Career Fitness Program & Building Professional: Excercising Your Options and Creating a Successful Portfolio

, by Sukiennik, Diane; Bendat, William; Raufman, Lisa; Orton, Dianne J.; Freelin, Tammy L. W.; Jacobs, Fresa J.; Wingo, Robin R.

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ISBN: 9780131783102 | 0131783106
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Copyright: 5/1/2003

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Preface

xiii

About the Authors

xvi

Introduction: On Your Mark . . . Get Set . . .

xvii

Part One Personal Assessment

(116)

Taking Stock

(20)

Personal Assessment

(3)

Super's Self-Concept Theory

(2)

Overview of Life Stages

(2)

Understanding the Differences Between a Job and a Career

(2)

Box: Greatest contributors to quality of life

(1)

Striving for Career Satisfaction

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Sandra

(2)

Box: Sample career changers

(1)

Choosing and Changing Careers

(2)

Box: More career changers

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

First Impressions

(1)

Your Lifeline

(2)

Identify Your Interests

(1)

Describe Yourself

(1)

Consider Occupational Status

(1)

WWWebwise

(1)

Exercise Summary

(2)

Programming Yourself for Success

(24)

I Am Building Self-Esteem

(1)

I Maintain a Positive Outlook

(2)

I Am Assertive

(1)

I Have a Sense of Humor

(1)

I Am Self-Confident

(1)

I Am Enthusiastic

(1)

I Use Positive Self-Talk (Affirmations)

(1)

I Visualize Success

(1)

I Have a Positive Self-Image

(1)

I Have Multiple Intelligences

(2)

I Learn from Role Models

(1)

I Initiate Action

(1)

I Am Persistent

(1)

I Am Disciplined

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Alan

(1)

I Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence

(2)

Box: What makes workers succeed . . .

(1)

I Identify My Goals

(1)

I Am Self-Reliant and Career Resilient

(1)

I Am Flexible

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

Past Actions and Influences

(1)

Two Perfect Days

(1)

Emotional Intelligence Checklist

(1)

Positive Self-talk (Affirmations)

(1)

Your Fantasy Careers

(2)

Making a Fantasy Real

(1)

Building Your Success Profile

(1)

Think About Enthusiasm

(1)

WWWebwise

(1)

Exercise Summary

(1)

Values Clarification

(18)

Defining Values

(1)

Clarifying Your Values

(2)

Real Stories: Meet Maria

(1)

Needs and Motivators

(2)

Box: Life balance

(1)

Finding Balance

(1)

Role of Leisure

(1)

Box: True values

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

Values Grid

(2)

Explore Your Values

(2)

Your Values---Some Hard Choices

(1)

Reflective Questions

(1)

Top Five

(1)

Values Related to Careers

(1)

Values Related to Ethics

(1)

WWWebwise

(1)

Exercise Summary

(2)

Focusing on You: Personality and Interests

(28)

Exploring Personality

(7)

Activity: Identifying Your Personal Preferences

(5)

Box: Exploring majors

(1)

Identifying Fields of Interest

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Holly

(1)

RIASEC (Holland Interest Environments)

(12)

Activity: Sample Majors Related to Holland Types

(1)

Box: Holland Interest Environments and hobbies, abilities, and careers

(2)

Activity: Interest Checklist for Worker Trait Groups

(4)

Box: Worker Trait Groups

(1)

Activity: Identifying occupational interest areas

(1)

Career Clusters

(1)

Summary

(3)

Exercises

Your Personality Type

(1)

Your Holland Interest Environment

(1)

Your Occupational Interests

(1)

Job Clusters

(1)

Interest Inventories

(1)

Classified Careers

(1)

College Catalogs

(1)

WWWebwise

(1)

Exercise Summary

(1)

Skills Assessment

(25)

Defining Skills

(1)

Identifying Your Skills

(2)

Real Stories: Meet John

(6)

Analyze Your Accomplishments

(2)

Box: Sample job descriptions from the DOT

(1)

Use the DOT to Identify Skills

(2)

Activity: Assessing your skills

100

(2)

The Portfolio Employee

102

(1)

Identifying Transferable Skills

102

(1)

Transferable Skills of a Liberal Arts Major

102

(1)

Box: People skills

103

(1)

Your Most Valuable Assets: Your Personality Traits

103

(6)

Box: Identifying the transferable skills of a teacher

104

(1)

Box: The SCANS report

105

(3)

Box: Using SCANS skills

108

(1)

Box: Describing skills

109

(1)

Summary

109

(1)

Exercises

Experiography

110

(1)

Accomplishments

110

(1)

Description of Accomplishments

111

(1)

The Skills

111

(1)

Your Favorite Skills

111

(1)

Ideal Jobs

112

(1)

Scans

112

(2)

Skills Review

114

(1)

WWWebwise

114

(1)

Exercise Summary

115

(2)

Part Two The World of Work

117

(86)

The World and You

118

(36)

Societal Influences on Career Choices

120

(1)

Striving for Equality in the Workforce

121

(5)

Gender Roles

121

(1)

