Focus on Community College Success, 3rd ed.

1. Creating Your Future
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2. What are you most interested
What are you most interested
in learning about?
in learning about?
• How
to launc
h a care
• How
er
to write
a résum
• How
é
to inter
view su
ccessfu
• Wha
l ly
t to con
sider if
you’re t
of conti
hinking
nuing y
our edu
• How
cation
to put w
hat you
college
learned
to good
in
u se
• How
to think
about th
e future
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3. Anthony Lopez
Lisa
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p. 322-323

4. What’s the Next Step?
What’s the Next Step?
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5. Who are yo
at d o
Wh
Launching
Launching
a Career
a Career
u?
ant?
ou w
y
eer is right?
Which car
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Exercise 12.1:
Career Auction

6. Try On a Career for Size
Try On a Career for Size
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p. 328
Exercise 12.2:
Group Résumé

7. Build a Portfolio of Your Best Work
Build a Portfolio of Your Best Work
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8. Network, Network, Network!
Network, Network, Network!
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9. Write the Right Résumé
Write the Right Résumé
Skills Approach:
• Use this approach if your experience isn’t especially
•
relevant or you don’t have much.
Highlight skills that could transfer to the new job.
Chronological Approach:
• Use this approach if your job history is relevant.
• Detail your experience job by job.
Sample Résumé
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10. Cover Letter Critique
Cover Letter Critique
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Exercise 12.3, p. 333

11. Interview at Your Best
Interview at Your Best
1. Play up the positive, and downplay the negative.
2. Stay focused.
3. Don’t just give answers, get some.
4. Watch for questions that seem to come out of left field.
5. Don’t start off with salary questions.
6. Negotiate wisely.
7. Know what you’re dealing with.
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12. An Educational Career Path
Associates
Degree in
Social
Services
Average
Time To
Complete:
2 years
Bachelors
Degree in
Sociology
Masters of
Social Work
(MSW)
Ph.D. in
Sociology
4-5 years
2 years
beyond a
bachelor’s
Degree
3-4 years beyond
a masters
Degree
10 plus
dissertation
Average #
of required
courses:
Approximately 20
Approximately
40
10 courses
and 900 hours
of supervised
experience
Type of
Work:
Social Service
Assistant or Aide.
Help people in
need.
Social Worker.
Work in
Schools,
Hospitals, Etc.
Social Worker,
clinical work.
Supervise
other social
workers.
Professor, Highlevel
administrator,
researcher.
Future
Demand:
Much higher than
average. 34%
growth in next 10
yrs
Favorable
Favorable,
much faster
than average
Generally good
for faculty
positions
Average
Salary:
$28,200
$42,480
$48,140
and higher
$62,050
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13. Sharpen Your Focus
Sharpen Your Focus
Why do college students lose Focus?
Reason 12: They lack time management skills.
Your time management skills are something a prospective
employer will be interested in. It seems that most jobs today
require a significant – sometimes frantic – investment of your
time and energy. When requests are coming at you from all
sides on the job how will you fare? Can you sharpen your
focus and prioritize?
At the beginning of your day determine
three things that must get done no
matter what. Check back at the end of
the day to see how successful you were.
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14. 10 Things Employers Hope
10 Things Employers Hope
You Learn in College
You Learn in College
1. Exhibit a work ethic.
2. Study up.
3. Prove you’re a problem solver.
4. Speak and write well.
5. Polish your people skills.
6. Learn the rules of the game.
7. Know how to gather information and use it.
8. Understand that numbers count.
9. Go for extra credit.
10. Manage your time, your attention, and yourself.
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15. What Ifs
What Ifs
What If You Can’t Finish a
Degree Now?
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•
Don’t feel like a failure if that happens.
Take time off, regroup, and come back
when you can.
What If College Isn’t
Right for You?
•
•
Consider the real reasons behind why
you think so.
College may not be the right place for
you at this point in your life.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache
carries with it the seed of an equal or greater
benefit.” Napoleon Hill, author, Keys to Success
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Exercise 12.4:
Circling a Career

16. “People succeed in as many
ways as there are people.
Some can be completely fulfilled
with destinations that are much
closer to home and more
comfortable. But if you long to
keep going, then I hope you are
able to follow my lead to the
places I have gone. To within a
whisper of your own personal
perfection. To places that are
sweeter because you worked so
hard to arrive there. To places at
the very edge of your dreams.”
Michael Johnson Quote
Michael Johnson, American
sprinter
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17. Career Outlook:
Career Outlook:
Keep Your Balance
Keep Your Balance
Why are you working so hard?
You’re a winner. You’re working hard as a highly motivated, ultracompetent employee. Your new position requires you to work harder
and harder, and before you know it, you’re promoted again. This
cycle keeps repeating itself, and over time, you have success written
all over you.
But the underlying question is: why are you working so hard? What if
you actually dislike your work?
What does balance mean to you as a college student? What will it
mean in your future career?
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18. Chapter 12: Exercises and Activities
Chapter Exercise
p. 325
Career Auction
Chapter Exercise
p. 329
Group Résumé
Chapter Exercise
p. 337
Circling the Right Career
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Chapter Summary
Audio Summary of Chapter 12
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19. Career Auction
Career Auction
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Exercise 12.1, p. 325

20. Group Résumé
Group Résumé
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Exercise 12.2, p. 329

21. Sample Resume
Skills
Approach
Chronological
Approach
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22. Skills Approach
Skills Approach
Transferable skills are highlighted.
Work experience is buried at
the bottom.
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23. Chronological Approach Resume
Chronological Approach
Chronological Approach
Relevant work experience is highlighted up front.
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24. Circling the
Circling the
Right Career
Right Career
Exercise 12.4, p. 337
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25. Chapter 12 Audio Summary
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26. FOCUS on Community
College Success
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CUSPoints
An Interactive Teaching Tool
FOCUS on COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUCCESS
Third Edition
Chapter 12
Constance Staley and Aren Moore
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