Starting Out, Starting Over. Finding the Work That's Waiting for You.

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Main Author: Peterson, Linda
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1995
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contents Starting Out, Starting Over. Finding the Work That's Waiting for You. Peterson, Linda Career Change Career Choice College Graduates Computer Networks Entry Workers Higher Education Job Search Methods Self Evaluation (Individuals) This book, aimed at recent college graduates and job-changers, provides a process for making career decisions. Based on the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, it is intended to help readers understand who they are and what motivates them. The book provides information, guidance, exercises, and tools for identifying and finding a job that fits. It includes insights about how to get the most out of personality inventories, online bulletin boards, internships, and networking. The 10 chapters cover the following topics: (1) making a career choice: an overview of the process; (2) career matchmaking using the Strong Inventory; (3) personality type and career; (4) how to complete a career profile; (5) library research; (6) research in cyberspace; (7) networking your way to your next career; (8) making sense of your research; (9) reality testing your targeted career; and (10) back to school--how to find the right program. Throughout the book, suggestions for further reading and resources are offered. (KC)
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spellingShingle Starting Out, Starting Over. Finding the Work That's Waiting for You.
Peterson, Linda
Career Change
Career Choice
College Graduates
Computer Networks
Entry Workers
Higher Education
Job Search Methods
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Starting Out, Starting Over. Finding the Work That's Waiting for You. Peterson, Linda Career Change Career Choice College Graduates Computer Networks Entry Workers Higher Education Job Search Methods Self Evaluation (Individuals) This book, aimed at recent college graduates and job-changers, provides a process for making career decisions. Based on the Strong Interest Inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, it is intended to help readers understand who they are and what motivates them. The book provides information, guidance, exercises, and tools for identifying and finding a job that fits. It includes insights about how to get the most out of personality inventories, online bulletin boards, internships, and networking. The 10 chapters cover the following topics: (1) making a career choice: an overview of the process; (2) career matchmaking using the Strong Inventory; (3) personality type and career; (4) how to complete a career profile; (5) library research; (6) research in cyberspace; (7) networking your way to your next career; (8) making sense of your research; (9) reality testing your targeted career; and (10) back to school--how to find the right program. Throughout the book, suggestions for further reading and resources are offered. (KC)
title Starting Out, Starting Over. Finding the Work That's Waiting for You.
topic Career Change
Career Choice
College Graduates
Computer Networks
Entry Workers
Higher Education
Job Search Methods
Self Evaluation (Individuals)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED394061