Bound-for-Career Guidebook: A Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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!

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

Frank Burtnett is a veteran counselor, teacher, student service administrator, education association officer, and consultant who founded and served as the President and Principal Consultant of Education Now, an education and human resource development consulting firm located in Springfield, Virginia, and Rockport, Maine. At various times in his personal career, Frank served as the Executive Director of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), Associate Executive Director of the American Counseling Association (ACA), and Certification and Education Consultant for the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS).