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Home > Library Resources > Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options

Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options

	Author: Diane Sukiennik Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c2001 Description: 6th ed. xx, 282p.: ill. 28 cm ISBN: 0130861006 Location: KCC Library - Reserve Collection (Circulation Desk) Call Number: HF5381 .S914 2001
Subject(s) Vocational guidance. Job hunting. Personality assessment.
Summary User-friendly and realistic, this systematic, step- by-step "cutting-edge" guide to career decision-making provides anyone seeking to change, choose, or confirm career goals with a convenient workbook that will guide them in developing a personalized, doable, take-action plan. Based on the authors' over 30 years of cutting-edge experiences in counseling and career delivery systems, and with research and community feedback, the workbook is focused on today's career realities and economy, and addresses the needs of readers of all ages, backgrounds, and specific circumstances. It is filled with pragmatic discussions, relevant exercises, real-life examples of resources and techniques, Web sites, and various strategies that outline the what, when, and how of all aspects of career planning and development. Uses a holistic approach that follows the standard sequence of career search and decision-making issues—Self-Assessment, The Job Market, Decision Making, and The Job Search. Features up-to-date coverage of hot topics such as multiple-intelligence, the year 2000 and beyond, electronic strategies for the job search and resume writing. For anyone seeking to change, choose, or confirm career goals. Key Benefit: Designed to help readers choose, change, or confirm career choices, this best-selling text/workbook is firmly focused on today's career realities and economy — with sufficient breadth to encourage change and growth for readers of all ages, backgrounds, and specific circumstances. Key Topics: Exceptionally readable and “user-friendly,” it offers a “complete” or “holistic” approach to career development and follows the standard sequence of career search and decision-making issues — Self-Assessment, The Job Market, Decision Making, and The Job Search. Every section is filled with positive — yet pragmatic — discussions, relevant exercises, and real-life examples of resources and techniques.
Table of Contents Preface - xiii About the Author - xv Introduction: On Your Mark ... Get Set ... - xvi PART ONE - PERSONAL ASSESSMENT - 1 01 Taking Stock 3 Personal Assessment 4 Understanding the Difference Between a Job and A Career 6 Overview of Life Stages 8 Choosing and Changing Careers 10 Summary 11 Exercises 13 02 Programming Yourself for Success 19 I Am Building Self-Esteem 20 I Maintain a Positive Outlook 21 I Am Assertive 22 I Have a Sense of Humor 22 I Am Self-Confident 23 I Am Enthusiastic 23 I Use Positive Self-Talk [Affirmations] 24 I Visualize Success 25 I Have a Positive Self-Image 26 I Have Multiple Intelligence's 26 I Learn from Role Models 27 I Initiate Action 28 I Am Persistent 28 I Am Disciplined 29 I Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence 29 I Identify My Goals 30 I Am Self-Reliant and Career Resilient 30 I Am Flexible 30 Summary 31 Exercises 32 03 Values Clarification 39 Defining Your Values 40 Clarifying Your Values 40 Needs and Motivators 42 Finding Balance 43 Role of Leisure 43 Summary 44 Exercises 45 04 Focusing on Your Personality and Interests 53 Exploring Personality 54 Identifying Fields of Interest 59 RIASEC (Holland Interest Environments) 60 Career Clusters 71 Occupational Classification System 71 Summary 71 Exercises 74 05 Skills Assessment 79 Defining Skills 80 Identifying Your Skills 80 Identifying Transferable Skills 91 Your Most Valuable Assets: Your Personality Traits 93 Summary 93 Exercises 94 PART TWO - THE WORLD OF WORK - 101 06 The World and You 101 Societal Influences On Career Choices 104 Striving For Equality in the Workforce 105 The Changing Workplace 109 Trends: The Twenty-First Century 115 Finding Your Place in a Changing World 120 Tables, Facts, and Figures 120 Exercises 127 07 Information Integration 131 Brainstorming Career Options 132 Understanding Career Paths and Common Organizational Divisions 133 Government Employment Opportunities 136 Strategies for Researching Career Options 136 U.S. Department of Labor Publications 140 Employer Directories 140 Other Written Sources of Information 141 Computerized Information Sources 142 Exercises 145 08 Making Decisions 151 Overcoming Barriers to Decision Making 152 Decision-Making Strategies (Good and Bad) 153 Conditions for Change 155 A Decision-Making Model 156 Rational/Linear Decision Making 156 Intuitive Decision Making 156 Goal Setting 158 Stress Management 160 Deciding on a Major 161 Deciding on a Training 161 Deciding on a Change 162 Summary 162 Exercises 163 CHAPTER SUMMARIES Putting It All Together to Reach a Tentative Career Goal - 171 PART THREE - JOB SEARCH STRATEGIES - 181 09 Targeting Your Job Search 183 Designing a Comprehensive Job Search Strategy 183 Your Job Search: Getting Started 186 Starting Your Own Business 190 Franchising 191 Using Career Planning Services 191 Interviewing for Information 192 Networking 196 Job Search While Unemployed 199 Planning for Action 200 Implementing Your Job Search: A Lifelong Venture 202 Summary 205 Exercises 206 10 Preparing a Winning Resume 209 The Resume 210 The Appearance of Your Resume 214 Electronic Resumes 215 Types of Resumes 217 Cover Letter Guidelines 220 Application Forms 221 Summary 223 Exercises 225 11 Interviewing Successfully 249 Before the Interview 250 Interview Guidelines 252 Segments of an Interview 253 Practice Questions 254 How to Handle Illegal Questions 256 Body Language 258 Video Interviewing 260 Learning From the Interview 260 Factors Influencing Hiring 261 If You are Offered the Job 262 If You Do Not Get The Job 265 Exercise 267 12 Future Focus 269 References - 272 Bibliography - 276 Index - 279
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