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Your Career How to Make it Happen, Text/CD book cover, ISBN 9780538727082

Your Career How to Make it Happen, Text/CD

by Levitt, Julie

ISBN13: 9780538727082
ISBN10: 053872708X
Additional ISBN(s): 9780538721912, 9780538729666
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2002-12-23
Publisher: SOUTH-WESTERN COLLEGE
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Summary

Practical assignments throughout connect you directly with the business community, employers and the Internet. This best-selling book provides everything needed to gain competitive advantage in the workplace. It is ideal for a course on Professional/Career Development, Job Search, Resume Writing, and Interviewing. Your Career: How to Make it Happen provides thorough coverage of career self-assessment, employer research, job search/interviewing and career building strategies. The text also contains extensive instructions and examples of market-driven electronic, traditional, and web resumes, as well as cover letters.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Planning Your Career

Reach Your Full Career Potential

Get the Competitive Edge With Nine Success Strategies

2

(12)

Apply the Nine Success Strategies

14

(1)

Checklist

14

(2)

Take a Look at Yourself

Knowing Yourself---A Must for Your Career Success

16

(2)

Self-Assessment

18

(2)

Self-Assessment Resources

20

(1)

Checklist

21

(15)

What Do Employers Want?

What Employers Want

36

(1)

Career Planning Resources

37

(2)

Successful Career Planning Requires Flexibility

39

(1)

Set Your Career Target

39

(1)

Your Career Portfolio

40

(2)

Checklist

42

(10)

Explore Contemporary Workplace Issues

Manage Your Personal Finances

52

(1)

Understand What Globalization Means to Your Career

53

(1)

Prepare for the Trends of the Twenty-First Century

54

(4)

Work Responsibly With Others

58

(3)

Checklist

61

(5)

Part 2 Your Job Search

Organize Your Winning Network

Networking Offers Big Benefits

66

(1)

Your Personal Support System Is Your Coaching Team

66

(1)

Develop a Large Network---The No. 1 Source of Job Leads

67

(5)

Checklist

72

(2)

Engineer an Efficient Job Search

Sources of Job Leads

74

(8)

Personal Awareness of Market Trends

82

(1)

Organizing an Effective Job Search

82

(1)

Planning Time for Your Job Search

83

(2)

Checklist

85

(5)

Investigate Job, Application, and Hiring Procedures

The Career Information Survey

90

(5)

Job Qualifications Profile: A Snapshot to Persuade Employers

95

(1)

Checklist

96

(4)

Research Prospective Employers

Complete Industry, Employer, and Job Research for Big Payoffs!

100

(1)

Learn What You Should Know

101

(1)

Use Many Sources of Information

101

(3)

Research Local and Small Firms

104

(1)

Develop and Increase Your Career-Related Vocabulary

105

(1)

Apply Your Industry, Employer, and Job Research

106

(1)

Research Interviewers

107

(1)

Checklist

108

(6)

Part 3 Career Search Documents

Prepare a Winning Resume

What Is a Resume?

114

(1)

What Makes a Winning Resume?

115

(1)

Prepare to Write Your Resume

116

(1)

Four Steps to Preparing Your Resume

116

(11)

Format Your Resume Correctly

127

(4)

Prepare and Format Your Electronic Resume

131

(3)

Distributing Your Resume

134

(1)

Special Resume Reminders

135

(1)

Career Change Resume Tips

135

(2)

Internet Resources for Resume Information

137

(1)

Checklist

137

(27)

Perfect the Application and Cover Letter

Preparing the Employment Application

164

(8)

Jump-Starting Your Cover Letter

172

(6)

Develop Winning Cover Letter Content

178

(3)

Distributing Your Complete Job Search Paper Package

181

(1)

Preparing an Electronic Cover Letter

181

(1)

Maximizing Your Online Job Search Process

182

(1)

Tapping Into Your Network for Job Leads

183

(2)

Following Up With a Telephone Call

185

(1)

Checklist

186

(4)

Part 4 Your Interview

Interview Like a Pro

Know the Core Elements of Successful Interviewing

190

(9)

Listening: The Silent Power Play

199

(4)

Use Your Portfolio Items and Interview Marketing Kit

203

(2)

Avoid Interview Disqualifiers

205

(1)

Wrap Up the Interview in Your Favor

206

(1)

Close the Interview Skillfully

206

(3)

Checklist

209

(5)

Master the Art of Getting Interviews

Direct Requests for Interviews

214

(5)

Indirect Strategies for Landing Interviews

219

(5)

Checklist

224

(2)

Be Prepared for Any Interview Style

The Interview Connection

226

(1)

The Structured Interview

226

(8)

The Unstructured Interview

234

(1)

The Bad Interview

235

(1)

The Unsuccessful Interview

235

(1)

Checklist

236

(2)

Navigate Interview Questions and Answers

Focus on Your Job Qualifications

238

(1)

Prepare for Interviewer Questions

238

(6)

Plan Now: Your Questions Count!

244

(2)

Apply Q-and-A Savvy Strategies

246

(1)

Checklist

247

(7)

Ace Employment Tests and Negotiations

Ace Employment Tests

254

(2)

Prepare for Drug Screening

256

(1)

Research Salary and Benefits Ahead of Time

256

(2)

Negotiate for Top Salary and Benefits

258

(1)

Evaluate and Negotiate Job Offers

259

(3)

Checklist

262

(4)

Practice for Your Successful Interview

Gain Competitive Advantage Through Interview Practice

266

(1)

Review Interview Techniques

266

(1)

Schedule a Practice Interview

267

(1)

Follow Guidelines for Practice Interviews

267

(2)

Have Interviewers Fill Out Critique Form

269

(1)

Checklist

270

(6)

Interview and Follow Up

Interview Game Strategies

276

(1)

Good Follow-up Moves

276

(6)

Waiting-Game Strategies

282

(1)

Checklist

283

(3)

Part 5 After Your Interview

Prepare Your Next Move If You Don't Get the Job

Counter Rejection With Success Strategies

286

(1)

Is ``No'' Always the Final Answer?

286

(2)

Reverse Job Rejection: A True Case

288

(1)

Consider Another Position in Another Department

289

(1)

Don't Be Afraid to Reapply

290

(1)

Be Persistent

290

(1)

Follow Up on Your Job Search Performance Evaluation

291

(1)

Checklist

292

(4)

You're Hired! Succeed in Your New Position

Adjust to Your New Job

296

(1)

Get Off to a Successful Start

297

(4)

Succeed in Today's Changing Workplace

301

(1)

Manage Your Career Development/Advancement

302

(3)

Maintain Your Network and Career Management Files

305

(1)

Checklist

305

(7)

Make Successful Job and Career Changes

Know the Difference Between a Job and a Career

312

(1)

Understand When You Should Change Jobs

313

(1)

Know When You Should Change Careers

314

(2)

Resign Professionally

316

(1)

Understand When You Should Consider Relocating

317

(3)

Use Relocation to Grow, Not to Start Over

320

(1)

Know What to Do If You Lose Your Job

321

(2)

Conclusion

323

(1)

Checklist

324

(1)

Appendices

Appendix A: Sample Business Letter and E-Mail Formats

325

(3)

Appendix B: Career Management and Marketing Tools

328

(5)

Appendix C: Reference Reading

333

(3)

Index

336

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