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Careers in Focus, 3rd Edition


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By: Lee Jackson, CFCS

ISBN: 978-1-59070-784-5
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: © 2008
Subject: Career Education
Grade Level: 9-12
Retail Price: $66.64
School Price: $49.98

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Careers in Focus: Family and Consumer Sciences is a unique text that prepares students for the workplace while exposing them to the wide-ranging careers in the field of Family and Consumer Sciences! Especially designed for career exploration classes in Family and Consumer Sciences, this colorful text is also well suited for FCCLA programs, cooperative education classes, and work-based learning programs. The first three parts of the text are designed to help students choose careers, find jobs, and achieve success on the job. The last part of the book explores the many career areas related to Family and Consumer Sciences within the five broad fields of business and marketing, education and communications, human services, science and technology, and the arts.

-This edition includes a chapter titled, Balance in Your Life.
-Each of the career chapters includes the following:
-A description of various related careers
-Charts showing entry-level careers, those requiring advanced training, and those requiring a college degree
-Profiles of people working in the field
-Personal skills and abilities needed
-Education and training needed
-Future trends
A separate chapter on entrepreneurship is included.

Table of Contents


Part One: Preparing for a Career
  1. Thinking AheadWork and the Family
  2. Balance in Your Life
  3. Deciding What Is Right for You
  4. Learning and Deciding About Careers
  5. Preparing for a Career in Family and Consumer Sciences

Part Two: Developing Personal Skills for Job Success
  6. Basic Skills for the Workplace
  7. Communication Skills
  8. Understanding Personal Management Skills
  9. Group Effectiveness and Leadership Skills

Part Three: Achieving Job Success
10. The Job Search
11. Job Interviews
12. Job Orientation
13. Job Performance
14. Job Evaluation and Change

Part Four: Family and Consumer Sciences Careers
15. Careers in Business and Marketing
16. Careers in Education and Communications
17. Careers in Human Services
18. Careers in Science and Technology
19. Careers in the Arts
20. A Career as an Entrepreneur

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Text
   sample Chapter 2 (PDF, 571 KB)
   sample Chapter 5 (PDF, 668 KB)
  Note: Sample file quality has been reduced to allow for Internet streaming and viewing.

Correlations

Arkansas
   Family & Consumer Apprenticeship/Work-Based Learning I, Grades 9-12
Idaho
Oklahoma
Tennessee
   PDF PACE - Personal, Academic and Career Excellence (PDF, 66 KB)
  Note: Correlation files may not be available for all listed courses.
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