Turning Points:Your Career Decision-Making Guide - Tapa blanda

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Diane Ducat is a psychologist who has worked with college students for more than 25 years. Dr. Ducat is a professor at LaGuardia Community College in New York City, where she was a counselor before joining the faculty of LaGuardia's nationally acclaimed internship program.

Dr. Ducat has taught graduate courses in career counseling and has investigated managerial careers as a member of several interdisciplinary research teams. Her consulting activities center on executive coaching. She holds a master's degree in counselor education from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Columbia University.

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Turning Points is a comprehensive, practical resource that covers self-assessment, career exploration, job search, and success in the workplace. Student profiles illustrate each topic along the way.

Students and instructors who used the first edition praise the following features:

• Coverage of Holland, Campbell, and Myers-Briggs self-assessment tools
• Use of the four-step ASAP (Ask-Search-Analyze-Plan) research method for gathering information
• A decision-making style that combines "listening to your heart" and "using your head"
• Treatment of decisions about further education as an integral part of the career-planning process

With every chapter updated, the second edition provides additional features, including:

• O'Net basic skills and a unique 88-item portable skills self-test
• A completely revised chapter with effective strategies for professional development during internships, college jobs, and extracurricular activities
• An updated chapter that shares experts' tips for managing your career during a time of rapid technological change
• Expanded coverage of electronic resumes, online job banks, and other job/internship search tools
• New and restructured activities designed to help readers use and evacuate career-related Web sites
• A section on implementing career decisions, accompanied by a related hands-on activity

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Features include:

• Majors Exploration
• Career Advice
• Web Links
• Tips from Successful Students
• Student Bulletin Boards
• Faculty Resources