Career? Your Concise Guide to Exploring Yourself, Understanding College, and Choosing a Career

by Thomas S. Maple, Ph.D.

Overview

When “career” is the question, this book is the answer. In contrast to other books on career exploration, this one is brief and very practical. The book contains simple instructions for assessing your interests, values, abilities, and personality traits. There are also instructions for matching your interests to career fields and finding information about occupations. Unique to Career? is a very comprehensive chapter on understanding colleges and universities. Dr. Maple also lists skills and insights that students can develop in college, suggesting college activities and institutional resources to help a student maximize those gains. Free worksheets on the publisher’s website make it simple to record and use the information that the reader discovers about oneself and about the occupations of interest.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014642460
Publisher:	Maple Human Development
Publication date:	06/23/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	331 KB

About the Author

Dr. Thomas Maple is a counseling psychologist who has counseled university students through the student services offices of Auburn University, East Carolina University, the Florida State University, and the University of Georgia. He provided career counseling to the students of each of these institutions and directed the services of a Career and Advising Center. At two campuses, he directed student organizations and student governance programs, mentoring student leaders. Student bodies of two universities have honored him with awards for his service.