Career Fitness Program, The: Exercising Your Options

by Sukiennik, Diane J.; Bendat, William; Raufman, Lisa

• ISBN13: 9780130496157
• ISBN10: 0130496154
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780131702943
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL
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Summary

For Career Development, Job Search, and Career/Life Planning courses/workshops. Designed to help students choose, change, or confirm career choices, this best-selling text/workbook is firmly focused on today's career realities and economywith sufficient breadth to encourage change and growth for students of all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances. Exceptionally user-friendly, it offers a holistic approach to career development, emphasizes the importance of attitude in the process and follows the standard sequence of career search and decision-making issuesSelf-Assessment, The Job Market, Decision Making, and The Job Search. Every section is filled with positiveyet pragmaticdiscussions, relevant exercises, and real-life examples of resources and techniques.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
About the Authors	xvi
INTRODUCTION: ON YOUR MARK ... GET SET ...	xvii
Part One Personal Assessment	1	(116)
CHAPTER 1 TAKING STOCK	2	(20)
Personal Assessment	3	(3)
Super's Self-Concept Theory	4	(2)
Overview of Life Stages	6	(2)
Understanding the Differences Between a Job and a Career	8	(4)
BOX: Greatest contributors to quality of life	9	(1)
Striving for Career Satisfaction	9	(1)
Real Stories Meet Sandra	10	(23)
BOX: Sample career changers	12	(1)
Choosing and Changing Careers	12	(2)
BOX: More career changers	13	(1)
Summary	14	(1)
EXERCISES
1.1 First Impressions	15	(1)
1.2 Your Lifeline	16	(2)
1.3 Identify Your Interests	18	(1)
1.4 Describe Yourself	18	(1)
1.5 Consider Occupational Status	19	(1)
1.6 WWWebwise	20	(1)
1.7 Exercise Summary	20	(2)
CHAPTER 2 PROGRAMMING YOURSELF FOR SUCCESSS	22	(24)
I Am Building Self-Esteem	24	(1)
I Maintain a Positive Outlook	24	(2)
I Am Assertive	26	(1)
I Have a Sense of Humor	26	(1)
I Am Self-Confident	27	(1)
I Am Enthusiastic	27	(1)
I Use Positive Self-Talk (Affirmations)	28	(1)
I Visualize Success	29	(1)
I Have a Positive Self-Image	30	(1)
I Have Multiple Intelligences	30	(2)
I Learn from Role Models	32	(1)
I Initiate Action	32	(1)
I Am Persistent	33	(1)
I Am Disciplined	33	(1)
Real Stories: Meet Alan	34	(1)
I Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence	34	(2)
BOX: What makes workers succeed	36	(1)
I Identify My Goals	36	(1)
I Am Self-Reliant and Career Resilient	36	(1)
I Am Flexible	37	(1)
Summary	37	(1)
EXERCISES
2.1 Past Actions and Influences	38	(1)
2.2 Two Perfect Days	39	(1)
2.3 Emotional Intelligence Checklist	40	(1)
2.4 Positive Self-talk (Affirmations)	40	(1)
2.5 Your Fantasy Careers	41	(2)
2.6 Making a Fantasy Real	43	(1)
2.7 Building Your Success Profile	43	(1)
2.8 Think About Enthusiasm	44	(1)
2.9 WWWebwise	44	(1)
2.10 Exercise Summary	45	(1)
CHAPTER 3 VALUES CLARIFICATION	46	(18)
Defining Values	48	(1)
Clarifying Your Values	48	(2)
Real Stories: Meet Maria	50	(1)
Needs and Motivators	50	(2)
BOX: Life balance	52	(1)
Finding Balance	52	(1)
Role of Leisure	53	(1)
BOX: True values	54	(1)
Summary	54	(1)
EXERCISES
3.1 Values Grid	55	(2)
3.2 Explore Your Values	57	(2)
3.3 Your Values-Some Hard Choices	59	(1)
3.4 Reflective Questions	60	(1)
3.5 Top Five	60	(1)
3.6 Values Related to Careers	61	(1)
3.7 Values Related to Ethics	61	(1)
3.8 WWWebwise	62	(1)
3.9 Exercise Summary	62	(2)
CHAPTER 4 FOCUSING ON YOU: PERSONALITY AND INTEREST	64	(28)
Exploring Personality	66	(7)
ACTIVITY: Identifying Your Personal Preferences	67	(5)
BOX: Exploring majors	72	(1)
Identifying Fields of Interest	73	(1)
Real Stories: Meet Holly	74	(1)
RIASEC (Holland Interest Environments)	74	(12)
ACTIVITY: Sample Majors Related to Holland Types	77	(1)
BOX: Holland Interest Environments and hobbies, abilities, and careers	78	(2)
ACTIVITY: Interest Checklist for Worker Trait Groups	80	(4)
BOX: Worker Trait Groups	84	(1)
ACTIVITY: Identifying occupational interest areas	85	(1)
Career Clusters	86	(1)
Summary	86	(3)
EXERCISES
4.1 Your Personality Type	89	(1)
4.2 Your Holland Interest Environment	89	(1)
4.3 Your Occupational Interests	90	(1)
4.4 Job Clusters	90	(1)
4.5 Interest Inventories	90	(1)
4.6 Classified Careers	90	(1)
4.7 College Catalogs	91	(1)
4.8 WWWebwise	91	(1)
