This book contains practical resources for instructors using the reference book Exploring Careers, Third Edition. It is designed to help you add school-to-career instruction to your crowded curriculum.
Now a companion to the best-selling Quick Job Search! So many people get a job and then lose it before the 90-day probationary period is up simply because they do not understand and do not have the skills required to retain a job. Quick Job Success Guide gives the seven most important steps to keeping a job.Tied to the JIST Job Survival and Success Scale, this workbook quickly helps readers understand just what it takes to not only keep but also succeed on the job. The clear, straightforward writing makes this an easy-to-read but valuable tool. The worksheets can serve as a guide long after the first day on the job, even through a career.
Job seekers, students, and others doing in-depth career research can access information on nearly 8,000 jobs in one current, convenient book. With more job descriptions than in any other career reference, the best-selling Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook provides a practical way to obtain and use the information from the three most authoritative occupational data sources. It includes the complete text of the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook by the U.S. Department of Labor, plus related job descriptions from the government?s latest O*NET database and from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Readers learn about all of their career options in one resource. Now in its all-new seventh edition, the EOOH is easy to use because it?s organized by clusters of related jobs?the same user-friendly structure as in the OOH. Readers doing career research and planning also learn the latest details on earnings, job growth, education and skills required, working conditions, employment trends, and more.A new appendix organizes all the OOH jobs by personality codes so readers can easily find related job descriptions after using any career assessment based on Holland's six personality types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional).
An outstanding career reference for young people with 1,000 job descriptions organized into 14 interest areas. Plus, 49 interesting, engaging profiles of on-the-job workers; and 19 skill samplers describe skills required in certain jobs.
Accompanyies The Very Quick Job Search (ISBN 1-59357-007-4), one of the most successful career books ever published; sells well in college, employment and training, and trade markets. Thoroughly and comprehensively covers all essentials of job searching. Results-oriented and proven in helping job seekers quickly get jobs, it has a very reader-friendly writing style. Designed to be flexible so readers or instructors can concentrate on the chapters that are most relevant to their needs. See also The Very Quick Job Search Activities Book (ISBN 1-59357-009-0).
In a rocky economy, everyone wants a rock-solid career. And you don't need to trade salary for security. This new book uncovers the 150 most secure, good-paying jobs in good and bad times. A total of 75 lists rank the best recession-proof jobs by pay, growth, and openings, plus by education level, personality type, career clusters/interests, age, part-time work, and self-employment. Bonus lists reveal the most recession-proof metropolitan areas and states, the most recession-proof skills, and the jobs very sensitive to recession. The detailed job descriptions give helpful facts on pay, growth, openings, tasks, skills needed, education and training required, work environment, job security, highest- and lowest-growth industries for the job, and fastest-growing metropolitan areas for the job. A special part explains how to recession-proof your career, how the information can help in both good and bad economic times, and the short-term and long-term outlook. Readers gain career tips for shaky times, including how to be the irreplaceable worker.
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