Getting Ahead at Work Worktext

Staudacher Carol Staudacher

Description

Themes: Life Skills, Career, Achieve Independence, Skills, Job Success, Job Skills, Nonfiction, Worktext, Teen, Young Adult, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Content Includes: Off to a Good Start, Learning the Job, Succeeding on the Job, Workplace Problems and Solutions. 32 Compact two-page lessons are each tightly focused on a particular subtopic to guarantee comprehension and build a foundation for further practice and skill development. Back-of-the-book list of key words in each. Preview & Review exercises introduce & wrap up each unit. Includes topic-related "Everyday Math" application in every lesson.

Informations

• Publié par: Saddleback Educational Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 août 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781602918504
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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GETTING AHEAD AT WORK

Carol Staudacher

Moving Out on Your Own Everyday Household Tasks Health and Safety Managing Money Consumer Spending Job Search Getting Ahead at Work Community Resources Transportation and Travel Car and Driver

Copyright © 2003, 2011 by Saddleback Educational Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, scanning, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.

ISBN-13: 978-1-61651-119-7 ISBN-10: 1-61651-119-2 eBook: 978-1-60291-850-4

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CONTENTS

UNIT 1 Off to a Good Start PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 LESSON 1: The Importance of First Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 LESSON 2: An Employee Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 LESSON 3: Fitting In with Co-Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 LESSON 4: Interpreting a Paycheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

UNIT 2 Learning the Job PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 LESSON 1: Impressing Your Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 LESSON 2: Following Verbal Directions and Asking for Clarification . . .18 LESSON 3: Reading Instructions: Using a Job Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 LESSON 4: Teamwork and Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

UNIT 3 Succeeding on the Job PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 LESSON 1: Measurements of Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 LESSON 2: Benchmarks: Speed and Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 LESSON 3: Taking Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 LESSON 4: Qualifying for a Raise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

UNIT 4 Workplace Problems and Solutions PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 LESSON 1: Reliability: Tardiness and Absenteeism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 LESSON 2: Handling Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 LESSON 3: Personal Problems Carried into the Workplace . . . . . . . . . . .40 LESSON 4: Relationships with Co-Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

WORD LIST

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