Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals - Brossura

Blackett, Karine

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ISBN 10: 0073377007 ISBN 13: 9780073377001

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2010

Riassunto

Instructor and Life Coach Kari Blackett's Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals teaches students how to personally and professionally achieve their goals. This text breaks down the elements of career management, including goal setting, resume-writing, and networking effectively with clarity and ease. Portfolio assignments, Career Coaching, Networking Business cards, and more make this text ideal for adults returning to the workforce and career-changers. Multiple activities are interspersed within the chapters allow for practical application.

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L'autore:

Dr. Karine B. Blackett is a certified life coach whose professional credentials span more than 20 years of student success and career management experience. Dr. Blackett studied at the University of Malta and worked in Kenya, Africa, through her undergraduate degree with the University of Minnesota. She holds an English Language Teaching Certificate from
New School University in New York and taught English as a second language in Southern Japan. Dr. Blackett received her masters degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University. She received her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Dakota.

Dr. Blackett has taught for several institutions, including doctoral online courses for Walden University and Aspen University, masters online courses for Kaplan University, and undergraduate online courses for Virginia College
Online, National American University, and the American Public University System. In addition to teaching, Dr. Blackett is a course instructional designer and consultant for several institutions. In the past, she has served as the career services manager for National American University. She is a published author and contributor in the college success and career management fields and is an accomplished public speaker.

Dr. Blackett is a Master Facilitator with The Pacific Institute, an advisor to Jim Madrid and Advanced Sports Technology (http://jimmadrid.com/ast), and consults with many colleges and universities worldwide. Dr. Blackett was also a consultant with Coach Pete Carrolls A Better LA anti-gang program (http://www.abetterla.org).

Contenuti:

Part 1 – You and Your Career: Finding and Cultivating a Great Match!

Chapter 1: Jump-Start Your Career

Chapter 2: Skills and Interests – Your Career Assets

Chapter 3: Where are the Jobs? Maximize Your Career Options

Part 2 – Marketing Tools: Promoting Your Skills

Chapter 4: Networking – It’s Always Who You Know

Chapter 5: Professional Resumes the Easy Way

Chapter 5a: Winning Resume Examples

Chapter 6: Professional Cover Letters and Applications

Part 3 – Interviewing and Follow-Up: Communicating Your Skills

Chapter 7: Successful Interviews

Chapter 8: Follow-Up and Negotiation

Part 4 – Moving Forward and Managing Change

Chapter 9: Step Up Your Career

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0073377007
• ISBN 13: 9780073377001
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 317