Job Search Worktext

Staudacher Carol Staudacher

Description

Themes: Life Skills, Career, Achieve Independence, Skills, Job Search, Training, Job Application, Job Interview, 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: Workplace Readiness, Occupational Training, Applying for a Job, The Job Interview. 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. A 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: 9781602918528
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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JOB SEARCH

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: 978-1-61651-121-0 ISBN-10: 1-61651-121-4 eBook: 978-1-60291-852-8

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CONTENTS

UNIT 1 Workplace Readiness PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 LESSON 1: Aptitudes/Interests Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LESSON 2: Career Categories and Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LESSON 3: Salaries and Job Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 LESSON 4: Short-Term and Long-Term Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

UNIT 2 Occupational Training PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 LESSON 1: Basic Business Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 LESSON 2: Occupational Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 LESSON 3: Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 LESSON 4: On-the-Job Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

UNIT 3 Applying for a Job PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 LESSON 1: Job Search Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 LESSON 2: Agencies: Private and State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 LESSON 3: Résumé and Cover Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 LESSON 4: Completing a Job Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

UNIT 4 The Job Interview PREVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 LESSON 1: Businesslike Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 LESSON 2: Dressing for Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 LESSON 3: Answering Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 LESSON 4: Follow-up Call, Thank-you Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

WORD LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45