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    Overnight Career Choice: Discover Your Ideal Job in Just a Few Hours, Second Edition

    • Overnight Career Choice: Discover Your Ideal Job in Just a Few Hours, Second Edition

    • By: Laurence Shatkin; Michael Farr

    • Publisher: JIST Publishing

    • Pub. Date:

    • Print ISBN-13: 978-1-59357-810-7

    • Pages in Print Edition: 208

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    Overview

    This book provides more than 275 job descriptions with information on each job's pay, growth, openings, education level, and skills needed.

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    Table of Contents

     

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    Cover Page

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    Title Page

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    Copyright Page

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    Choose Your Ideal Career Tonight

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    Contents

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    1 Token    A Brief Introduction to Using This Book
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    Follow a Proven Process for Making a Good Career Choice

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    You Don’t Have to Read All Night

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    1 Token    Chapter 1 Quick But Important Points About Career Choice
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    Defining Your “Ideal” Job Is Tricky

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    Clarifying What You Want to Do Involves More Than Choosing a Job Title

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    Most People Want More Than Money from Work

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    The Nine Most Important Components of an Ideal Job

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    The Role of Education and Training in Career Choice
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    Education and Earnings Are Closely Related

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    Education and Job Security Are Also Closely Related

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    More Education Does Not Guarantee Success

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    Trade and Technical Training Are Alternatives to a Four-Year College Degree

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    Career Management Is a Lifelong Process

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    Incorporate Life Planning into Your Career Choice

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    Key Points: Chapter 1

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    1 Token    Chapter 2 What Are You Good At?

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    Learn the Three Types of Skills
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    Adaptive Skills/Personality Traits

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    Transferable Skills

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    Job-Related Skills

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    Identify Your Skills
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    Identify Your Adaptive Skills and Personality Traits

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    Identify Your Transferable Skills

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    Identify Your Job-Related Skills

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    Translate Your Knowledge of Your Skills to Your Career Choice

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    Key Points: Chapter 2

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    1 Token    Chapter 3 What Interests You?
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    Review 16 Career Interest Areas

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    Look Closely at Career Clues for Your Top Interest Areas
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    Score Each Interest Area

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    What Your Scores Mean

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    Key Points: Chapter 3

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    Chapter 4 What Motivates and Is Important to You?
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    Learn What You Value Most in a Career

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    Rank Your Most Important Values

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    Key Points: Chapter 4

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    1 Token    Chapter 5 Other Key Considerations When Defining Your Ideal Job
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    How Much Money Do You Want to Make—Or Are You Willing to Accept?

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    How Much Responsibility Are You Willing to Accept?

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    Where Do You Want Your Ideal Job to Be Located—In What City or Region?

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    What Special Knowledge or Interests Would You Like to Use or Pursue?

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    What Sort of Work Environment Do You Prefer?

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    What Types of People Do You Prefer to Work With?

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    You Have Defined Nine Ideal Career Characteristics

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    Key Points: Chapter 5

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    1 Token    Chapter 6 Finally! Identify Specific Job Titles
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    Why Accurate Information About Specific Jobs Is Important

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    How the Job Descriptions Are Organized

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    Review Job Titles

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    Don’t Overlook the End of This Chapter
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    1. Agriculture and Natural Resources

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    2. Architecture and Construction

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    3. Arts and Communication

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    4. Business and Administration

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    5. Education and Training

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    6. Finance and Insurance

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    7. Government and Public Administration

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    8. Health Science

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    9. Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation

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    10. Human Service

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    11. Information Technology

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    12. Law and Public Safety

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    13. Manufacturing

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    14. Retail and Wholesale Sales and Service

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    15. Scientific Research, Engineering, and Mathematics

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    16. Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

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    Go Back and Review the Job Descriptions

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    More About the Data in the Job Descriptions
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    Understanding the Skill Levels

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    Understanding the Education Levels

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    Understanding Earnings, Openings, and Job Growth Information

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    What’s Next?

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    Key Points: Chapter 6

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    1 Token    Chapter 7 Identify Industries That Interest You
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    Some Background on Industry Growth

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    Service-Providing Industries Have Accounted for Virtually All Growth

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    Skills Required in Major Industries

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    Review 43 Major Industries

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    Learn More About Targeted Industries

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    Key Points: Chapter 7

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    1 Token    Chapter 8 Overnight Career Choice Matrix and Action Plan
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    Summarize the Characteristics of Your Ideal Career

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    Put Your Ideal Career Characteristics into Graphic Form with the Career Wheel

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    Brainstorm Combinations with the Overnight Career Choice Matrix

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    Your Ideal Job Definition

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    Your Overnight Career Choice Action Plan
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    Find Your Ideal Job

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    Pursue More Education or Training

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    Take Interim Steps

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    Do More Career Research

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    Key Points: Chapter 8

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    1 Token    Chapter 9 Write Your Job Objective
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    Avoid a Self-Centered, “Gimme” Approach

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    Sample Job Objectives

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    Five Tips for Writing a Good Job Objective

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    Construct Your Job Objective

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    Finalize Your Job Objective

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    A Few Final Comments

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    Key Points: Chapter 9

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    1 Token    Appendix A Job Exploration Worksheet

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    1 Token    Appendix B Sources of More Career Information

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    Major Sources of Job Descriptions and Related Information
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    Occupational Outlook Handbook

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    Occupational Information Network (O*NET)

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    Other Helpful Career and Education Books

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    Other Research Options

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    Index

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