Your Career: How To Make It Happen (with Career Transitions Printed Access Card)
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 1111572313
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Packed with innovative resources you can use now and throughout your career, best-selling YOUR CAREER: HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, 8e helps you move from "job seeker" to "job finder" with its comprehensive step-by-step guide to finding and keeping a job. Both empowering and encouraging, the book effectively breaks the daunting prospect of marketing yourself to prospective employers into a manageable process. Clear instruction guides you through self-assessment, employer research, self-marketing, writing a market-driven resume, and interviewing. It equips you with the tools you need to gain a competitive advantage in the workplace, reach your career potential, and stand out in a crowd.
expectations of the employer and the employee must be met. The employee must be satisfied with the pay scale, job duties, work environment, benefits, and future opportunities. The employer must be satisfied with the employee’s job performance, standards of conduct, quality of work, reliability, personal qualities, and potential for taking on more responsibilities. Chapter 2 Know What Employers Expect Employer Expectations Employees make or break a business, and employers want to hire people
_______________________________________________________________________ 33 34 Chapter 2 Know What Employers Expect Career Action 2-3 Career Competencies Inventory 1 Read the following list of workplace competencies from the U.S. Department of Labor’s SCANS Report on Necessary Work Skills. As you read about each competency, check the box for each skill or quality you have developed and circle the portions of the detailed descriptions that apply to you. Workplace Competencies Resources:
product website has links to resources for new entrepreneurs. Networking Is Essential ARENA Creative/Shutterstock.com 92 • Interview people in your field who are successfully self-employed to learn how they did it. To succeed in your business, you must network regularly with people in your field, potential clients, and customers. Market yourself by being active in professional or trade associations and clubs related to your career field. Start Small and Build A smart way to begin
Saying “I really want this job” is not convincing. Explain why you want the position and how it fits into your career plans. You can cite opportunities that may be unique to the firm or emphasize your skills and education that are highly relevant to the position. 5. Perform at your best every moment. There are no time-outs during an interview. While in the waiting area, treat the assistant or receptionist courteously; learn and use his or her name. (An interviewer often requests this person’s
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