4.9 Exercise Summary	91	(1)
CHAPTER 5 SKILLS ASSESSMENT	92	(25)
Defining Skills	94	(1)
Identifying Your Skills	94	(8)
Real Stories: Meet John	96	(37)
Analyze Your Accomplishments	96	(2)
BOX: Sample job descriptions from the DOT	98	(1)
Use the DOT to Identify Skills	98	(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
5.1 Experiography	110	(1)
5.2 Accomplishments	110	(1)
5.3 Description of Accomplishments	111	(1)
5.4 The Skills	111	(1)
5.5 Your Favorite Skills	111	(1)
5.6 Ideal Jobs	112	(1)
5.7 SCANS	112	(2)
5.8 Skills Review	114	(1)
5.9 WWWebwise	114	(1)
5.10 Exercise Summary	115	(2)
Part Two The World of Work	117	(86)
CHAPTER 6 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	(5)
Liberal Arts Majors Have Marketable Skills	133	(1)
Real Stories: Meet Jessica	134	(33)
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
6.1 First Impressions	149	(1)
6.2 Gender Roles Questionnaire	150	(1)
6.3 Pros and Cons	150	(1)
6.4 Famous People	151	(1)
6.5 Small Businesses	152	(1)
6.6 Globalization of the Work World	152	(1)
6.7 Changing Nature of Work	152	(1)
6.8 WWWebwise	152	(1)
6.9 Exercise Summary	153	(1)
CHAPTER 7 INFORMATION INTEGRATION	154
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	(6)
Selected Computerized Sources	167	(1)
Real Stories: Meet Jackie	168	(12)
The Internet	170	(1)
BOX: Job market research sites	171	(2)
EXERCISES
7.1 A Tempting 10	173	(1)
7.2 I'd Do This Even If I Didn't Get Paid	173	(1)
7.3 The Grass Is Always Greener	174	(1)
7.4 Job Research	174	(1)
7.5 Local and Internet Resources	175	(1)
7.6 Gathering the Facts	175	(1)
7.7 WWWebwise	176	(1)
7.8 Exercise Summary	177
CHAPTER 8 MAKING DECISIONS	17	(186)
Overcoming Barriers to Decision Making	180	(1)
Decision-Making Strategies (Good and Bad)	180	(4)
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
8.1 Ranking Yourself	193	(1)
8.2 Reviewing Goal Setting	193	(1)
8.3 Write a Goal Statement	194	(1)
8.4 Task Identification	195	(1)
8.5 One Year to Live	195	(1)
8.6 Meeting Your Needs	195	(1)
8.7 Your Energizers	195	(1)
8.8 Recent Decisions	196	(1)
8.9 Priorities	196	(1)
8.10 Irrevocable Decisions	196	(1)
8.11 Harmful Decisions	196	(1)
8.12 Limiting Decisions	197	(1)
8.13 Contingent Decisions	197	(1)
8.14 Values	197	(1)
8.15 Factors Adversely Affecting Decisions	197	(2)
8.16 What If ...	199	(1)
8.17 Specific/Nonspecific Objectives	199	(1)
8.18 Test Your Assumptions	200	(1)
8.19 Time-Savers	200	(1)
8.20 Short- and Long-Term Goals	200	(1)
8.21 WWWebwise	201	(1)
8.22 Exercise Summary	201	(2)
Parts One & Two Chapter Summaries	203	(10)
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER TO REACH A TENTATIVE CAREER GOAL
Chapter 1 Exercise Summary	203	(1)
Chapter 2 Exercise Summary	204	(1)
Chapter 3 Exercise Summary	205	(1)
Chapter 4 Exercise Summary	206	(1)
Chapter 5 Exercise Summary	207	(1)
Chapter 6 Exercise Summary	207	(1)
Chapter 7 Exercise Summary	208	(1)
Chapter 8 Exercise Summary	208	(1)
Quick Impressions	209	(1)
Information Integration and Goal Setting	210	(3)
Part Three Job Search Strategy	213	(102)
CHAPTER 9 TARGETING YOUR JOB SEARCH
BOX: Your comprehensive job search strategy	216	(1)
Designing a Comprehensive Job Search Strategy	217	(1)
Your Job Search: Getting Started	218	(5)
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	(11)
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	(2)
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
9.1 Support Network Checklist	240	(1)
9.2 Information Interviews	241	(1)
9.3 Personal Contact Log	241	(1)
9.4 WWWebwise	242	(1)
9.5 Exercise Summary	243	(1)
CHAPTER 10 PREPARING A WINNING RESUME	244	(42)
The Resume	246	(5)
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	(47)
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	(2)
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
10.1 Resume Review Sheet	263	(1)
10.2 Create a Card File	263	(1)
10.3 Write Your Resume	263	(1)
10.4 A Save Sample Work for a Portfolio	263	(2)
10.5 Critique Your Resume	265	(1)
10.6 Ask Others to Critique Your Resume	266	(1)
10.7 Write a Cover Letter	266	(1)
10.8 WWWebwise	267	(1)
10.9 Exercise Summary	267	(1)
Sample Resumes	268	(12)
Sample Cover Letters	280	(5)
Sample Letter of Introduction	285	(1)
CHAPTER 11 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
11.1 Question Review	307	(1)
11.2 Practice Interview	307	(1)
11.3 WWWebwise	307	(1)
11.4 Exercise Summary	307	(1)
CHAPTER 12 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

