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Career ToolKit, The: Skills for Success, 3/E
Carol Carter
Gary Izumo
Sarah Lyman Kravits

ISBN-10: 0130884189
ISBN-13: 9780130884183

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper; 352 pp
Published: 07/12/2000

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For courses in Career Development and Career Success.

The Career Tool Kit is designed to especially help community college and vocational school students develop the skills and attitudes needed to successfully complete their educational program: search for, find, and win the job they want; transition smoothly from school to work; and build a long, happy, and successful working life, all in a user-friendly and visually appealing design.

 

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  • NEW - Expanded weaving of technology throughout—Particularly in the Real People, Real Stories, Food for Thought, and Your Tool Kit at Work features.

    • Shows students the ever-increasing importance of technology in today's workplace. Ex.___

  • NEW - Workplace myths versus realities —In every chapter.

    • Assures the student of having an accurate sense of the modern workplace. Ex.___

  • Important topics—Developing and maintaining a positive self image, managing time, budgeting and organizing finances, e.g. school tuition and other expenses, and tracking down the resources available at school.

    • Details skills and attitudes that will help students while they are still in school. Ex.___

  • Self-Awareness—How to get to know themselves better so that they understand what kinds of jobs might best suit their unique talents and qualities, information on the job search-where to find job listings, who can locate opportunities, the application process and how to present themselves in the best possible light on a resume as well as in an interview, and how to handle both failure and success.

    • Shows students how to search for and win the jobs that they want. Ex.___

  • Additional topics include —Workplace communication with bosses, co-workers, clients, and customers, qualities and skills that employers look for in their employees, rights on the job, critical thinking at work (decision making and problem solving), improving and maintaining your physical and mental health, and motivation, patience, listening, etc.

    • Students are given practical advice that they can use throughout their careers. Ex.___

  • All revised “Real People, Real Stories”—Interview and quotes from people “in the trenches”, i.e., current students as well as graduates already in the workplace who have made choices similar to those students must make.
  • School to work focus sharpened.

    • Addresses both vocational and community college students by balancing the existing examples and profiles with some success stories, interests, and experiences of older or re-entry individuals as well as community college examples. Ex.___

  • Expanded weaving of technology throughout–Particularly in the Real People, Real Stories, Food for Thought, and Your Tool Kit at Work features.

    • Shows students the ever-increasing importance of technology in today's workplace. Ex.___

  • Workplace myths versus realities –In every chapter.

    • Assures the student of having an accurate sense of the modern workplace. Ex.___

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PART I. TAKING INVENTORY.

1. Choosing Your Equipment—Finding the Right Mind Set.

2. Today's World—The Diversity of Your Workplace.

3. Keys to the Tool Kit—Unlocking Your Personal Power.

4. Managing Your Time and Money—Making the Most of Key Resources.

PART II. GETTING STARTED.

5. Sharpening Your Tools— Your Basic Skills.

6. Becoming Marketable in the Workplace—Getting the Job Done through Communications.

PART III. MOVING ON.

7. Tools That Create Opportunity—Resources to Power Your Job Search.

8. Putting Your Tools to Good Use—Entering the Working World.

9. Packing Up Your Tool Kit—Standing out on the Job.

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