Career by Design

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Career by Design

$86.65

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NEW!    Web sites at the end of each chapter. 

  • Allows students to have access to the most current information (pgs. 33, 77, 175).

NEW!    Link to Gallup strengthfinder.

  • Provides students an opportunity to explore their strengths, leadership style, and what types of positions would be best suited for them (pg. 33).

NEW!    Added information about online job-seeking and resume posting.

  • This is the most current trend in job seeking skills.

NEW!    Self-Reflection activities.

  • Throughout the chapters these activities provide an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned to their own life (pgs. 47, 103, 189).

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(NOTE: Each chapter contains Key Points, Online Resources, and Key Steps sections.)

1. Beginning with the Self

Your Developmental Areas
The Whole Self
Personality: The Unique You
Self-Concept: Your Image of Self
Self-Efficacy: Your Sense of Competence
Making Positive Changes
Sharpening Your Basic Skills
Evaluating Your Career Potential
2. Interacting Positively with Others
Being Open-Minded
Using Assertiveness
Communicating: The Key to Success
3. Getting What You Want
Seeking Career and Job Satisfaction
Achieving Your Goals
Researching Careers, Jobs, and Employers
Planning and Conducting Your Job Search
4. Presenting Yourself in Writing
Developing Your Resume
Writing a Cover Letter
Writing Other Letters
Filling Out a Job Application
5. Interviewing with Confidence
Preparing for an Interview
Presenting Your Best Self
Evaluating Yourself
Following Up
6. Developing Your Career
Negotiating and Accepting an Offer
Rejecting an Offer
Beginning Your New Job
Maintaining Balance
Keeping Personal Records
Making Contacts
Handling Performance Reviews
Continuing to Learn
Advancing in Your Career
Changing Careers and Jobs
Owning Your Own Business
Ending Your Career
7. Building Relationships at Work
Promoting Positive Relations
Cooperation, Collaboration, and Conflict Management
Dealing with Difficult People
Forgiving and Moving On
8. Handling Career Challenges
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
Family Issues
Time Management
Burnout
Stress
Glossary
Recommended Reading
References
Index

Looking for a book to lead readers through an entire career life?  This book was developed to provide learners with opportunities to gain insight into the self and how that impacts career development.  Readers are also taught how to explore current and future career paths, develop positive relationships, and handle challenges in the workplace.  By enhancing communication and interpersonal skills learners will have opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.  Exceptionally readable, well-illustrated, and based on current research, the fourth edition of this unique presentation of career development techniques and skills emphasizes the necessity of “designing” a successful career.  It inspires students to think creatively and critically rather than just engage in a one-way job hunt.

  • Key Steps in every chapter—Activities at the end of each chapter (pg. 100-101).

    • Gives students more practice, making their work more relevant as they move through the text.

  • Updated coverage of technology. (pg. 108, 125-127).

    • Enables students to learn the latest types of resumes suitable for electronic transmission, as well as directs them to other resources that will keep them up-to-date.

  • Actual instruction in personal adjustment techniques—Emphasizes the very important communication and interpersonal skills necessary for career success (pg. 152-154, 223-237).

    • Ensures students’ success in all aspects of their careers by teaching how to effectively manage one’s life, how to communicate positively, and how to get along well with others.

  • A focus on an entire career—Encompasses the range from career selection to retirement, allowing students to see the “whole picture.”  (pg. 75-77).

    • Gives students a text that goes far beyond the interview process by including material and skill-building tips that most career books do not.

  • Guided career counseling. (pg. 87) 

    • Facilitates students’ self-understanding so they can acquire greater interpersonal skills.

  • Conversational writing style, cartoons, and photographs. (pg. 227, 258).

    • Draws students into the material.

  • Hands-on activities—Includes Interactive Boxed Questions and Thought/Activity Suggestions. (pg. 205).

    • Benefits students by leading to more effective learning and retention. Gives instructors pull-out activities that can be used for in-class assignments and extra credit.

  • Real-life examples and the advice/opinions of actual employers and college personnel. (pg. 157, 182).

    • Enables students to more easily relate to the material; they are more likely to believe the ideas/advice from those who are actively engaged in the work world.

  • An extremely “user-friendly” Instructor’s Manual—Includes class discussion questions, review guides, test/quiz questions, classroom activities, assignment ideas, resources, “masters” for hand-outs, transparencies, or other types of presentations.

Sharon Hanna was a lifelong educator, having taught in Nebraska, New Jersey, and Illinois.  She received both faculty achievement and outstanding teacher awards during her career.  Her research on the strengths of stepfamilies was published in academic journals, and she served as national president of the Stepfamily Association of America.  She authored the first three editions of Career by Design published by Prentice Hall.

 

Dr. Doug Radtke has been an educator for the past 37 years.  Currently he is a high school administrator.  He has taught secondary students, undergraduate students and graduate-level students.  He has published several articles in professional journals on a variety of topics and has been a speaker at several regional, national, and international conferences.  He is co-author of Person to Person:  Positive Relationships Don’t Just Happen, Fifth Edition, published by Prentice Hall.

 

Dr. Rose Suggett is chair of Social Sciences, Academic Education, at Southeast Community College.  She has received numerous award for teaching and research.  Her research on the impact of divorce on children has been presented nationally and internationally.  She is co-author of Person to Person: Positive Relationships Don’t Just Happen, Fifth Edition, published by Prentice Hall.

 

For courses in Career Development, Introductory Business, and Human Relations for Business.

 

This text  was developed to provide learners with opportunities to gain insight into the self and impact on career development,  and to explore and examine current and future career paths, develop positive relationships and learn how to handle challenges in the workplace.  This book will lead readers through an entire career life.  By reading this book and completing activities at the end of each chapter learners will have opportunities to grow both personally and professionally by enhancing communication and interpersonal skills.  Exceptionally readable, well-illustrated, and based on current research, the fourth edition of this unique presentation of career development techniques and skills emphasizes the necessity of “Designing” a successful career.  It inspires and guides students to think creatively and critically rather than just engage in or accept a one-way job hunt. 

Career by Design is known for its focus on creative and practical communication skills.  Drawing on the authors’ expertise in human relations, this text helps students understand the importance of interpersonal skills in designing one’s optimal career.  Career by Design shows students how to explore and examine their personal potential for specific career options, to develop positive relationships, and to learn how to navigate stressful challenges in the workplace and achieve success and balance. 

 

This book will lead readers through an entire career life, beginning with the importance of developing an educational/career plan.  By reading this book and completing activities at the end of each chapter, students will grow both personally and professionally by enhancing interpersonal skills, which are critical to career success. 

 

Features include:

  • Examples of online resumes — highlight the most current trend in job-seeking skills.
  • Link to Gallup Strengthfinder — provides students an opportunity to explore their strengths, leadership style, and careers best suited for them.
  • Self-Reflection Activities — help students to apply what they have learned to their own life.                                 

Additional Support — in and out of the classroom…

 

Career By Design now has its own Companion Website designed to help students review the text material.  This site (www.prenhall.com/hanna) can also be accessed through the Student Success Supersite (www.prenhall.com/success), where students and faculty will find an array of resources.

 

To view the website that accompanies this text, please go to http://www.prenhall.com/hanna.

 

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Dimensions 1.00 × 7.50 × 9.25 in
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higher education, Employability, Career and Student Success