Excerpts

Welcome to the Seventh Edition ofThe Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options.As authors, we are immensely gratified by the positive feedback from the field, which tells us that we continue to make a contribution to the quality of life for the thousands of students who use our book. We say "use our book" rather than "read our book" because the process of career planning is action oriented at its base. We have attempted to balance the text with a variety of exercises to encourage our users to "get into the process" and allow the process to unfold in the many unexpected ways that careers do take shape. Vide are committed to the process of career planning, which is part science and part art, part logic and part intuition, part inspiration and part perspiration. We recognize the critical role of the teacher/counselor/coach in this process as the voice of experience, reassurance, validation, and wisdom. Just as a personal trainer keeps a well-intentioned exerciser on track, so too, does the teacher keep students on track and moving forward in a process that all too often seems circuitous and convoluted rather than linear and straightforward. Our book attempts to be a comprehensive and current compendium of the best art and science in the field of career planning. As such, the Seventh Edition has more fully incorporated the electronic medium into the text and exercises without implying that the Internet is the only or even preeminent tool in the process. In this edition, as in previous ones, we have updated the facts and figures and have added topics that have become relevant to the subject, such as a discussion of multiple intelligences and the role of benefits in a salary negotiation. We have also expanded real-life stories in each chapter and added critical-thinking questions to each chapter. Of particular note is this book's usefulness to the undecided and the liberal arts-oriented students. These students have heard all too often that technology is the promise of the future, and while that may be true, they need the latitude to explore other career avenues that may be more compatible with who they are. We encourage and support them in this exploration. Companion Website: A Virtual Learning Environment Technology is a constantly growing and changing aspect of our field that is creating a need for content and resources. To address this need, we have significantly revised the Companion Website for the Seventh Edition. Moreover, to better facilitate student learning and comprehension of chapter content, we have integrated the Companion Website into the text. In creating a Companion Website, our goal is to build on and enhance what the textbook already offers. The Companion Website, located at www.prenhall.com/sukiennik , is a valuable resource for both the professor and the student. For the Professor--Every Companion Website integrates Syllabus Manager , an online syllabus creation and management utility that allows instructors to create and customize syllabi online. Your completed syllabus is hosted on our servers, allowing convenient updates from any computer on the Internet. Changes you make to your syllabus are immediately available to your students at their next logon. For the Student--The Companion Website helps students gauge their understanding of chapter content through the use of chapter objectives, reflection questions that connect chapter content to the "Real Stories" and "Facts and Figures" features in the text, and interactive self-assessments. It also provides web links mentioned in the text and a variety of other online resources (such as articles that relate to chapter content), as well as WWWebwise Activities at the end of chapters and chapter summary exercises.