Career Planning Books

Career Development & Planning: A Comprehensive

Approach (Paperback)

by Robert C. Reardon (Author), Janet G. Lenz (Author), James P. Sampson

(Author), Gary W. Peterson (Author)

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Book Description

This comprehensive career text combines an innovative theory-based

approach with practical knowledge developed during the authors’ combined
100 years of providing career services to college students. • Part One
(chapters 1-5) focuses on cognitive information processing theory with
detailed, practical examples of the application of the theory in typical career
situations, including self-knowledge, occupational knowledge, and decision
making. • Part Two (chapters 6-10) provides a multidisciplinary overlay of
issues that affect career decisions, such as economic trends, the global
economy, organizational culture, and family-work issues. • Part Three
(chapters 11-15) focuses on concrete steps for executing a strategic career
plan and seeking employment, including an examination of familiar topics
such as interviewing, resume writing, negotiating, and work adjustment,
from a cognitive and multidisciplinary perspective. Revisions to 3rd edition:
*New information about occupational classifications *Labor market
projections extended to 2016 *More active learning strategies incorporated
into instructor’s manual and also embedded in the text *Clearer directions
for completing assignments provided in appendices, e.g., career field
analysis research paper. *Redesigned 350+ PowerPoint slides based text and
instructor’s manual contents.

About the Author

Dr. Reardon has held full-time counseling and teaching positions at FSU
since 1966, when he was first employed as a counselor in the Counseling
Center. Now retired as a faculty member, he remains a Senior Research
Associate in the Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and
Career Development. He has co-authored 11 books, including Career
Development and Services: A Cognitive Approach (2004, with Janet Lenz,
Jim Sampson, & Gary Peterson). Dr. Reardon has published more than 90
articles in professional journals, focusing on the research and development
of innovative career interventions for college students and adults, and
featuring the use of educational and occupational information. He has also
received multiple awards for his contributions.

The Career Counselor’s Handbook (Paperback)

by Richard N. Bolles (Author)

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Review

“Dick Bolles and Howard Figler once again become our trusted guides as we
strive to serve responsibly in the sacred sphere of other people’¬?s careers.
What a joy to be reintroduced to classics like 1-2-3 Counseling, and at the
same time share in the latest thinking of two masters of the profession. Each
chapter’¬?s lesson inspires us to be the best that we can be with our
clients.”-Deb Koen, president of Career Development Services and
contributor to The Wall Street Journal’¬?s CareerJournal.com”Full of
practical how-to tips as well as insight into broad, philosophical topics such
as mystery, ego, values, and spirituality, this handbook is your opportunity to
benefit from the stimulating ideas and diverse styles of Howard Figler and
Dick Bolles. Try it, you’¬?ll like it-and you’ll learn.”-H. B. Gelatt, EdD,
cofounder of Gelatt Partners and author of Creative Decision Making With
Positive Uncertainty

Book Description
Updated to address the specifics of today’s job market, THE CAREER
COUNSELOR’S HANDBOOK is a one-stop resource for counselors
looking to break into the business, be more efficient, or simply get a
recharge of inspiration and ideas. From practical matters to ethical concerns,
Figler and Bolles provide all the professional tools, problem-solving tips,
and soul-searching wisdom a counselor needs to ensure a successful and
satisfying practice.

Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps

for Effective Implementation (Paperback)
by Richard L. Knowdell (Author)

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Book Description

A practical step-by-step guidebook, BUILDING A CAREER

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM provides executives and human resource
development professionals with a clear, effective model of organization
career management and the tools for starting a career development program
within an organization seeking to help employees make the most of their
careers.
The author’s highly successful nine-step plan explains how to define career
development within an organizational context, assess the organization’s
needs, design the optimal program, and promote the program internally.
Addressing the process of working with individual employees, the book
describes concrete roles for upper management and human resources in
conducting career development and identifies the steps employees can take
to be proactive within the organization. Also included are steps for how to
respond to employee emotions, facilitate personal exploration, help with
goal setting, and coach employees on career strategy. This book, with a
wealth of hands-on tools, worksheets, exercises, guidelines, and values and
skills cards for career assessment, will help human resource professionals
initiate new services and expand their present skills to strenghten the
organization and foster job satisfaction in employees.
About the Author

A career development leader with an international reputation, Richard L.

Knowdell is president and senior consultant at Career Research and Testing,
Inc., and founder of the Career Planning and Adult Development Network.
Working with numerous Fortune 500 companies, his clients include Apple
Computer, IBM, Texas Instruments, and Intel. He is a frequent speaker at
professional conferences and coauthor of FROM DOWNSIZING TO
RECOVERY.

