Bound-for-Career Guidebook

A Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search, 2nd Edition

Frank Burtnett

The Bound-for-Career Guidebook views career identification, selection, entry, and progression as part of a larger developmental process—the career development process. In this guidebook for adolescents and young adults, the author outlines the experiences and tasks that will facilitate the career development process and lead to satisfaction and success. The reader will be exposed to the various educational and career transitions they must consider on the path to the workplace and specific guidance is offered on how to maximize entry and advancement.

Along the career exploration, decision-making, and preparation path, the author answers frequently asked questions and offers an array of facts and myths that need to be considered. Empowered individuals are better able to guide themselves through their personal career journey. The reader’s command of the information in the Bound-for-Career Guidebook will give them that power!

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 175 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4758-4838-0 • Hardback • December 2020 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-4758-4840-3 • eBook • December 2020 • $34.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: Education / Counseling / Career Development, Education / Professional Development, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Bound-for-Career Guidebook

A Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search, 2nd Edition

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Summary

The Bound-for-Career Guidebook views career identification, selection, entry, and progression as part of a larger developmental process—the career development process. In this guidebook for adolescents and young adults, the author outlines the experiences and tasks that will facilitate the career development process and lead to satisfaction and success. The reader will be exposed to the various educational and career transitions they must consider on the path to the workplace and specific guidance is offered on how to maximize entry and advancement.

Along the career exploration, decision-making, and preparation path, the author answers frequently asked questions and offers an array of facts and myths that need to be considered. Empowered individuals are better able to guide themselves through their personal career journey. The reader’s command of the information in the Bound-for-Career Guidebook will give them that power!

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 175 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4758-4838-0 • Hardback • December 2020 • $36.00 • (£30.00)

978-1-4758-4840-3 • eBook • December 2020 • $34.00 • (£25.00)

Subjects: Education / Counseling / Career Development, Education / Professional Development, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General

Author

Frank Burtnett is a counseling and counselor education veteran. His various books offer concise and pragmatic solutions to the issues and problems encountered by people of all ages during the school-to-college, education-to-career, employment to employment and career-to-retirement transitions.

Table of Contents

List of Student Exercises

Career Facts and Myths

Introduction

1.Career Success: Actions that Lead to Achievement and Satisfaction

2.Understanding the Career Development Process

3.The Importance of Career Exploration, Decision Making, and Goal Setting

4.Learning About Yourself: Implications for Your Future Career

5.The Dynamics of the American Workplace: Past, Present, and Future

6.Strategies for Learning About the World of Work

7.Mounting a Career Search: Asking the Right Questions

8.Sources of Information About Careers

9.Relating Education to Career Development

10.Educational Paths to Careers

11.Identifying Job Opportunities

12.Making Initial Contact

13.First Steps in the Job Seeking Process

14.Strategies for Successful Career and Job Interviews

15.Career Growth, Mobility and Maintenance

16.Factors Influencing Career Success

17.Counselors as Career Development Allies

18.Parents, People, and the Career Development Process

19.Some Closing Thoughts About Expectations

Appendix: Career and Educational Information Sources

About the Author