The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options, 9th Edition [Paperback]

Diane Sukiennik (Author), William Bendat (Author), Lisa Raufman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0135029805 | ISBN-13: 978-0135029800 | Edition: 9

How do students approach career decisions and a job search in today’s world?  With 30 years of cutting-edge author expertise, this book helps students of all ages and circumstances to choose, change, or confirm career choices.  This best-selling workbook shows students how to bridge their idealism with today's career realities and economy.   It is user-friendly, easy to read, and is suitable for both 2-year and 4-year college students.  The organization of the book follows the standard sequence of career search and decision-making issues—Personal Assessment, The World of Work, and The Job Search. The instructor gets a book that can be used in short term courses, workshops, full semester courses or in online courses. The student gets an excellent reference book that prepares them for the job search and beyond.

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“This is much better than other texts currently available.  The information is overall more relevant, theory-based, and applicable.”

-- Phyllis Bickers, Auburn University

From the Back Cover

Once again, The Career Fitness Program proves a top seller in the career market.  Students and faculty alike have grown to trust these authors for practical material that goes beyond routine topics.  This ninth edition discusses cutting-edge issues, including branding, generational differences, social networking, blogging, and alternative interviewing modalities.  Taking a user-friendly, holistic approach to career decision making, this classic and complete text features material to help two- and four-year college students choose, change or confirm career choices.  Its broad scope encourages growth for students of all ages and backgrounds and helps them discover their best career fit.  

 

FEATURES INCLUDE:         

• Balanced use of technology and human contact
• Presentation of critical thinking in theory and application
• Integration of Internet exercises
• Discussion on managing financial resources

 Additional Support — in and out of the classroom…

 

In addition to a comprehensive instructor's manual, PowerPoint, and a test bank, this text is also accompanied by a rich resource for students:

 

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Features E-book with Multimedia, Interactive Case Studies, Journaling and Goal Setting activities, and more.  Provides an academic, life, and career skills foundation with Discipline specific resources in ALL courses.   

 

Engages through experience * Develops practical skills * Sharpens problem solving abilities

 

Start strong. Finish stronger.

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 9 edition (January 7, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0135029805
• ISBN-13: 978-0135029800
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,698 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok but not great...., January 16, 2010

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Alex Wolf (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options, 9th Edition (Paperback)

I got this book because it was the required textbook for a community college career-planning class I took. At first glance, it's a pretty plain and uninspiring book, and having read the entire thing cover-to-cover, I didn't find anything inside that changed my mind about it.

This book really read like a required-basic-course textbook that seemed mainly directed at unimaginatively guiding students into the traditional labor-oriented workforce. It is presented as a workbook, with perforations for tear-out pages for exercises, none of which was particularly enlightening.

I'd suspect that almost anything else out there would be more engaging to read and more helpful for someone really interested in figuring out what they'd like to do for a living.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Text Book Out There on Careers!, September 15, 2010

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Michael Reiss - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options, 9th Edition (Paperback)

I've read some dull textbooks. This one is not one of them. It's well-organized and beautifully written. It really packs a punch for getting to the guts of figuring out what a passionate career should be.

I love the metaphor of "career fitness." Chapters follow a logical order: Chapter 1 "Get into Shape: Taking Stock"; Chapter 2 "Visualize Your Winning Self: Training for Success"; Chapter 3 "Find You Balance: Zeroing in on Core Values," and so on throughout the book.

Bang! You're off to the races. This time it's your own career.

What I really like about the book is first you read the topic, and then the exercises allow you to actually practice what you've read, namely explore your career options.

I learned also there is a supplementary internet site that gives tons of resources and links with the chapters in the books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Self discovery, July 16, 2010

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This review is from: The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options, 9th Edition (Paperback)

This book is great for those of you that need that extra push into finding the job of your dreams. Overall its a great book of self discovery!