Building your career Book

The fourth edition of Building Your Career actively engages students in a new career decision-making model that involves reflecting, exploring, deciding and preparing for their immediate and long-term futures. Students progress through a process that uses the Internet and other hands-on activities to discover how their interests and strengths are compatible with the possible occupational and educational alternatives that they identify. Students also learn how to mount a job search and determine their readiness for the changing work world and the skills needed to succeed in the jobs of tomorrow. New features include: Students use the time-tested U.S. Department of Labor's system, O'Net, in addition to workbook activities to assess their personal interests, personality, values, and skills. (Ex. CH. 2). Occupations are identified and detailed information is gathered about each through the O'Net system. (Ex. CH. 3). Encourages students to think about how the academic and other decisions they make in college have a direct impact on how prepared they are for the day after graduation. (Ex. CH. 6). For more information visit www.pearsonhighered.com/studentsuccess Support – in and out of the classroom… In addition to an Instructor's manual with Test Bank, this text may also be accompanied upon request by a rich resource for students: MyStudentSuccessLab Succeed in college and beyond! Connect, practice, and personalize with MyStudentSuccessLab. www.mystudentsuccesslab.com Students connect, practice, and personalize skills through a self-guided online solution with MyStudentSuccessLab. Features peer-led videos, interactive exercises and projects, journaling and goal setting activities. Provides academic, life, and career skills that will transfer to ANY course. Connect with real students • Practice skill development • Personalize what is learned To learn more about MyStudentSuccessLab, visit www.mystudentsuccesslab.com