Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals

Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Dedication
 About the Author
 Preface
 Acknowledgments
 Brief Table of Contents
 Table of Contents
 PART 1 You and Your Career: Finding and Cultivating a Great Match!
 Chapter 1 Jump-Start Your Career
 The Difference between a Job and a Career
 Managing Your Career
 The Importance of Effective Goal Setting
 Humans Need Goals
 Writing Down Your Goals
 Attitude and Self-Talk
 Affirmations
 SMART Goals and Stretch Goals
 Achieving Your Goals
 Your Career Mission Statement
 Creating a Portfolio
 Chapter Summary
 Skill/Term Check
 Key Terms Chapter 2 Skills and Interests-Your Career AssetsYour Values, Interests, and Personality
 What Do You Value?
 Your Unique Personality
 Soft Skills and Adaptive Skills
 Hard Skills and Transferable Skills
 Job-Specific Skills
 Achievements, Accomplishments, Honors, and Awards
 Your Brand Identity
 Identify Your Skills Gap
 Match Your Degree to Goals and Possibilities
 Chapter Summary
 Skill/Term Check
 Key Terms
 Chapter 3 Where Are the Jobs? Maximize Your Career Options
 Rethinking Unemployment
 Labor Market Trends and the Changing Employment Landscape
 Millennial Employment Trends Using Sources to Find Employment OpportunitiesTargeted Job Search
 Chapter Summary
 Skill/Term Check
 Key Terms
 PART 2 Marketing Tools: Promoting Your Skills
 Chapter 4 Networking-It\'s Always Who You Know
 The Importance of Networking
 The Hidden Job Market
 Where Companies Look for Employees
 Mentors
 Keep Your Commitments
 The Power of the Invisible Network
 Networking Opportunities
 Leverage Your Career through Networking
 Social Media in Your Job Search
 Your Social Media Presence
 Case Study: Utilizing Social Media
 Warm and Cold Contacts
 Break Out of Your Comfort Zone Specific Tools to Enhance Networking ResultsNetworking Business Card (NBC)
 The Power of a Professional Handshake
 How to Work a Room
 Informational Interview
 Organizing Your Contacts
 Chapter Summary
 Skill/Term Check
 Key Terms
 Chapter 5 Professional Resumes the Easy Way
 The Importance of a Professional Resume
 The First Cut
 Types of Resumes
 Chronological Resume
 Presentation Overview
 Functional or Skills Resume
 Combination, Hybrid, or Custom Resume
 Scannable, Plain Text, E-Resume, or Online Resume
 Fonts for All Resumes
 What to Include in Your Resume
 The Skills FormulaTM Quantifying SkillsThe Skills Formula
 Formatting, Saving, and Sending Your Resume
 Target the Job
 Visual Impact
 Maintain Integrity
 Resume Formats
 Resume Challenges
 Portfolios: Putting It All Together
 Delivering Your Resume
 Chapter Summary
 Skill/Term Check
 Key Terms
 Winning Resumes: Real Student Examples for Resumes and References
 Chapter 6 Professional Cover Letters and Applications
 Creating Professional Cover Letters
 Cover Letter Workshop
 Putting It All Together
 Student Sample Cover Letters
 Writing an Effective Cover Letter
 Completing an Error-Free Application