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Creating Careers with Confidence

by Edward Anthony Colozzi

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Publishing Date: 2008/08/11

eText ISBN-10

0-13-813716-1

eText ISBN-13

978-0-13-813716-8

Print ISBN-10

0-13-515789-7

Print ISBN-13

978-0-13-515789-3

Table of Contents

A Personal Letter to You from Me, v

Table of Exercises, ix

About the Author, xi

Acknowledgments, xii

The Choice, xiii

Introduction and Overview, xvi

Your Beginning ... Reflections, xxvi

My Reflections, xxviii

Part I. Self-Knowledge: Learning More About Yourself, 1

The Banyan Tree, 3

The Five-Minute Rainbow Connection: Adult Daydreaming, 5

Banyan Branches—My Interests, 7

Banyan Branches—My Skills, 12

Banyan Branches—My Values, 15

Banyan Branches Summary Codes, 21

My Self-Knowledge Δ Code, 23

Review, Reflect, Reconnect: The Holland Connection, 25

Part II. Key Concepts for Making Successful Career-Life Decisions, 29

The Reflective-Intuitive Decision-Making Process, 30

“The Ice Cream Cone”: Applying the Reflective-Intuitive Process, 31

How Reflective-Intuitive Decision Making Works, 33

The Career-Life Concept, 37

Evaluating My Present Career-Life Roles R, 40

My Personal Career-Life Rainbow, 41

Personality–Environment Matches, 43

A Framework for Improved Career-Life Directions, 46

Part III. The World-of-Work: Where the Jobs Are!, 49

The World-of-Work Map, 50

My Work Task Preferences, 51

My World-of-Work Regions Preference, 53

Examining the World-of-Work Map, 54

A World-of-Work Map Mini-Quiz, 56

Part IV. Matching You with the World-of-Work, 57

Using My Holland Code to Match World-of-Work Regions and Career Areas, 58

My Two-Step Safety Net, 62

Part V. Learning More About the Occupations That Match You, 67

Information Resources for Exploration, 68

Occupational Research, 72

The Informational Interview, 75

Part VI. Your Future Career-Life Situation, 79

Self-Knowledge and the Learning Process, 79

The Golden Coconut R, 81

Part VII. Creating Your Rainbow, 85

Your Best Next Step, 86

Appendix 1. Career-Life Themes, 91

Appendix 2. Ideal Career Scenario, 93

Appendix 3. Personal Portfolio, 99

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