Taking Charge of Your Career Direction: Career

Planning Guide, Book 1 (Paperback)
by Robert D. Lock (Author)

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Review

“This manuscript presents a strong stepwise progression through an explicit

career planning process — through current and changing trends in the world
of work, occupational exploration and information gathering strategies,
career-related self study methods, goal setting and decision-making
processes, and reality testing and evaluation approaches. It contains a wealth
of useful tools, exercises, resources, and information summaries presented in
a clear, engaging, and coherent fashion.”

“I think the manuscript is unique in the specific topics it covers, and it

covers them very well. There are various texts and workbooks on career
development, but none that do as good a job. Two major strengths of the
manuscript are that it is totally up to date, and the exercises make it a
participative book rather than just another textbook. It is well-written,
thorough, and engaging.”

Book Description
Long described by users as the most complete, motivating, and logical
career-planning book on the market, the Fifth Edition of TAKING CHARGE
OF YOUR CAREER DIRECTION continues to provide a straightforward
introduction to the concepts of career choices and the importance of
planning. It emphasizes the importance of self-exploration by empowering
readers to look at themselves, their strengths and weaknesses, and their
background and values, and then realistically evaluate the various
opportunities in the world of work.

Now What?: The Young Person’s Guide to Choosing the

Perfect Career (Paperback)
by Nicholas Lore (Author)

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Book Description

The impolite truth nobody mentions in college commencement speeches:

“Many of you have just spent four years and a small fortune studying
something you will never use, and, if you do, you won’t like all that much.
Have a nice life.” Up until now, you’ve had to rely on hit-and-miss methods
of picking your career that lead to only 30 percent of college graduates
reporting satisfaction with their careers.
That’s because up until now there has never been a book that guides you
through the difficult process of designing a career that gives you the best
chance for both high-level success and satisfaction. But career guru Nicholas
Lore has found a way to show you how to custom design a career where you
will:
Look forward to going to work
Be extremely successful and productive
Use your natural talents fully in work that fits your personality
Be highly respected because you excel at your work
In Now What?, he helps you put all the pieces together to make wise
decisions about what you will do with your life and how you can best go
about setting and accomplishing your life and work goals. You’ll also learn
the skills you need to live an extraordinary life.
Filled with charts, worksheets, and quizzes, Now What? is the cutting-edge
guide for choosing a career that fits you perfectly — whether you’re a
college student, a twentysomething already out in the working world, or a
high school student just getting started.

Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What

You’ll Love to Do (Paperback)
by Shoya Zichy (Author), Ann Bidou (Author)

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Review

“Using a workstyle assessment technique called Color Q, this is probably

one of the best career self-testing books you’ll ever run across.” — Mensa
Bulletin, June 2007
“For thousands of Americans Shoya Zichy’s landmark 276 page
masterpiece, “Career Match” may have simultaneously squelched the
wretched specter of unemployment and brought career satisfaction to those
who sing the blues at a time when their nation’s economy has been sporting
a historically rosy complexion…The most compelling reason for reading
this book and why we are bringing it to the attention of TravelSmart readers
is that “Career Match” makes it easier for anyone who wants to squeeze the
most out of their life experience to do just that. That’s why I bought copies
for each of my children (all over 40 now). If they can get as much out of the
book as I did they’ll be grateful for the rest of their lives. ”
–travelsmart.com

Review

Using a workstyle assessment technique called Color Q, […]probably one of

the best career self-testing books you’ll ever run across.”
-Mensa Bulletin
“… insightful and complex.”
-Accounting Today magazine

” the book makes for a great teaching tool…whether you’re a career

counselor, a college student, or the average Joe/Jane.
-Campus Career Counselor

“…Shoya Zichy’s landmark 276 page masterpiece, ‘Career Match.’”

travelsmart.com

Teen’s Guide To College And Career Success: Your

High School Roadmap for College & Career Success
(Teen’s Guide to College and Career Planning)
(Paperback)
by Peterson’s (Author)

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book Description

GET A JUMP! is intended for use by students at any stage of middle and
high school, but it has the most relevance for high school sophomores and
juniors who are starting to get serious about the decisions they will need to
make after graduation. Whether they’re planning to head to a two- or four-
year college, to a technical school, to an apprenticeship, to the military, or
directly into the workforce–or are still undecided–here’s where they’ll find
information on the various options available and which ones best suits their
skills, needs, and wants.

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