Box: Equity definitions

122

(1)

Age and Opportunity

123

(1)

Affirmative Action

123

(1)

Box: Women in the workplace

124

(1)

Other Cultural Considerations: Valuing Diversity

125

(1)

The Changing Workplace

126

(7)

The Need for Knowledge Workers

126

(1)

The Importance of New Technology

127

(1)

Box: The new economy vs. the old economy

128

(1)

The Global Economy and the Changing Corporate Structure

129

(2)

Box: Temporary work

131

(1)

Small Businesses

131

(1)

Woman-Owned Businesses

132

(1)

Box: Fastest growing small-business-dominated industries

132

(1)

Temporary Agencies/Leasing Companies

132

(1)

Trends: The Twenty-First Century

133

(1)

Liberal Arts Majors Have Marketable Skills

133

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Jessica

134

(4)

Lifelong Learning

135

(2)

Box: Multimedia revolution ignites creative industries

137

(1)

Job Growth Trends

137

(1)

Box: Internet-related growth areas

138

(1)

Finding Your Place in a Changing World

138

(3)

Box: Job growth throughout the next decade

139

(2)

Facts and Figures

141

(8)

Exercises

First Impressions

149

(1)

Gender Roles Questionnaire

150

(1)

Pros and Cons

150

(1)

Famous People

151

(1)

Small Businesses

152

(1)

Globalization of the Work World

152

(1)

Changing Nature of Work

152

(1)

WWWebwise

152

(1)

Exercise Summary

153

(1)

Information Integration

154

(24)

Brainstorming Career Options

156

(1)

Understanding Career Paths and Common Organizational Divisions

157

(3)

Strategies for Researching Career Options

160

(1)

Box: Questions to ask when researching a job

160

(1)

Box: Local government

161

(1)

Government Employment Opportunities

161

(1)

Box: DOT entry for copywriter

162

(1)

U.S. Department of Labor Publications

162

(2)

Employer Directories

164

(2)

Box: Research

164

(2)

Other Written Sources of Information

166

(1)

Newspapers

166

(1)

Trade Journals

166

(1)

Magazines

166

(1)

In-House Bulletins and Announcements

167

(1)

Computerized Information Sources

167

(1)

Selected Computerized Sources

167

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Jackie

168

(5)

The Internet

170

(1)

Box: Job market research sites

171

(2)

Exercises

A Tempting 10

173

(1)

I'd Do This Even If I Didn't Get Paid

173

(1)

The Grass Is Always Greener

174

(1)

Job Research

174

(1)

Local and Internet Resources

175

(1)

Gathering the Facts

175

(1)

WWWebwise

176

(1)

Exercise Summary

177

(1)

Making Decisions

178

(25)

Overcoming Barriers to Decision Making

180

(1)

Decision-Making Strategies (Good and Bad)

180

(2)

Box: Ways to make decisions (strategies)

181

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Art

182

(2)

Conditions for Change

184

(1)

A Decision-Making Model

185

(1)

Rational/Linear Decision Making

185

(1)

Box: Decision styles

185

(1)

Intuitive Decision Making

185

(2)

Goal Setting

187

(2)

Box: Sample goal and objectives

187

(1)

Box: Time management strategies

188

(1)

Stress Management

189

(1)

Box: Stress management techniques

189

(1)

Box: Tomorrow

190

(1)

Deciding on a Major

190

(1)

Deciding on Training

191

(1)

Deciding on Change

191

(1)

Summary

192

(1)

Exercises

Ranking Yourself

193

(1)

Reviewing Goal Setting

193

(1)

Write a Goal Statement

194

(1)

Task Identification

195

(1)

One Year to Live

195

(1)

Meeting Your Needs

195

(1)

Your Energizers

195

(1)

Recent Decisions

196

(1)

Priorities

196

(1)

Irrevocable Decisions

196

(1)

Harmful Decisions

196

(1)

Limiting Decisions

197

(1)

Contingent Decisions

197

(1)

Values

197

(1)

Factors Adversely Affecting Decisions

197

(2)

What If . . .

199

(1)

Specific/Nonspecific Objectives

199

(1)

Test Your Assumptions

200

(1)

Time-Savers

200

(1)

Short- and Long-Term Goals

200

(1)

WWWebwise

201

(1)

Exercise Summary

201

(2)

Parts One & Two Chapter Summaries

203

(10)

Putting It All Together To Reach A Tentative Career Goal

Exercise Summary

203

(1)

Exercise Summary

204

(1)

Exercise Summary

205

(1)

Exercise Summary

206

(1)

Exercise Summary

207

(1)

Exercise Summary

207

(1)

Exercise Summary

208

(1)

Exercise Summary

208

(1)

Quick Impressions

209

(1)

Information Integration and Goal Setting

210

(3)

Part Three Job Search Strategy

213

(102)

Targeting Your Job Search

214

(30)

Box: Your comprehensive job search strategy

216

(1)

Designing a Comprehensive Job Search Strategy

217

(1)

Your Job Search: Getting Started

218

(2)

Understanding and Using Classified Ads

218

(1)

