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Heather McAllister, the author, draws from her experience as a careers advisor and life coach to bring you (with help from Beatnik!) a concise, informative and user-friendly workbook to help with the often difficult decisions that come with entering life after school.

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The ultimate guide to preparing for the interview process, maintaining focus, handling difficult questions, and maximizing your chances of landing that dream job.

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A definitive guide to maximizing LinkedIn and navigating the changing hiring landscape. Written by hiring gurus Omar Garriott and Jeremy Schifeling, both former LinkedIn marketing heads with invaluable insider perspective the book lays out a five-step job search framework, tying each to discrete actions on LinkedIn.

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Argues that young people's creative capacities are not being properly developed and that education, particularly in Australia, demands a massive pedagogical shift. This title describes what creative capacities are, why they've become important to our work futures, and what can be done to optimise the creative capacities of young people.

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A survival guide to Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the UK. It provides answers to key questions such as: Why is VET such an important area How can European models be used to develop VET in the UK How is VET structured and provided And, what are the main issues facing VET

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Sweeping changes in work and academe are threatening placement centers with irrelevancy. Freeman presents specific ideas for invigorating old programs and creating dynamic new ones, offers a redefinition of the external relationships, applies process reengineering to strategy, and presents a vision of placement centers linked with learning.

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As the technological demands of a rapidly changing society impact the training needs of the industrial sector, mechanisms for identifying learner strengths as well as weaknesses are needed to optimize the training process.

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This text comprises explorations of a variety of careers through interviews with people working at the jobs, and activities to explore those jobs with elementary children. The book covers a broad range of occupations including nontraditional ones, and explores over 40 in all.

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Through a series of conversations and case studies Maxine McKew documents the transformation that's now underway in classrooms around Australia and examines the strategies that are helping to lift academic performance. With its frank accounts of the joys and pitfalls of learning in the twenty-first century, this title will appeal to parents, teachers and policy-makers alike.

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In an age of organizational restructuring and career uncertainty, with upward mobility becoming less and less attainable, how do people find meaning and fulfilment in their work This book addresses this, offering valuable, concrete suggestions to career development professionals working with clients who long to infuse their work with values

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Discusses the advantages of cross-training, tells how to set up a personalized workout program, and discusses equipment, competition, injury prevention, and nutrition.

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This is a comprehensive yet practical guide for job seekers looking for green career opportunities.

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This professional reference provides a comprehensive historical, theoretical, and practical overview of career centers in colleges and universities.

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The increase in diverse student populations and the growing complexity of higher education have made academic advising a critical component of student success.

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A guide covering issues in training. Issues addressed include the strategic linkage of training to business objectives, the determination of training needs, transfer training, training technologies, holistic training and development, and the multiple roles of the professional trainer.

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The author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living presents an updated edition of his classic career handbook, explaining how to find a new and rewarding career and introducing simple job-hunting strategies that emphasize four key elements--Integrity, Service, Enjoyment, and Excellence. Original. 30,

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This work reports on a range of research studies in the career field that use biolographical, narrative, and ecological approaches within an interpretive framework. It responds to the recognized dissonance between career theory and research, on the one part, and practice, on the other.

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Learning to Fly: How to Manage Your Career in a Turbulent and Changing World offers a practical framework with which to chart ones own path towards the future. The book will give clarity and help those who have left or lost their job or are thinking about which path to take to find their own sense of purpose.

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A study of work placement, this book looks at the experience of 50 short-term trainees in various Australian work settings. Based on interviews with trainees in business, education, engineering, IT and nursing, it reveals the issues, challenges and rewards for undergraduates beginning to make the transition to work in their chosen profession.

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Finally, the authors look at work as an exchange relation and demonstrate how work education can be used to foster self-assessment, help students in job search and salary negotiation processes, and prepare them for future work opportunities.