Review Guide for Chapter 4

Resume, reasons for resumes, requirements, resume typs, traditional or formatted, plain text, scannable, key words, electronic or eResume, web resume and web portfolio, resume formats, chronological, functional, combination, targeted, considerations and recommendations regarding: heading, objectives, categories and how to determine the order of these: wording, telegraphic phrases or key words, inclusion of references, personal data, information to avoid giving, appearance, copying and number of copies, online posting, cover letter, reasons for importance, guidelines for writing, sections and contents, mailings, follow-up letter, after-rejection letter, job application, guidelines, illegal questions and ways to respond.

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Review Guide for Chapter 3

Importance of career and job satisfaction, difference between a career and a job, ways people limit themselves in terms of selection, factors to consider in career satisfaction including but not limited to: interests and skills, work orientations and values, personality preferences, factors to consider in job selection, use of salary calculations, eustress related to job selection, goal achievement and the importance of wants replacing shoulds, ways of assessing goals, obstacles related to achieving goals, the importance of actions steps, pinpointing, and intermediate dates, reaons to research employers, information sources including the Internet, informational review, job shadowing, "shotgun" approach, sources of leads, college placement services, government agencies, "word-of-mouth" possibilities, networking, major reason employers hire certain individuals, professional and personal references and how to proceed in using direct contact with employers, 3-step telephone method and responses to various replies, newspaper classified advertisements and their limitations, online postings, public and provate employment agencies and "headhunters", temporary work, internships and work-study programs, volunteer work, ways to handle rejection.

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Review Guide for Chapter 2

Importance of "people" skills and a reason that executives fail; diversity, first impressions, stereotypes, prejudice includes ways to challenge it, discrimination, multiculturalism, assertiveness: mild, moderate, and intense degrees and how to use each communication, behaviors included in the communication process, characteristics of a positive communicator, listening: three steps in listening, barriers in the listening process, active listening nonverbal behaviors, paraphrasing, clarifying, and verbal feedback, types of listening, styles of verbalizing, closed communication, dogmatic, commando, grandiose, Open: two types of "I" statements, tentative phrases and qualifiers, verbal effectiveness, content, semantics, dialect, clarity, bias-free language, levels of content, paralanguage, body language and presentation of self

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Review Guide for Chapter 1

Findings related to career satisfaction, Relationship between career satisfaction and understanding of the self, physical self, physical appearance as a factor in career success, wellness, mental self, intelligence and multiple intelligences, rationale for curiosity, thinking (creative thinking and critical thinking), attitude, difference between positive and negative attitude, optimism and pessimism, self-fulling prophecy, cognitive restructuring, emotional self, components of emotion, ways to change how you feel, emotional intelligence, Daniel Goleman, components of emotion, ways to change how you feel, social self, integrated (whole) self, personality, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, thinking-feeling, judgment-perception, Holland's clusters and understanding, self-concept including descriptors, ideal self, and self-esteem, self-efficacy, transferable assets, value of interpersonal and communication skills, internal locus of control as contrasted with an external locus, assertiveness compared to aggressive and nonassertive behavior, ways of building self-esteem include: affirmations, positive self-talk, steps in cognitive restructuring, basic skills needed by employers, assets and liabilities in career development.