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The only book you will need to prepare for choosing a career and securing employment, Career Patterns is a fun-filled path from self-discovery to employability. If you are looking for satisfying employment, you will appreciate the practical strategies and techniques-such as creating a career kaleidoscope, communicating your value to employers, converting experience into dynamic resumes, expanding your network, and leveraging technology to uncover the hidden job market. Career Patterns spearheads a unique approach to career planning that recognizes the need for people to learn, evolve, and keep pace with a changing economy. This groundbreaking work: bull; bull;Engages students with hands-on/minds-on activities that unlock career passions bull;Offers a process that allows students to "try on" a career option and "wear it" into the future bull;Addresses workplace realities and is relevant for students facing the challenges of today's work world Valuable instructor resources include: bull; bull;Instructor's manual, which serves as a course wizard for developing a high-energy classroom bull;On-line PowerPoint presentations for each chapter bull;Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/harris-tuck) with links to career resources, additional readings, and student activities

Liz Harris-Tuck. After 15 years as a successful entrepreneur, Liz Harris-Tuck changed careers. She now expresses her personal interests as a career counselor, seminar presenter, and workshop facilitator. Assisting students, young adults, and mid-careerists from all walks of life, Liz understands their concerns. Since 1986, Liz has been affiliated with the Maricopa Community College District. She directed Scottsdale Community College's Office of Career Planning and Placement and currently teaches career planning courses.

Annette Price combines organizational expertise and teaching experience to prepare people for future success. As an internal consultant for a large organization, she conducts career development workshops, presents seminars on career planning, and counsels employees regarding career decisions. She led a team that created a career website to help employees prepare for the future needs of the organization. Annette has taught career exploration courses for the Maricopa Community College District for the past 13 years. Her students include young adults, reentry students, and mid-career changers.

Marilee Robertson brings real-world experience—corporate, business, and entrepreneurial expertise—to career planning. For the last 20 years, she has assisted college students, downsized employees, women reentering the job market, corporate managers, and executives to explore career options and successfully gain new employment. Marilee has provided outplacement services to a variety of industries, from coal mining to health care. As president of Interactive Training Designs, she consults with organizations to develop training solutions and designs interactive training for employees and managers.

1. New Perspectives—Understanding the World of Work.
2. Careers—Thinking in New Ways.
3. Discovering Your Values—Finding Meaning.
4. Discovering Your Interests—Creating Career Possibilities.
5. Creating Future Possibilities—Researching Careers.
6. Learning—A Lifelong Investment.
7. Communicating Your Value—Marketing You.
8. Getting Noticed—Writing a Resume that Counts.
9. Developing Relationships—Creating a Professional Network.
10. Organizing Your Work Search—Finding Meaningful Work.

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We want to know how our personal dreams and aspirations will coincide with the current and future work world. Making career decisions and planning our work lives can help us visualize our niche in the world. Thoughtful planning can help guide and direct our actions, increase self-confidence, and add a sense of purpose to our lives.Our intent in writing this text is to introduce students to new ways of thinking about career planning and to provide proven tools to help them turn their career dreams into reality. Throughout the text, we examine changing trends in the workplace and encourage students to anticipate and prepare for continuous change. We believe the right question for people making career choices is "What needs doing?" This is a bigger and more important question than "What do I want to be?" Seeking an answer to this question keeps your career on track with your personal development and with the evolving changes in the workplace. Discovering what needs to be done is the foundation for career resiliency and lifetime employability.Students today want to make sense out of an uncertain world. Building on our premise that learning about the workplace is just as important as learning about oneself, this new edition emphasizes career management strategies critical for finding and keeping work today. Our marketing-based work search techniques help readers tune in to the marketplace and get results. We have added new information about trends, more Real-Life Perspectives, and tips for success once you've landed your clew job.Resources available for the instructor include an instructor's manual and a downloadable PowerPoint presentation. Resources for students include our Companion Website, which can be accessed through www.prenhall.com/harris-tuck . This site enhances the text by providing new ideas and useful links.

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Career Patterns A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities

Career Patterns A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities

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