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Information for Educators

The Career Development Center has developed two college-level career development textbooks. One is designed for exploratory students and the other covers job search strategies. We created our own texts to meet our criteria for quality career development resources. Choices and Challenges is an unmatched textbook series for the classroom setting and for your career library.

Chapter Topics

Chapter topics for Charting Your Career Path, written for exploratory students and career exploration courses, include:

• Effective Career Planning: What It Means to Your Success
• Clarifying and Assessing Your Values: What's Important to You?
• Discovering Your Skills: Assessing Your Strengths and Talents
• Understanding Your Interests: What Are Your Passions
• Personality Preferences: Exploring Your Uniqueness
• Making the Connections
• Choosing Your Major Route: Don't Let Choosing a Major Become a Roadblock
• Gathering Good Information: Researching Careers
• Making Career Decisions: a Journey of Learning
• Setting Goals and Moving Forward
• Roadmap of the Working World: Understanding Employers' Expectations
• Adaptability in the Workplace: The Value of Diversity
• It's a Different World: How Technology has Changed and the Way We Look at Jobs
• Go Global!: Planning and Preparing for the Global Job Market

Chapter topics for Job Search Strategies, targeted toward sophomores, juniors and seniors who are applying for internships and planning their postgraduate careers, include:

• Maximizing the Effectiveness of Your Job Search
• Understanding the Value of Liberal Arts Education
• Strategies for Career Planning
• The Importance of Career-Related Experience
• Understanding the Job Market Trends
• Getting the Most from Your Campus Career Services Office
• Career Research Skills and Strategies
• Creating a Resume That Gets You Notices
• Cover Letters and Other Correspondence
• Employment Interviewing
• The Art of Negotiation
• Transition from College to the Workplace
• The Graduate School Application Process
• An Overview of Major Industries
• A Guide to Additional Career Resources

Ordering Information

To place a textbook order, please call the Indiana University Bookstore at 1-800-553-6471 and ask for Mail Order; or fax a purchase order to (812) 855-4984.

• Charting Your Career Path (ISBN #1-58902-909-7)
• Job Search Strategies for Liberal Arts Students (ISBN #1-889688-02-9)

Questions

Please direct any questions to Erin Erwin, Associate Director of Student Services.