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Discussing career decision making (CDM), career guidance, a
computerized system of career guidance, and the interplay among
them, this book describes the way people sort themselves, or are
sorted, into educational and occupational options. The options
represent the content of this book, and the sorting represents the
process. The sequence of decisions may extend over a lifetime, but
several crucial choice-points tend to occur at predictable stages
in a career. Career guidance is a professional intervention in CDM;
"professional" implies that practitioners conform to a standard of
ethics, knowledge, and competence beyond what may be offered by
other intervenors. Guidance is partly an art, but it is also partly
a science -- at least an application of science, based on a
synthesis of logic and evidence derived from research.
Presents four case studies of how organizations practice justice and equity to serve the diversity of their communities Highlights a variety of organizations that represent the diversity of experiences encompassed by adult education Featuresresults of a cross-case analyses of the four case studies, including similarities and differences across organizational structures, systems, policies and procedures in supporting diverse, adult learners a chapter highlighting
Based on the thesis that individuals develop not in isolation, but
in a direction consistent with both personal needs and the needs of
the surrounding environment, this volume concentrates on the
development of adults in their careers within organizations. The
organizational and individual perspectives offered provide
practical guidance and examples for human resource development
specialists to use in the evaluation of their current career
development programs and the design of new ones. Key issues
receiving prime attention include the necessity of reward systems
to the success of any career development program, career
transitions, and five critical career development research
areas.
This book describes a variety of programs -- firmly based in
psychological theory and modern decision analysis -- that are
suitable for teaching adolescents how to improve both their own
decision making skills and their understanding of the decision
making of others. Providing practical advice as well as theoretical
analysis, this volume addresses general questions such as the
nature and rationale of the enterprise, its implementation, and its
evaluation. Relevant to several current adolescent problems
including drug abuse, this is an excellent source, either as
research, new curriculum, or enrichment of old curriculum.
This text responds to the growing need for speech-language pathologists in school settings by asking how factors including people, work, pay, opportunities for promotion, and supervision impact the overall job satisfaction of school-based speech-language pathologists. Drawing on data from a quantitative study conducted in schools in the US, the text foregrounds the experiences and perspectives of speech-language pathologists working in the public school sector, and illustrates the critical role of effective and supportive educational leadership and administration in ensuring effective recruitment, retention, and job satisfaction amongst these much needed professionals. The text highlights growing responsibilities of speech-language pathologists in schools and considers recruitment and challenges in the sector can be remedied by greater understanding of how job satisfaction relates to speech-language pathologists' experiences and perspectives on pay, work, opportunities for promotion, and support from a supervisor. This short text is aimed at researchers, scholars, and administrators in meeting the growing needs of children and students with speech and language difficulties in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary education settings . The text will be particularly valuable for school leaders looking to support speech-language pathologists in their setting.
Surviving in today's workplace requires wisdom and wit. This newly revised edition of The Job Survival Instruction Book, Third Edition: 400+ Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to Stay Employed offers plenty of both for anyone who is employed or soon-to-be employed. This book offers workers of all ages a variety of helpful tips on how to get, and stay, employed: how to perform some basic work skills, how to be the kind of employee that employers want to hire and keep, and how to adopt attitudes that make both the employer and the applicant/employee successful and happy. It also includes a few suggestions on how readers might downsize their lifestyles to fit the work they want to do, and how to know when a job is a bad fit and it's time to leave. Keep this book at your desk at all times. You never know when you'll need a little inspiration and motivation to survive - and thrive - in the workplace!
