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ISBN10: 1266604278 | ISBN13: 9781266604270
Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals, 4th Edition
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This text was specifically designed with student success as a top priority and to simplify the career planning process. It provides necessary information and support to help career-seekers reach their objectives and succeed beyond what they might have thought possible. Each chapter covers vital topics—supported by dynamic activities and relevant examples—that will help students identify, grow, and ultimately achieve their career goals. In addition to concept discussion, embedded questions, real-world examples, and application-oriented activities, each chapter in Career Achievement presents the opportunity for students to create their own portfolio materials.
PART ONE You and Your Career: Finding and Cultivating a Great Match!
Chapter 1: Jump-Start Your Career
Chapter 2: Skills and Interests—Your Career Assets
Chapter 3: Where Are the Jobs? Maximize Your Career Options
PART TWO Marketing Tools: Promoting Your Skills
Chapter 4: Networking—It’s Always Who You Know
Chapter 5: Professional Resumes the Easy Way
Chapter 5a: Winning Resumes: Real Student Examples for Resumes and References
Chapter 6: Professional Cover Letters and Applications
PART THREE Moving Forward: Interview, Follow-Up, and Managing Change
Chapter 7: Successful Interviews
Chapter 8: Follow-Up and Negotiation
Chapter 9: Step Up Your Career
About the Author
Karine Blackett
Dr. Karine B. Blackett is a certified life coach whose professional credentials span more than 20 years of student success and career management experience. Dr. Blackett studied at the University of Malta and worked in Kenya, Africa, through her undergraduate degree with the University of Minnesota. She holds an English Language Teaching Certificate from
New School University in New York and taught English as a second language in Southern Japan. Dr. Blackett received her master’s degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University. She received her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of South Dakota.
Dr. Blackett has taught for several institutions, including doctoral online courses for Walden University and Aspen University, master’s online courses for Kaplan University, and undergraduate online courses for Virginia College
Online, National American University, and the American Public University System. In addition to teaching, Dr. Blackett is a course instructional designer and consultant for several institutions. In the past, she has served as the career services manager for National American University. She is a published author and contributor in the college success and career management fields and is an accomplished public speaker.
Dr. Blackett is a Master Facilitator with The Pacific Institute, an advisor to Jim Madrid and Advanced Sports Technology (http://jimmadrid.com/ast), and consults with many colleges and universities worldwide. Dr. Blackett was also a consultant with Coach Pete Carroll’s “A Better LA” anti-gang program (http://www.abetterla.org).
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