Career Planning : A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities

by Harris-Tuck, Liz; Robertson, Marilee; Price, Annette

• ISBN13: 9780130812278
• ISBN10: 0130812277
• Edition: 1st
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL

Summary

For Career Development and Personal Development courses at the freshman/sophomore level; a Job Search course at the junior/senior level; also for workshops on career planning or job search techniques. Preparing students for the reality of today's workplace by providing practical tools and methods necessary for self-direction and success, this indispensable text offers effective methods to help students plan for an uncertain future, as well as develop skills for lifetime career planning. Actively involving students in the career planning process, it discusses the need for a flexible career plan that can adapt to changes in technology, organizational structure, and global economics, and demonstrates that as students acquire new skills through learning and experience, they increase their career options. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as corporate trainers, workshop facilitators, and college instructors, it offers a unique combination of perspectives and real world experience to help students prepare for their future, capitalize on opportunities that come their way, and ensure that the education they invest in today will continue to add value and increase their future work options.

Author Biography

After fifteen years as a successful entrepreneur, Liz Harris-Tuck changed careers. She now expresses her personal interests as a career counselor, seminar presenter, and workshop facilitator. Assisting students, young adults and mid-careerists from all walks of life, Liz understands their concerns. Since 1986, Liz has been affiliated with the Maricopa Community College District. She directed Scottsdale Community College's Office of Career Planning and Placement and currently teaches Career Planning, Introductory Psychology and Student Success courses. In 1996, she received an Outstanding Faculty award. Annette Price combines organizational expertise and teaching experience to prepare people for future success. As an internal consultant for a large organization, she conducts career development workshops, presents seminars on career planning, and counsels employees regarding career decisions. She led a team that created a career development system to help employees prepare for the future needs of the organization. Annette has taught Career Exploration courses for the Maricopa Community College District for the past ten years. Her students include young adults, re-entry students, and mid-career changers. Marilee Robertson brings real world experience--corporate, business and entrepreneurial expertise--to career planning. For the last twenty years, she has assisted college students, downsized employees, women reentering the job market, corporate managers, and executives to explore career options and successfully gain new employment. Marilee has provided outplacement services to a variety of industries, from coal mining to health care. As a partner in Robertson Tuck, she consults with organizations to develop training solutions and designs interactive training for employees and managers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Chapter 1 Work Patterns--KEEPING AN EYE TO THE FUTURE	1	(20)
MYTH OR REALITY	3	(6)
Myths of the American dream	4	(5)
JOBS--THE PAST	9	(3)
JOBS--THE FUTURE	12	(1)
NEW PATTERNS OF WORK	13	(6)
Pattern 1--One big global marketplace	13	(2)
Pattern 2--Creativity is essential	15	(1)
Pattern 3--Chaos: Tomorrow's solutions aren't built on yesterday's logic	16	(1)
Pattern 4--Interconnectivity creates value	16	(1)
Pattern 5--Generosity creates wealth	17	(1)
Pattern 6--Working in real-time	18	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	19
ACTIVITIES