The perfect companion to support your development of the academic and professional skills you need as an early career researcher to help you thrive in academia. This practical book offers guidance on the essential skills you need to succeed as an academic researcher. * Work out how to thrive in academia while protecting your own wellbeing * Learn how to develop discipline and structure in your academic writing * Navigate the nuances of research funding applications * Understand how to build professional development into your daily work * Take a smart perspective on career progression Designed to work across academic disciplines, each chapter includes lessons learned from published literature as well as perspectives from recent early career researchers to provide you with detailed insight applicable to diverse academic contexts. This book is accompanied by 30+ online resources and sample templates, including downloadable and editable research proposals, publication plans, lecture slides, resumes and cover letters. Joseph Roche is a researcher and lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
Because this book's main objective is to foster and promote student development, it should appeal to those who advise, counsel, and teach undergraduate and graduate students, particularly those in psychology, education, and other social sciences. Along with a plethora of stimulating ideas for practice and research, the book contains the results of research having immediate applications to students' educational and career direction needs. Readers will find more than 90 articles in this book distributed across three significant challenges to students' development: the academic, occupational, and personal. Further, the material presented has been organized around three distinct approaches to these challenges: advising, career development, and field placement activities. The source for these articles is the official journal, Teaching of Psychology, of Division Two of the American Psychological Association.
1. This will be the only current careers book which focuses on helping UK psychology students. 2. Book is split in two. The first part focuses on how to find and get the job that's right for you (chpt 1-4), and the remaining chapters look at progress/success at work - personal growth, navigating criticism, workplace relations, etc. While the first is UK-focused, the second half would be useful for a wider, international audience. 3. Lots of resources to support students' individual development and to help academics run workshops. This will include lesson plans and case studies and tool kits which include self-diagnostic tools and strengths finders, networking skill development, job search strategies, difficult interview questions, managing your money, personal branding etc. These tools will be organised to target students at each year of their development.
Identifying your key skills and experience is integral to finding your perfect job. This practical guide helps you locate your strengths and weaknesses, in turn giving you the insight and confidence needed to start your dream career. Understand what career is best suited to you Convert academic achievements into employability advantages Develop a plan for success. Super Quick Skills provide the essential building blocks you need to succeed at university - fast. Packed with practical, positive advice on core academic and life skills, you'll discover focused tips and strategies to use straight away. Whether it's writing great essays, understanding referencing or managing your wellbeing, find out how to build good habits and progress your skills throughout your studies. Learn core skills quickly Apply right away and see results Succeed in your studies and life. Super Quick Skills give you the foundations you need to confidently navigate the ups and downs of university life.
Combining a strong theoretical underpinning with a wide range of case studies and practical examples, this authoritative textbook provides a deep understanding of career systems, on both an individual and an organizational level. Taking a global approach, Managing Careers and Employability looks at recent labour market developments and explores contemporary topics such as entrepreneurial careers, career ecosystems and the dark side of careers. A wide range of learning features including reflective questions, key terms and exercises, empower you to reflect on and manage your own career. Online resources include a Tutor's Guide, containing teaching notes for each chapter, as well as PowerPoint slides that can be adapted and edited to suit specific teaching needs. Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying career management and related courses. Yehuda Baruch is Professor of Management at Southampton Business School, the University of Southampton.
Take the test -- and find the right career for you. Join the ranks of the more than half-million people who have discovered their true talents and made successful career choices with Discover What You're Best At. Now this bestselling career guide has been revised for the twenty-first century, including valuable new information on the skills in demand in electronic communications, medical technology, and other high-tech fields. The book's unique National Career Aptitude System enables you to identify not only your interests but also your innate talents and potential skills, and then to match your career strengths to dozens of the more than 1,100 jobs described in detail. Discover What You're Best At enables you to set realistic and rewarding career goals based on your abilities. It gives you the edge you need to take on the job market and succeed in your chosen career. Discover What You're Best At will help you:
Discover What You're Best At could put you well on your way to success. It's the only career resource you'll ever need.
Based on the Autism Works Now! (R) Workplace Readiness Workshop, this interactive resource shows how to help students aged 14-17 develop the necessary transition skills for getting and keeping a meaningful job, with accompanying worksheets available to download. Structured around 2-hour weekly sessions over an eight month period, the program is ideal for teaching to groups of students with autism. It covers essential topics such as organization and time management, interview skills, appropriate workplace attire, and networking. It advises on how to arrange a field trip to local businesses so students can gain experience of being in the workplace. Worksheets and questionnaires help to track progress and discover what types of job will be appropriate based on an individual's skills and interests, and the book also includes a template for creating effective resumes.
