Bound-for-Career Guidebook: A Student Guide to Career Exploration, Decision Making, and the Job Search

by Frank Burtnett

Overview

The Bound-for-Career Guidebook views career identification, selection, entry, and progression as part of a larger developmental process—the career development process. In this guidebook for adolescents and young adults, the author outlines the experiences and tasks that will facilitate the career development process and lead to satisfaction and success. The reader will be exposed to the various educational and career transitions they must consider on the path to the workplace and specific guidance is offered on how to maximize entry and advancement.



Along the career exploration, decision-making, and preparation path, the author answers frequently asked questions and offers an array of facts and myths that need to be considered. Empowered individuals are better able to guide themselves through their personal career journey. The reader’s command of the information in the Bound-for-Career Guidebook will give them that power!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475848403
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/03/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	175
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Frank Burtnett is a counseling and counselor education veteran. His various books offer concise and pragmatic solutions to the issues and problems encountered by people of all ages during the school-to-college, education-to-career, employment to employment and career-to-retirement transitions.

Table of Contents

List of Student Exercises

Career Facts and Myths

Introduction

1.Career Success: Actions that Lead to Achievement and Satisfaction

2.Understanding the Career Development Process

3.The Importance of Career Exploration, Decision Making, and Goal Setting

4.Learning About Yourself: Implications for Your Future Career

5.The Dynamics of the American Workplace: Past, Present, and Future

6.Strategies for Learning About the World of Work

7.Mounting a Career Search: Asking the Right Questions

8.Sources of Information About Careers

9.Relating Education to Career Development

10.Educational Paths to Careers

11.Identifying Job Opportunities

12.Making Initial Contact

13.First Steps in the Job Seeking Process

14.Strategies for Successful Career and Job Interviews

15.Career Growth, Mobility and Maintenance

16.Factors Influencing Career Success

17.Counselors as Career Development Allies

18.Parents, People, and the Career Development Process

19.Some Closing Thoughts About Expectations

Appendix: Career and Educational Information Sources

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Frank Burtnett’s Bound-for-Career Guidebook is the perfect roadmap for adolescents and young adults to follow in the career exploration, decision-making, and job search process. It opens doors to educational and occupational options that might not otherwise be considered.

Richard Yep

The Bound-for-Career Guidebook by Frank Burtnett has everything decision-makers need to know and understand to navigate toward their educational and career futures. His frequently asked questions (FAQs) and facts and myths offer practical and important information for all.

James Brouwer

Frank Burtnett presents the career development process in a very readable and understandable style. Further, he explains in detail what students must do to transition to their future careers.

Deanna Voegeli

According to Burtnett (president, Education Now, and adjunct, counselor education, Marymount Univ.), one should always be prepared to make appropriate education and career-related decisions by anticipating iterative universal phases in the 'career development process.' In this comprehensive, systematic, and readable book, he presents a process for developing a successful career. It includes advice and strategies for exploring and obtaining information on careers and the workplace; searching and interviewing for jobs; and continuing to advance throughout one's career. Each chapter ends with a relevant fact/myth, one or more FAQs, and application exercises. The text is peppered with online resources and references to helpful people and tools, e.g., lists, tips, citations, a career development model, sample resumés and job search letters, social networking sites, and 'electronic job boards.' The appendix, organized alphabetically according to career topics, lists career- and education-related resources. Burtnett, who has extensive professional experience in counseling, teaching, and speaking, is also the author of Bound-for-College Guidebook (2009). His current work will be of value to students and others seeking career guidance. Summing Up: Recommended.

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According to Burtnett (president, Education Now, and adjunct, counselor education, Marymount Univ.), one should always be prepared to make appropriate education and career-related decisions by anticipating iterative universal phases in the 'career development process.' In this comprehensive, systematic, and readable book, he presents a process for developing a successful career. It includes advice and strategies for exploring and obtaining information on careers and the workplace; searching and interviewing for jobs; and continuing to advance throughout one's career. Each chapter ends with a relevant fact/myth, one or more FAQs, and application exercises. The text is peppered with online resources and references to helpful people and tools, e.g., lists, tips, citations, a career development model, sample resumés and job search letters, social networking sites, and 'electronic job boards.' The appendix, organized alphabetically according to career topics, lists career- and education-related resources. Burtnett, who has extensive professional experience in counseling, teaching, and speaking, is also the author of Bound-for-College Guidebook (2009). His current work will be of value to students and others seeking career guidance. Summing Up: Recommended.

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