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This text is for undergraduate courses in Career Development or Career Planning. The fourth edition of Building Your Career actively engages students in a new career decision-making model that involves reflecting, exploring, deciding and preparing for their immediate and long-term futures.Students progress through a process that uses the Internet and other hands-on activities to discover how their interests and strengths are compatible with the possible occupational and educational alternatives that they identify. Students also learn how to mount a job search and determine their readiness for the changing work world and the skills needed to succeed in the jobs of tomorrow. Instructors will find the process outlined in this book easily facilitates how they organize and develop their course. Supplemental materials and local information can be added to enhance the learning experience.
Contents
PrefaceONE AM I READY? (Reflecting)Why Do I Need to Plan?1.1 Personal FactorsWhy Do People Work?1.2 My Concept of WorkHow Do Educational Decisions Influence Career Choices?1.3 How Decided Are You about a College Major?What Are Some Barriers to Career Choice?1.4 Overcoming BarriersWhere Do I Start? The Career Choice Process1.5 My Career-and-Life Planning ChecklistCase Studies: REFLECTING Summary ChecklistMy Personal Characteristics Personality and Career Choices2.1 Holland's Personality TypesIdentifying My Interests2.2 Assessing My InterestsIdentifying My Values2.3 Assessing My Work ValuesIdentifying My Skills2.4 My Skill Profile Summary Profile #1: Personal CharacteristicsHow Does My Environment Influence My Career Choices?Socioeconomic Status2.5 Exploring Socioeconomic StatusFamily Influences2.6 A Career GenogramThe Impact of Gender 2.7 What If?Summary Profile #2: Environmental Influences on My Career Development and ChoicesPulling It All Together2.8 Reviewing My OptionsCase Studies: EXPLORINGSummary ChecklistTHREE HOW DO I SEARCH FOR OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION? (Exploring)Starting Your Search 3.1 What Occupations Interest Me? 3.2 Developing a List of Occupations to SearchSources of Occupational InformationThe Internet3.3 Using O*NETOther Internet ResourcesCareer Guidance SystemsDirect ExperienceInformational Interviews3.4 Conducting An Informational Interview Narrowing Down Your ChoicesCase Studies: EXPLORINGSummary Checklist Choosing an Educational Direction4.1 What Type of Education Do I Need?Why Attend College?4.2 Why Am I in College?Making Initial DecisionsThe Undergraduate CurriculumChoosing A Major4.3 Exploring Majors4.4 Researching A MajorGraduate or Professional EducationDistance LearningExperiential Learning Extracurricular ActivitiesWork ExperiencesInternships and Cooperative EducationStudy AbroadVolunteer WorkService LearningCase Studies: EXPLORING Summary ChecklistFIVE HOW WILL I DECIDE? (Deciding)Factors in Decision Making5.1 How I Make DecisionsDimensions of Decision MakingMyself As Decision Maker5.2 Identifying My Values5.3 Using My Career Values in Decision MakingRisk Taking5.4 Am I Risk Taker?Personal Decision-Making Style5.5 My Decision-Making StyleThe Decision SituationChangeIndecisionObstacles5.6 Checklist of ObstaclesControlThe Decision-Making ProcessDefining the ProblemStating Your Goals5.7 What Are My Goals?Collecting InformationListing Alternative Solutions5.8 Identifying AlternativesChoosing One of the Alternatives5.9 Why Some People Don't Act on Their DecisionsTaking Action on My Choice5.10 Action PlanReviewing Your Choice Periodically5.11 Making DecisionsCase Studies: DECIDING Summary ChecklistSIX HOW CAN I PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WORKPLACE? (Preparing)What Factors Are Influencing the Present and Future Workplace?6.1 Demographic patterns6.2 Globalization6.3 TechnologyWhat Do You Know About the Workplace and Hiring Trends for the Next Five to Ten Years?Workforce TrendsEmployment Projections6.4 Search for Job Outlook and Projection DataHow Can I Prepare for the Future Workplace?Life and Career Skills 6.5 How Ready Are You?Case Studies: PREPARING Summary Checklist(Preparing) Selling YourselfTaking Action StepsWriting A ResumeResume FormatsCommon Resume ErrorsAppearanceFinal TouchesResume DisseminationVideo ResumeElectronic ResumesScannable ResumesMaintaing a Resume File7.1 Sample Resume Worksheet7.2 Resume WorksheetWriting A Cover LetterCase Studies: PREPARINGSummary ChecklistEIGHT AM I THE BEST CANDIDATE? JOB LEADS AND THE JOB INTERVIEW (Preparing) Generating Job LeadsJob Search SourcesNetworking NewspapersEmployment ServicesJob FairsFriends and FamilyDirect ContactsCareer MentorsJob Searching on the InternetJob InterviewingPreparing for the InterviewDuring the InterviewInterview FormatsCyber-InterviewsAppearanceEtiquetteAfter the Interview8.1 Interview Follow-UpLegal and Illegal InquiriesDealing with Rejection8.2 Handling RejectionJob Search ReviewCase Studies: PREPARING Summary ChecklistNINE WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? 9.1 Method 1: A Snapshot in the Career-Planning Process9.2 Method 2: Evaluating Your Career Planning9.3 Method 3: Career Checklist Revisited9.4 Action PlanningCase Studies: Jed and MariaCASE STUDY: MEReferencesIndex