Globally, researchers are being asked to plan for and demonstrate the impact that their research has on culture, society, health, and the economy. Higher education is changing, moving away from rewarding academics primarily for peer-reviewed academic publications and asking academics to report on how their work contributes to society more broadly. For many academics, impact poses a worrisome proposition. Impact has not generally been integrated into PhD training and many universities have been slow to respond to the emerging impact agenda, leaving a knowledge, training, and support gap. The Impactful Academic offers a holistic, all-of-career approach to impact aimed at active researchers and those who support research impact. It ruminates on the question of what an academic with impact looked like in the past, and what it will look like going forward as concepts around impact are solidified by government and granting agencies. The authors come from various backgrounds including engaged scholars who are generating impact, and impact professionals who have been critical to supporting academics across disciplines on their impact journeys. The reader will emerge with more than an impact plan for a single research project or grant, but rather a holistic, career-centric approach to impact.
Are you striving for career success, but struggling to find work-life balance? Are you driving hard towards each new deadline, but paying the price with your health, relationships and wellbeing? In short, are you enjoying - or merely enduring - the journey?If work feels like a relentless race, youre following a route map to success that is fundamentally flawed. But there is another way - a kinder, more humane way - one that can help you achieve and contribute as much, if not more. Get There, Love Here! is your alternative route map to success. It reveals the key shifts in mindset and strategy needed to escape the success through sacrifice trap and set yourself up for a journey that is authentic, enjoyable and sustainable.Through an empowering combination of insight, practical guidance and inspiring personal stories, Master Coach Kate Trafford draws on over 20 years experience in personal and leadership development to help you: Recognise who you really are, underneath all those layers of conditioning.Understand what drives you when youre at your brilliant best.Discover your unique zone of genius and put it to work.Envision your authentic dream destination, a goal with soul.Keep burnout at bay, and still make progress like a pro.Navigate uncertainty with courage and confidence. Its time to put your true self in the driving seat and transform the relentless race into your most authentic adventure.
* This book functions as a response to the overwhelming need that counselors and students confront in the fast changing global world economy * It takes a comprehensive, developmental approach, focusing on 9th-12th grade students, rather than solely on those in 11th and 12th grade. * Important steps covered in this curriculum include: o Making the transition to ninth grade successful o Using technology in the advising process, such as online resources for college and career research, assessing interests, and structuring advising sessions o Preparing for standardized testing and using it to motivate students about the college application process o Assisting students in researching careers and colleges, making the most of college visits, applying for college, and writing the application essay
* Packed full of positive and reflective self-evaluations, interactive and collaborative learning methods, employer perspectives, case examples, assignment briefs and marking criteria, this is the one book that enables educators to implement multi-dimensional employability development, either embedded within curricla or as accredited and assessed modules. * SOAR enables individuals to make insightful personalised connections between Self, Opportunity, Aspirations and Results - a process which integrates personal, academic and career development as major contributors to the development of key behavioural competencies that graduate employers typically require and recruit * Educators can tailor SOAR to fit their subject disciplines or occupational fields, and enable diverse groups (e.g. international, mature or disabled students) to discover their unique strengths and development needs, to generate, test, clarify and implement their own aspirations
Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting. Drawing on cultural, religious, and secular understandings of vocation, Engaging with Vocation on Campus illustrates how contemporary issues around vocation, work, and careers can be addressed within the Catholic intellectual and spiritual tradition. Chapters presents a range of contributions from students, faculty, and staff from a single institution to highlight practical approaches to supporting students in this area, and acknowledge the complementary and intersecting roles played by student support services, academic staff, and on-campus ministry in helping students develop an individualised understanding of vocation. Considering the value of both curricular or non-curricular activities and processes, the volume highlights spiritual, personal, and community value in offering students explicit and tailored support. This text will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in higher education, religious education, and the Christian life and experience more broadly. Those specifically interested in career guidance, theological curriculum and pedagogy, and Roman Catholicism will also benefit from this book.
