Career Transitions: A Journey of Survival and Growth [Paperback]

This brief, focused text is the perfect tool for a career and life planning course or workshop for adult students preparing for and undergoing career change. The author's unique On Target model allows readers to work through a personalized process of self- assessment and career exploration, sorting and matching personal information with career options. This book takes into account the special survival issues of many returning students, recognizing that self-efficacy must precede growth and new direction.

• On Target Model has three concentric rings and eight wedges that organize personal and career information. Pg.___

  • Provides a personalized model that assists students in uncovering, organizing and using personal information in making well-considered career decisions.

• Two-fork decision-making framework. Pg.___

  • Provides readers with a clear, straight-forward model of decision making that will assist in future career choices.

• Wedge Work exercises guide students through the completion of the On Target Model by subject matter within each chapter. Pg.___

• Chapter Summary Questions encourage the reader to further process the ideas and material presented in the chapter. Pg.___

• Ideas for Action gets readers to record thoughts, leads, ideas, and questions they want to pursue now and in the future. Pg.___