A Practical Guide to Building a Successful Future at Work
Career & Employability: A Practical Guide to Building a Successful Future at Work provides the knowledge, skills, and understanding to be enterprising and proactive in managing a career. While specifically designed for students in university preparatory programmes, the book is value packed with materials for anyone who is keen to develop their career in the constantly changing globalised world.
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This book is tailored for students in university preparatory programmes keen on gaining the necessary knowledge and skills to secure and sustain a successful future career.
It comprises key career and employability topics with concise notes and application exercises to help students identify strategic career pathways and opportunities. The book’s hands-on approach acts as an easy guide to developing and improving job prospects in a rapidly evolving modern society.
This book is suitable for students and jobseekers.
Foreword
- Personal and Social Competencies
- Professional Competencies
- Career Choice
- Self-Management Strategies
- Strategies for Career Development
- Job Opportunities
- Cold Canvassing
- Innovative Strategies
- Job Advertisement
- Résumé Writing
- Job Application
- Job Interview
- Equity in the Workplace
- Respect in Communication
- Cross-Cultural Communication
- Global Trends
- Risk Management
- Training and Retraining
- E-Networking
- Decision-Making
- Work-Life Balance
- Employment Opportunities
- Being Enterprising
- Resource Management
- Problem-Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Organisational Structures
- Organisational Restructuring and Workplace Reform
- Managing Changes
- Efficiency and Sustainability
- Health and Safety
- Work Rights
Further Reading
Acknowledgements
Jason Soh has over 10 years of experience teaching Accounting and Finance, and Career and Enterprise subjects. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Australian Matriculation programme at Sunway College, Malaysia.
Basic Information
- 978-967-5492-68-6 (Paperback)
- 978-967-5492-87-7 (E-book)