Are you preparing for Apprenticeship End Point Assessment? This book is an essential guide for apprentices and their trainers. It supports you to prepare for the Gateway and get ready for your EPA. It helps you to make sense of EPA and to understand the expectations of your assessors. Examples of good practice are included to help you learn from other apprentices. It details the different types of assessment used in EPA to help you prepare for, and be ready to succeed in, your EPA.
* Explores the many roles women play in the criminal justice system, including victims, justice-involved individuals, and professionals. * Designed to appeal to a generation standing on the threshold of change they believe in and helped to initiate, within the context of contemporary social movements such as the #MeToo movement and Black Lives Matter. * Features an empowerment approach that focuses on the intersection of gender, race, and class.
This new series of self-help cards begins with advice on how to improve your working life. Feeling unfulfilled in your present job? Want to make the most out of your creativity but don't know how? Not sure where to go next? The cards offer 50 pieces of bite-sized but practical advice by an expert in the field. Get the cards and get your career back on track!
How to Coach: First Steps and Beyond is an essential guide for anyone starting out in the coaching profession and for existing coaches seeking to develop their craft. It is a practical introduction to the theory, skills and art of coaching. This extremely practical introduction contains numerous case studies showing theory in action, aiding in understanding of how to apply theory to actual practice in a variety of settings. The book: Uses clear, uncomplicated language throughout Explains key ideas through brief illustrations from the author's practice and quotes from leading writers on coaching Contains a wide selection of ideas, models and exercises to stimulate the reader's learning Encourages students to try things out in conversation, and reflect upon and make sense of their experiences How to Coach is a must-have book for anyone interested in coaching skillfully, ethically and effectively.
Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a key strategy for enhancing student employability outcomes and lifelong learning capabilities. This timely publication critically reflects on existing scholarship and practice in WIL, discusses contemporary insights, provides a synopsis of resonating themes, and recommends areas for future research and practice. The book aims to position WIL as a strategic imperative for enabling a sustainable workforce through strengthening graduate capacity both in Australia and globally.The collection of edited scholarly chapters were compiled by 59 researchers, practitioners, and experts in WIL, and supported by the peak national professional body for WIL in Australia, the Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN). The chapters cover a range of pertinent topics such as teaching and learning, stakeholder engagement, maximizing learning outcomes, diverse forms of WIL practice, support and infrastructure, and future directions. Specific areas of interest include governance and leadership, student equity and wellbeing, quality and evaluation and interdisciplinary WIL. This book is essential reading for researchers, practitioners, workplace and community partners, university leaders, and policy makers, as the practice of WIL continues to expand in the higher education sector.
Examining the modern day challenges faced by academics throughout their working lives, this timely book investigates the ways in which academic careers are changing, the reasons for these changes and their potential future impacts. Contributors with experience of work in both traditional and contemporary institutions utilise theoretical and empirical methods to provide international perspectives on the key issues confronting modern day academics. Split across three chronological parts this book guides the reader through the phases of an academic's working life and the unique challenges encountered at each stage. For those entering academia key issues considered relate to career paths and motivations and transitions from industry to academia. During academia chapters study the understanding of external examiners, questions surrounding student supervision, work-life balance, use of technology and the trade off between teaching and research. Upon leaving academia concerns turn to the difficulties of working past retirement age and emeritus roles. Exploring how academics survive and thrive in the modern higher education arena, this analytical book will be a useful tool for new and established academics and policy makers working in higher education as well as for programme leaders in educational management. Contributors include: A. Agarwal, D. Anderton, K.E. Andreasen, M. Antoniadou, W. Chambers, C. Cook, M. Crowder, P. Cureton, E. Epaminonda, M. Gibson-Sweet, J. Haddock-Fraser, J. Jones, A. Karayiannis, H. Kogetsidis, P.D. Ktoridou, S.-J. Lennie, B. Longden, S. Marriott, M. Mouratidou, T. Proctor, A. Rasmussen, C. Rees, S.K. Rehbock, K. Rowlands, P.J. Sandiford, J. Stewart, S. Wells |
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