique

(1)

What are Your Priorities? What are Your Options?

(1)

Career Option Checklist

(1)

What are Your Goals?

(1)

Your Long-Term Goal

(1)

What's Next?

(2)

Fact Finding

(2)

The One-Year Plan of Action

(1)

Setting Short-Term Goals

(1)

Consolidating Your Resources

(1)

Dealing With Uncertainty: Affirmations

(2)

Positive Self-Talk

(1)

Charlie's Story

(1)

Pulling It All Together

100

(1)

A Look Back

100

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

101

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

101

(2)

PART III THE JOB CAMPAIGN

Organizing Your Search

103

(2)

Designing Your Resume and Cover Letters

105

(34)

Conveying Who You are

105

(1)

There's no Such Thing as A ``Sure-Fire'' Resume

106

(1)

Resume Styles

106

(5)

Which Style is Right for You?

111

(1)

Developing Content for Your Resume

112

(1)

Finding Parallel Skills

113

(1)

Components of a Resume

113

(10)

A Practice Summary Statement

115

(2)

Highlighting Your Skills

117

(2)

Showcasing Your Work Experience

119

(3)

The Whole You

122

(1)

Appearance, Format, and Electronic Distribution

123

(1)

The Steps in Finding a Job

124

(1)

The Cover Letter

125

(3)

Writing a Persuasive Cover Letter

125

(3)

Job Applications

128

(4)

A Practice Application

130

(2)

Russell's Story

132

(4)

Pulling It all Together

134

(2)

A Look Back

136

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

137

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

137

(2)

Interviewing with Confidence

139

(18)

Preparing Yourself to Interview

139

(1)

The Dynamics of Interviewing

140

(1)

Aspects of the Interview you Control

141

(10)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall...

143

(2)

Telling, Not Bragging

145

(1)

Sample Interview Questions

146

(3)

How Am I Acting?

149

(1)

Prepare Your Questions

150

(1)

Electronic Interviewing

151

(1)

Keep Your Focus

151

(1)

Visualize Your Success

152

(1)

Your Interview Goals

152

(1)

Jaime's Story

153

(2)

Pulling It All Together

155

(1)

A Look Back

155

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

156

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

156

(1)

Developing Job Leads

157

(16)

The Hidden Job Market

157

(1)

Alerting Your Network

158

(2)

Enlist Your Network's Support

159

(1)

Accepting Support

160

(1)

Marketing Yourself

160

(2)

Using the Internet

162

(4)

Enlarging Your Network

166

(2)

Generating Interviews

167

(1)

Be Organized and Persistent

168

(1)

The Mini-Campaign

169

(1)

Being a Resource to Someone Else

169

(1)

Scott's Story

170

(1)

Pulling It All Together

171

(1)

A Look Back

171

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

172

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

172

(1)

Trying Out a Career

173

(12)

``Is This Right for Me?''

173

(6)

Sampling Careers

174

(1)

Learning from Your Community

175

(1)

Acquiring Hands-On Experience

176

(2)

Finding a Setting to Hone Your Skills

178

(1)

Long-Term Survival

179

(3)

Pulling It All Together

181

(1)

Teri's Story

182

(1)

A Look Back

183

(1)

Other Sources and Suggested Reading

183

(1)

Web Sites and Internet Resources

183

(2)

Continuing Your Adventure

185

(4)

Understanding Your Employer's Expectations

185

(2)

The Real World: Beyond 2000

187

(1)

Wiggling Around

188

(1)

Your Career: A Work ``In Process''

188

(1)

Appendix 1 Sample Resumes and Cover Letters

189

(6)

Appendix 2 Additional Resources

195

(4)

References

199

(6)

Index

205

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0130938335

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