Career Development Study Guide

0-619-14862-4 © 2004 Publish date: November 4, 2003 114 pages

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Course ID: career-development-sg

CBT Planet offers numerous computer training books and professional skills books focused on enriching your personal development. The Career Development study guide is an excellent choice for you to use to explore the options you have available and build the career that you want. You'll learn at your own pace, on your own time schedule by choosing this self-directed course.

Use the Career Development courseware to learn how to go about defining your career aspirations, developing your career goals, and creating your career strategies. You will learn how to identify your personal preferences, develop the skills you need to advance in your career, explore the various career options, and evaluate different careers to see if they are appropriate for you.

By following this self-paced course, you will learn about defining the stages of career development, excelling at your job, marketing your personal skills, staying competitive, maintaining productivity, self-discipline, and creating a professional image. Other topics discuss the pros and cons of self-study versus formal education, and maintaining both performance and morale.

The Career Development courseware contains numerous activities that cover networking for career advancement, seeking career guidance, developing career networks, networking effectively, communications skills, building mutually beneficial working relationships, and defining mentoring and coaching.

This information-packed study guide gives you excellent advice and will help you determine the best course of action for launching your career. You'll use this training during your entire professional life.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces career aspirations and goals

• Career preferences
• Career-related skills
• Exploring careers

Unit 2 discusses career strategies

• Developing your career goals
• Creating your career strategies

Unit 3 goes over career excellence

• Working to excel
• How to market yourself
• How to stay competitive

Unit 4 discusses professional networking

• Networking for advancing your career
• Seeking career guidance
• How to develop a career network