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Career Challenges helps the reader navigate the stages of the career development process by identifying the life-stage challenges she/he will face in a technology driven, post COVID world of work.
List of contents
Preface
Part 1 -Entering, Reentering, and Moving about the World of Work
Chapter 1 - Understanding the Career Development Process
Chapter 2 - Making Quality Decisions
Chapter 3 - Conducting Effective Searches at Every Career Stage
Chapter 4 - Broadening Career and Occupational Knowledge
Chapter 5 - Seizing Education, Training, and Retraining Opportunities
Chapter 6 - Finding and Using Quality Information
Chapter 7 - Establishing Realistic Career Aspirations
Chapter 8 - Utilizing Human Resources and Life Experiences as Career Teachers
Chapter 9 - Making Time and Calendar Your Career Allies
Chapter 10 - Engaging Professional Counselors
Part 2 - Finding, Acquiring, and Moving into the First or Any Job
Chapter 11 - Adapting to Work, Worker, and Workplace Changes
Chapter 12 - Mounting and Efficient and Successful Job Search
Chapter 13 - Constructing a Winning Resume
Chapter 14 - Mastering the Job Interview
Chapter 15 - Writing Proficiency as a Job Search Ally
Chapter 16 - Managing Career and Education Transitions
Chapter 17 - Dealing with Career Setbacks and Obstacles
Chapter 18 - Accepting the Right Job Offer
Chapter 19 - Coping with New Job Anxieties and Stresses
Chapter 20 - Holding Out for the "Dream" Job
Chapter 21 - Managing Positive Encounters with Career Helpers
Part 3 - Achieving Success, Satisfaction, and Dealing with the Occasional Crisis
Chapter 22 - Maximizing Career Growth, Mobility, and Maintenance Opportunities
Chapter 23 - Attaining Career Success, Satisfaction, and Life-Work Balance
Chapter 24 - Dealing with Termination, Job Loss, and other Career Dilemmas
Chapter 25 - Ignoring the Knowledge Explosion
Part 4 - Winding Down and Exiting Your Career
Chapter 26 - Posturing for Late Career and Retirement
Chapter 27 - Ensuring Positive Late Career Adjustments
Part 5 - Challenges to Career Development in the Future
Chapter 28 - The Work and Worker of the Future
Chapter 29 - The Workplace of the Future
Chapter 30 - Experts Weigh In on Career Success and Satisfaction
Conclusion
Appendix
Index
About the author
Frank Burtnett is a veteran counselor, teacher, student service administrator, education association officer, and consultant who founded and served as the President and Principal Consultant of Education Now, an education and human resource development consulting firm located in Springfield, Virginia, and Rockport, Maine. At various times in his personal career, Frank served as the Executive Director of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC), Associate Executive Director of the American Counseling Association (ACA), and Certification and Education Consultant for the National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS).