Promoting Yourself Through Mail and E-Mail

218

(1)

Understanding and Using Employment Agencies

219

(1)

Volunteering

219

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Xiao-Ying

220

(2)

Box: Internships

220

(1)

Interning

220

(1)

Box: The Princeton Review Online: America's top internships

221

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Felipe

222

(1)

Box: Employers rate experience

222

(1)

Starting Your Own Business

223

(1)

Home Businesses

223

(1)

Box: Women-owned firms

223

(1)

Getting Help to Start Your Own Business

223

(1)

Box: Franchise information

224

(1)

Franchising

224

(1)

Using Career Planning Services

224

(1)

Box: Job hot lines

225

(1)

Interviewing for Information

225

(5)

Information Interviewing---The Purpose

226

(1)

Information Interviewing---The Process

226

(1)

Information Interviewing Outline

227

(3)

Practicing Information Interviews

230

(1)

Networking

230

(3)

Activity: Information interviewing outline

231

(2)

Moving Beyond the Fear of Networking

233

(1)

Job Search While Unemployed

233

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Susan

234

(1)

Planning for Action

235

(2)

Implementing Your Job Search: A Lifelong Venture

237

(1)

Summary

237

(3)

Box: Selected online employment databases

238

(2)

Exercises

Support Network Checklist

240

(1)

Information Interviews

241

(1)

Personal Contact Log

241

(1)

WWWebwise

242

(1)

Exercise Summary

243

(1)

Preparing a Winning Resume

244

(42)

The Resume

246

(4)

Portfolios

246

(1)

Preparation for Composing Your Resume

247

(1)

Using Action Words

248

(1)

Box: Resume/portfolio review

249

(1)

Using the Right Key Phrases

249

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Eduardo

250

(1)

Box: Action words

250

(1)

References

251

(1)

The Appearance of Your Resume

251

(1)

Box: Resume problems

252

(1)

Electronic Resumes

252

(1)

Box: Guidelines for preparing and submitting electronic resumes

253

(1)

Types of Resumes

253

(5)

Box: Resume template

254

(1)

Box: Sample functional entry under professional experience; Sample chronological entry under professional experience

255

(1)

The Functional Resume

255

(2)

The Chronological Resume

257

(1)

The Combination Resume

258

(1)

Cover Letter Guidelines

258

(2)

Box: Resume cover letter template

259

(1)

Application Forms

260

(1)

Box: Filling out application forms

261

(1)

Neatness Counts

261

(1)

Summary

261

(2)

Exercises

Resume Review Sheet

263

(1)

Create a Card File

263

(1)

Write Your Resume

263

(1)

Save Sample Work for a Portfolio

263

(2)

Critique Your Resume

265

(1)

Ask Others to Critique Your Resume

266

(1)

Write a Cover Letter

266

(1)

WWWebwise

267

(1)

Exercise Summary

267

(1)

Sample Resumes

268

(12)

Sample Cover Letters

280

(5)

Sample Letter of Introduction

285

(1)

Interviewing Successfully

286

(22)

Before the Interview

287

(3)

Box: Job search tips

288

(2)

Box: Company knowledge

290

(1)

Interview Guidelines

290

(2)

Dressing for Success

290

(1)

Practical Preparation

291

(1)

Segments of an Interview

292

(1)

Practice Questions

293

(2)

Box: Sample thank-you letters

294

(1)

How to Handle Illegal Questions

295

(2)

The Behavioral/Situational Interview

297

(1)

Real Stories: Meet Jose

298

(1)

Body Language

298

(1)

Video Interviewing

299

(2)

Learning from the Interview

301

(1)

Box: Sample questions to ask at the interview

302

(1)

Factors Influencing Hiring

302

(2)

Box: Factors that influence your success

303

(1)

If You Are Offered the Job

304

(2)

Negotiating for Salary and Benefits

304

(1)

Box: Summary: Reviewing the interview process

305

(1)

If You Do Not Get the Job

306

(1)

Exercises

Question Review

307

(1)

Practice Interview

307

(1)

WWWebwise

307

(1)

Exercise Summary

307

(1)

Future Focus

308

(7)

Managing Your Career

310

(1)

Developing Your Relationship Savvy

311

(1)

Developing Career Stamina

311

(1)

Embracing Career Fitness as a Way of Life

312

(3)

Box: Risking

313

(2)

References

315

(6)

Index

321

Preface

About the Authors

vii

Introduction

Developing a Personal Statement

(8)

Personal Statement Worksheets

(2)

Personal Achievement

(6)

Personal Achievement Worksheets

(2)

Academic Report

(6)

Academic Report Worksheets

(2)

Leadership

(6)

Leadership Worksheets

(2)

Work-Related Materials

(6)

Work-Related Worksheets

(2)

Internships

(6)

Internships Worksheets

(2)

Linking and Learning Model

(8)

Linking and Learning Worksheets

(2)

Resume and References

(8)

Resume and References Worksheet

(4)

Appendix A Career Development

(4)

Appendix B Your Portfolio and Graduate School

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