1.1 Truth or fiction?	3
1.2 Eyewitness	7
1.3 The global marketplace	14
Chapter 2 Careers NEW WAYS OF THINKING	21	(16)
HOW PEOPLE MAKE CAREER CHOICES	23	(1)
THE HISTORY OF CAREER PLANNING	24	(1)
THE CURRENT PICTURE	25	(2)
Organizational structure	25	(1)
New work contract between employer and employee	25	(1)
New work values	26	(1)
More work options	26	(1)
New work options	26	(1)
PLANNING FOR UNCERTAINTY	27	(3)
KALEIDOSCOPES--REFRAMING PERSPECTIVES	30	(5)
What are your deep interests?	30	(4)
Flexible career planning	34	(1)
WHAT TO EXPECT--PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER	35	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	36	(1)
Chapter 3 Career Resiliency BELIEVING IN YOU	37	(18)
CAREER RESILIENCY--SELF-CONFIDENCE, ADAPTABILITY, AND CREATIVITY	37	(1)
SELF-CONFIDENCE	38	(6)
Connections between beliefs and success	39	(5)
ADAPTABILITY	44	(5)
Reacting to change	45	(4)
CREATIVITY	49	(4)
Using creativity to expand career ideas	49	(4)
SUMMARY POINTS	53
ACTIVITIES
3.1 Reframing	42
3.2 Reframing my career beliefs	43
3.3 Dukes of Habit	44
3.4 Evaluating change	47
3.5 Expanding career ideas--Common things	50
3.6 Expanding career ideas--Mind mapping	51
Chapter 4 Discovering You FINDING WORK THAT FITS	55	(46)
BUILDING A CAREER KALEIDOSCOPE	57	(32)
Core focus	58	(9)
Values	67	(7)
Preferences	74	(1)
Interests	75	(7)
Skills and talents	82	(7)
CREATING KALEIDOSCOPE PATTERNS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CAREERS	89	(10)
Step one	89	(2)
Step two	91	(4)
Step three	95	(3)
Step four	98	(1)
Step five	99	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	99
ACTIVITIES
4.1 Finding the core focus--Meaningful work	62
4.2 My core focus assessment	63
4.3 Exploring my values--Childhood dreams	67
4.4 Exploring my values--Work scenarios	68
4.5 Balancing my life	72
4.6 My preferences--Work environment	74
4.7 Exploring my interests--Reverse thinking	76
4.8 Exploring my interests--Activities I like to do	77
4.9 Exploring my interests--Time flies test	78
4.10 Exploring my interests--News I can use	79
4.11 Exploring my interests--Holland's Vocational Choices	80
4.12 Exploring my skills--Job content skills	83
4.13 Exploring my transferable skills--Accomplishments and achievements	86
4.14 My career kaleidoscope elements	90
4.15 My career kaleidoscope--Option 1	93
4.16 My career kaleidoscope--Option 2	95
4.17 My career kaleidoscope--Option 3	98
Chapter 5 Creating Future Possibilities RESEARCHING CAREERS	101	(50)
FUTURIST STUDY	102	(5)
Myths about futurists	104	(1)
How career research is changing	105	(2)
A GUIDE TO FUTURIST CAREER RESEARCH	107	(19)
Discover possibilities	109	(7)
Research with an open mind	116	(1)
Evaluate your assumptions	116	(3)
Look at your perspective and try on another	119	(2)
Focus on the big picture	121	(5)
USING SCENARIOS TO MAKE CAREER DECISIONS	126	(13)
Developing scenario building blocks	129	(1)
Recording your research	129	(1)
Planning your research	130	(2)
Talking and listening to people	132	(2)
Scheduling informational interviews	134	(3)
Finding unusual thinkers who cultivate insights	137	(1)
Using computer list servs	137	(1)
Using unlikely sources	138	(1)
TOP 10 DEMAND OCCUPATIONS--WHY THEY MAY NOT MATTER	139	(1)
DETERMINING SALARY POTENTIAL	140	(2)
WRITING SCENARIOS	142	(7)
SUMMARY POINTS	149
ACTIVITIES
5.1 Test your beliefs about the future	105
5.2 Evaluating future trends	114
5.3 My assumptions	117
5.4 My perspectives	119
5.5 Focus on the big picture	123
5.6 Scenario building blocks	129
5.7 Creating scenarios	142
Chapter 6 Learning A LIFELONG INVESTMENT	151	(42)
THE VALUE OF EDUCATION--WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW	154	(5)
Linking education and work	156	(3)
GOING TO COLLEGE--WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW	159	(5)
CHOOSING YOUR MAJOR	164	(5)
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR EDUCATION	169	(21)
Skills employers seek	170	(7)
Internships	177	(1)
