Discover the Best Jobs for You: Do What You Love

by Ronald Krannich, Caryl Krannich

Overview

Here's the book that provides important answers to some of today's key career questions by showing individuals how to assess their abilities and skills, identify their values and interests, and formulate a powerful job objective.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570231582
Publisher:	Impact Publications VA
Publication date:	01/15/2001
Series:	Discover the Best Jobs for You
Edition description:	4th Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.24(w) x 8.86(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	Do First Things First	1
	Love What You Do, Do What You Love	1
	Finding Your Best Job	2
	Get Ready For Your Future	3
	Find the Best Jobs	3
	Discover a Job "Fit" For You	5
	Get Organized For Success	6
	Deterministic/Predestination Approach	7
	Self-Transformation Approach	9
	Where Do You Go From Here?	11
	Discover the Best Jobs For You	12
Chapter 2	Identify the Best Jobs For Tomorrow	13
	What Are the Jobs?	13
	Beware of Changing Occupational Profiles	14
	Expect Job Growth in Most Occupations	16
	Examine Growing and Declining Occupations	22
	Determine "The Best" Jobs For You	29
	Look For Exciting New Occupations in the Future	32
	Consider the Implications of Future Trends For You	33
Chapter 3	Test Your Careering Competencies	36
	Careering Competencies	36
	Adding It Up	37
Chapter 4	Get Organized For Success	40
	An Empowerment Process	40
	Find Jobs and Change Careers	41
	Understand the Career Development Process	42
	Organize and Sequence Your Job Search	46
Chapter 5	Seek Professional Assistance When Necessary	49
	Options and Potential Pitfalls	49
	Alternative Employment Services	51
	Where to Look For Help	56
	Choose the Best	58
Chapter 6	Alternative Choices and the Right "Fit"	59
	Alternative Approaches	60
	Beware of Underlying Assumptions	61
	A Job-Targeted Approach	63
	Ask the Right Questions	64
Chapter 7	What You Do Well: Your Skills & Abilities	66
	Know Your Skills	66
	Types of Skills	67
	Your Strengths	69
	Ask the Right Questions	69
	Functional/Transferable Skills	70
	Identify Your Skills	73
	Checklist Method	74
	Skills Map	74
	Autobiography of Accomplishments	75
	Computerized Assessment Systems	75
	Online Exercises, Tests, and Inventories	76
Chapter 8	What You Enjoy Doing: Your Interests & Values	77
	Interests and the "Aha" Effect	77
	Work Values	83
	Computerized Assessment Systems	90
	Your Future As Objectives	90
Chapter 9	Identify Your Motivated Abilities & Skills	91
	What's Your MAS?	91
	The Skills Map	92
	Autobiography of Accomplishments	94
	Motivated Skills Exercise	94
	Other Alternatives	10
	Benefit From Redundancy	101
	Bridging Your Past and Future	101
Chapter 10	Beyond Self-Knowledge to Self-Transformation	103
	Why Limit Yourself?	103
	From Self-Assessment to Self-Transformation	104
	Change	105
	Breakthrough Thinking	105
	The Art of Being Unrealistic	106
	Learning New Abilities and Skills	109
	Never Settle For Your Past	109
	Acquiring More Education and Training	110
	Become an Informed Consumer	116
	Know How to Finance Your Future	120
	Compare Costs and Performance Options	122
	Beware of Myths	122
Chapter 11	Set Goals and Specify Your Objective	124
	Goals and Objectives	124
	Examine Your Past, Present, and Future	125
	Project Yourself Into the Future	127
	State a Functional Objective	143
Chapter 12	Alternative Jobs and Careers	146
	Linkage Systems	146
	Computer Programs	155
	Conduct Research	156
	Target Organizations	161
	Contact Individuals	163
	Network For Information, Advice, and Referrals	164
Chapter 13	Use Time and Plan Effectively	165
	When in Doubt, Take Purposeful Action	165
	Use Time Wisely	166
	Plan to Take Action	170
Chapter 14	Develop Strategies For Success	173
Chapter 15	Online Career Assessment Resources	177
	Online Career Resources	177
	Online Inventories and Tests	180
	Index	191
	The Authors	193
	Career Resources	194