Calvary University

 Faculty of Counselling

Career Patterns —
    A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities

2nd Edition

Liz H. Harris-Tuck, Annette Price, Marilee Robertson
0-13-110965-0
Paperback
288 pages
2004

Brief Description

For Career Development or Job Search courses.

Preparing students for the reality of today's workplace by providing effective methods to help students plan for an uncertain future, as well as developing skills for lifetime career planning. Actively involving students in the career planning process, it starts with the need for a flexible career plan that can adapt to changes in technology, organizational structure, and global economics. Drawing on the authors' extensive experience as corporate trainers, workshop facilitators, and college instructors, it offers a unique combination of perspectives and real—world experience to help students prepare for their future and ensure that the education they invest in today will increase their future work options.

Features

• The kaleidoscope model for self-discovery and assessment—Presents exercises that help students identify their personal “kaleidoscope elements”—values, interests and skills—then encourages them to experiment with different kaleidoscope patterns (various combinations of these skills and talents) to help them discover new and varied work options that suit their personality and require the qualities they possess.
  
• Provides students with a flexible way to organize information about values, skills, interest, and personal preferences; allows them to see that there are many kaleidoscope patterns that they can use throughout their professional lives to create new work possibilities; and helps them recognize their ability to adapt to changing needs in the workplace. Enables instructors to easily incorporate inventory results and their own assessment activities into the model.
  
• Research and scenario planning— Presents an extensive array of resources (including the Internet) to research workplace trends, professions, and industries. Helps students learn how to think like futurists and focus on the big picture—researching how professions and industries are changing, rather than limiting their research to past information about specific jobs.
  
• The NAB process: Communicating your value—Offers a practical method for developing interviewing, networking, and resume writing skills that focuses on identifying employers' needs and communicating how those needs can be met effectively. Gives students practice in communicating how their skills, education, and experience can add value to an organization, and shows them how to transfer past experience and education to new career choices.
  
• Lifelong learning: A method to maintain career resiliency—Uses graphs to illustrate the economic value of education and includes current information about career options available for various college majors. Enables students to see the connection between education and career success by comparing their skills to the skills outlined in the SCANS report.
  
• Real-Life Perspectives—Illustrates activities and assignments by showing how other students and clients have applied strategies in the real world. Provides interesting and practical strategies for students, and motivates them to plan their education and career.
  
• Expert Advice—Offers recommendations from executives, recruiters, and successful employees for finding meaningful work and for learning how to communicate effectively to get a job. Keeps students abreast of what today's employer is looking for in a recruit.
  Student Activities—Provides group exercises/activities which are relevant to career planning concepts.
• Helps students “think outside their normal paradigm” by exploring different ways of applying concepts to their lives, and encourages them to become involved and active learners by requiring them to work together in groups.
  
• Additional pedagogical support—Includes Chapter Summaries in a bulleted list form that assist students in review and retention; Questions at the beginning of each chapter that point the student toward the learning objectives and stimulate class discussion; Cross References to tools, exercises, and resources in other chapters woven throughout; and information printed in Tables and Graphs whenever possible for easier comprehension.
  
• Helps students stay focused on key concepts, make connections between various materials and gives them the fullest understanding of concepts.

New to this Edition

Emphasis on career management strategies. Provides students with information that is essential for finding and keeping work today.
Marketing-based work search techniques. Helps students use all the resources available to them so that they can tune into the marketplace and get results.
Expanded coverage throughout. Presents students with current material on trends, more Real—Life Perspectives, and tips for success once they have landed that new job.
Companion website. Offers students updated resources, supplemental readings, quizzes, and sample PowerPoint presentations for the instructor.

Contents

1. New Perspectives—Understanding the World of Work.
2. Careers—Thinking in New Ways.
3. Discovering Your Values—Finding Meaning.
4. Discovering Your Interests—Creating Career Possibilities.
5. Creating Future Possibilities—Researching Careers.
6. Learning—A Lifelong Investment.
7. Communicating Your Value—Marketing You.
8. Getting Noticed—Writing a Resume That Counts.
9. Developing Relationships—Creating a Professional Network.
10. Organizing Your Work Search—Finding Meaningful Work.

References.

Index.

Companion Website:

http://www.prenhall.com/harristuck

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