Keys to Success: How to Achieve Your Goals, Third Edition - Softcover

Carol Carter; Joyce Bishop; Sarah Lyman Kravits

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013012883X ISBN 13: 9780130128836

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2000

Synopsis

For Freshman Orientation, Student Success, and College Preparation courses.This best-selling text connects college skills with career and life success. With its learn-by-doing emphasis, It encourages students to think critically about their choices and goals. Students and Faculty alike are encouraged to visit the central website for all Keys franchise materials, www.carterkeys.com, where you can correspond with the author team, view their speaking calendar, benefit from current articles, and more!

About this title

From the Publisher:

With its active "learn–by–doing" approach, this textbook establishes the skills needed for learning and career and life achievement. Critical thinking techniques improve students' effectiveness in school and the workplace. These skills serve as a continual source of information and inspiration. Positive self–awareness, confidence, and responsibility are fostered by building skills in goal–setting, problem–solving, decision–making, wellness, basic academic skills, study skills, and communication. Students learn to manage their time and their budgets. They will establish strong foundations in ethics and relations with people at home, at school, and at work. The text is both affirming and challenging to students, encouraging them to reach new heights.

From the Back Cover:

Prepare Yourself to be Competitive in the 21st Century

What skills will you need in order to create success in the fast-paced, global marketplace?
While many skills will help you, research and projections point to one above all others: a good education.

The world is changing continually, and the changes affect you:

• The growth of technology has changed the workplace, resulting in far more knowledge-based jobs and far fewer manual labor jobs.
• The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that five years from now 60 percent of all of the jobs in the United States will require skills currently held by only 20 percent of the population.
• The "emerging knowledge economy" will make knowledge of information and technological skills absolute requirements for career success.
• The earning power of a college graduate will continue to grow, especially against the waning earning power of those without a degree.

You have the potential to improve the world, and make a better life for yourself, by using your education to maximize your potential. Who knows what creation of yours - scientific, social, economic, technological, artistic, literary, and political — will improve the way we live. Key to Success will give you the tools you need — self-knowledge, reading and writing skills, the ability to work with others, time and money management, personal wellness, integrity, strategic career planning, and more — to allow you to be competitive in the twenty-first century, creating every advantage you deserve in life.

Visit our Student Success Supersite at http://www.prenhall.com/success

Features include:

• Major Exploration
• Career Advice
• Web Links
• