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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Preparing for Success: Understanding Who You Are and What You Need to Know Chapter 1: Exploring Your Career Options, Step by Step What Is Your Career Dilemma? An Important First Step: Be Clear and Specific as You Describe Your Dilemma Avoid the Errors Some Students Make in Describing Their Dilemmas Consider Your Life Situation What Kinds of Information Will Help You Solve Your Career Dilemma? Your Career Will Unfold in a Rapidly Changing, Interconnected World Activity: 1.1: Define Your Career Dilemma and Take Stock of Your Need for Information Chapter 2: Identifying Your Values and Personality Type Three Routes to Happiness Identifying Your Work Values The Holland Personality Types: Help in Shaping Your Career Goals The Myers—Briggs Type Indicator®: Consider Your Preferences for Various Work Environments Activities 2.1: Who Are You? Analyze Your Career Dreams 2.2: Take a Work Values Survey 2.3: Put the Holland Personality Types to Work Chapter 3: Identifying Your Interests and Skills Your Interests and the Campbell Work Orientations Your Skills and the Campbell Work Orientations Portable Skills: Key Assets in the Global Workplace Don't Overlook Career Stallers Character Strengths: A Solid Foundation for Career Success The Impact of Rapid Technological Change Making Sense of the Information in Your Personal Profile Database Activities 3.1: Assess Your Interests Using the Campbell Work Orientations 3.2: Understand the Skills Associated with Your Career Interests 3.3: Explore One of Your Top Five Character Strengths 3.4: Find Out How Others See Your Strengths and Skills 3.5: Complete Your Portable Skills Profile Chapter 4: Gathering Information about Careers The Value of Having Information about Careers Putting the Career Database and the ASAP Method to Work for You Step 1: Ask the Right Questions Step 2: Search for Information Step 3: Analyze Your Findings Step 4: Plan Your Next Actions Activities 4.1: Do an Informational Interview on a Career Field 4.2: Comparing Career Options Chapter 5: Gathering Information about Four-Year Colleges and Graduate Schools Making Sense of the World of Higher Education Step 1: Ask the Right Questions Step 2: Search for Information Step 3: Analyze Your Findings Step 4: Plan Your Next Actions Make Sacrifices Now to Gain Benefits Later When You Have More Education than Your Family Should You Consider an Online Degree? Activities 5.1: Do an Informational Interview on a College 5.2: Comparing Colleges Part II: Setting a Direction: Choosing a Field, Preparing for It, and Showing You Are Qualified Chapter 6: Making Career Decisions Setting a Career Direction Is a Process What’s at Stake: The Significance of Career Decisions Complicating Factors: Your Identity, Your Commitments, and the Job Market Listen to Your Heart and Use Your Head The Decision-Style Window Resolving Career Decision-Making Conflicts: Making Trade-Offs Setting Your Career Direction Takes Time Make a Plan to Implement Your Decision Think of Your Quest for a Career as a Hero’s Journey Activities 6.1: Mid-point Personal Assessment and Reflection 6.2: Making a Plan Chapter 7: Selecting a Major Understanding Majors and Degree Requirements Two Types of Majors: Career-Oriented and Multipotential Your College Major and Your Career: Is There a Connection? Will Your Major Affect Your Earnings? Students Have a Variety of Life Goals Two Key Actions in Choosing a Major Make a Balanced Decision: Listen to Your Heart and Use Your Head Activities 7.1: College Majors: True or False? 7.2: Looking at Majors: Preliminary Research 7.3: Do an Informational Interview on a College Major Chapter 8: Conducting a Job Search Deciding on a Work Setting Job Leads: More Is Better Networking: The Key to the Hidden Job Market Using College Services and Internship Programs Mining for Gold on the Internet Trying Other Sources: Direct Contact with Employers, Ads, Job Fairs, Agencies Always Remember: Active Methods Are Best Before You Launch Your Own Business: Get Information and Experience Activities 8.1: Do an Informational Interview on Starting a Business Chapter 9: Presenting Yourself: Resumes, Cover Letters, and References Building an All-Important Tool: Your Resume Writing an Effective Cover Letter Compiling a Solid Reference List How to Deal with Online Resumes Taking Advantage of the Possibilities in Other Media Activity 9.1: Analyze Your Job and Life Accomplishments Skills 9.2: Checklists for a Winning Resume: What to Include and How Chapter 10: Presenting Yourself: Interviewing Key Steps as You Prepare for Your Interview Get Ready for What They’ll Ask: Anticipating Standard Interview Questions The Interview: Creating the Best Possible Impression Following up on a Positive Note In Salary Negotiations, Rely on the Three R’s Nontraditional Interviewing: Mastering Other Kinds of Presentations Dealing with Circumstances out of Your Control When Your Best Isn’t Enough: Coping with Rejection Activities 10.1: Creating Profiles of Companies, Government Agencies, and Nonprofits 10.2: Composing a Professional Pitch 10.3: Use the S-A-R Format to Explore One of Your Valuable Qualities 10.4: A Checklist for Mock Interview Practice Feedback Part III: Making Your Experience Count: Practical Advice for Reaching Your Career Goals Chapter 11: How to Advance Your Career before You Graduate: Learning from Internships, Jobs, and Extracurricular Activities Seek a Variety of Experiences beyond Your Course Work, Especially Internships Three Sources of Career-Building Lessons: Taking Challenging Assignments, Observing Key People, Dealing with Mistakes Challenging Assignments Expand Your Comfort Zone Learn by Observing Others Mistakes and Hardship: It’s How You Respond That Counts Use the Power of Reflection and Feedback to Increase the Value of Your Experience Celebrate Your Success Activities 11.1: Understanding and Learning from Your Boss’s Style 11.2: Reflecting on Your Experience Chapter 12: How to Set and Reach Your Goals Beginning the Process of Setting Your Goals Five Goal-Setting Principles: Get SMART Successful Goal-Setters Develop a Learning Mind-set How to Stay Committed and Motivated Create a Career Development Plan Mid-Range Goals: If What You Want Is Five Years Away Long-Range Goals: Giving Your Life Meaning and Direction Activity 12.1: Make a Career Development Plan Chapter 13: How to Develop a Strong Career Network The Importance of Career Networks Seven Ways Your Career Network Works for You Overcoming a Resistance to Networking Build Your Career Networking Skills Social Networking Sites Can Help You Build a Career Network Join a Professional Association Related to Your Career Field Activities 13.1: Create Your Career Network Chart 13.2: Do an Informational Interview with a Successful Person Chapter 14: Reflections Feeling Confident about Your Career Activity 14.1 Summary Essay: Your Personal Assessment and Reflections Endnotes Index Table of Contents
Get Turning Points: Your Career Decision Making Guide, 3rd Edition by Diane Ducat, LaGuardia Community College
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