Service learning	178	(5)
Volunteer work	183	(1)
Continual learning options	183	(3)
Distance learning	186	(4)
SUMMARY POINTS	190
ACTIVITIES
6.1 What I've learned	154
6.2 Matching majors	161
6.3 Questionnaire for deciding a college major	162
6.4 Skills employers seek	171
6.5 Graduate school: Asset or liability?	184
6.6 Checklist for graduate school	186
6.7 Continuous learning plan	189
Chapter 7 Communicating Your Value STRATEGIES TO MARKET YOU	193	(36)
TUNING IN TO THE MARKETPLACE	194	(7)
Use an approach borrowed from Marketing 101	195	(3)
Boost your market value	198	(1)
Determine what the company values	199	(1)
Look for ways to add value	199	(1)
Track your achievements	200	(1)
What if you're an entrepreneur, contract employee, or consultant?	200	(1)
THE NAB PROCESS	201	(3)
COMMUNICATING YOUR VALUE IN AN INTERVIEW	204	(6)
How the selection process works	204	(1)
Using selection tests	205	(1)
Demonstrating the personal characteristics employers want	206	(4)
LOOKING EXPERIENCED STRAIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE	210	(3)
Provide the proof	210	(3)
PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW	213	(4)
Interviewing basics	213	(1)
NAB the interview with memorable stories	214	(3)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)	217	(4)
QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK	221	(5)
SUMMARY POINTS	226
ACTIVITIES
7.1 My one-minute commercial	196
7.2 NAB--Need, action, benefit	201
7.3 Questions that count	221
7.4 Test your interviewing savvy	223
Chapter 8 Getting Noticed WRITING A RESUME THAT COUNTS	229	(36)
USING NAB FOR YOUR RESUME	230	(4)
GETTING ORGANIZED--BUILDING THE FRAMEWORK	234	(7)
WRITING YOUR RESUME	241	(6)
Identifying information	241	(1)
Job objective or career summary	241	(1)
Education	242	(2)
Work experience	244	(3)
Additional information	247	(1)
LOOKS COUNT	247	(7)
Updating your resume	247	(1)
Writing a scannable resume	248	(6)
WRITING A COVER LETTER THAT WORKS	254	(1)
Paragraph 1--The introduction	254	(1)
Paragraph 2--The body of the letter	254	(1)
Paragraph 3--The closing	255	(1)
Responding to blind ads	255	(1)
DEVELOPING A PORTFOLIO	255	(4)
OBTAINING REFERENCES	259	(4)
Using your references	263	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	263
ACTIVITIES
8.1 NAB worksheet	232
8.2 Resume worksheet	250
8.3 References worksheet	261
Chapter 9 Developing Relationships CREATING A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK	265	(20)
COOPERATION, NOT COMPETITION, UNDERLIES SUCCESS	265	(3)
Ways relationships can help you stay employable	268	(1)
DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS IN COLLEGE	268	(2)
DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS TO HELP YOU FIND WORK	270	(9)
Ways to expand your network	272	(2)
Connecting with your network during your work search	274	(4)
How list servs can help your job search	278	(1)
Keeping your network working	279	(1)
MENTORS	279	(4)
Benefits of mentoring	279	(2)
Getting started with a mentor	281	(1)
Developing a mentoring relationship	282	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	283
ACTIVITIES
9.1 Creating my network	271
9.2 Ways I can expand my network	273
9.3 Keeping track of your network	275
9.4 Are you ready for a mentor?	280
Chapter 10 Finding Meaningful Work WHERE TO LOOK	285	(23)
PREPARING FOR YOUR WORK SEARCH	286	(2)
The hidden job market	286	(2)
PLANNING YOUR WORK SEARCH	288	(11)
State your goal	288	(1)
Identify the optimal work environment	289	(2)
Identify potential employers	291	(1)
Select the best options	291	(5)
Develop a work search plan	296	(3)
FINDING ADVERTISED OPENINGS	299	(1)
Advertisements	299	(1)
The electronic search	300	(1)
NEGOTIATING OFFERS	300	(7)
Ways to read a company	300	(3)
Questions about salary	303	(1)
Evaluating benefits	304	(2)
Evaluating job offers	306	(1)
SUMMARY POINTS	307
ACTIVITIES
10.1 Choosing work options	290
10.2 Work search plan	297
References	308	(5)
Index	313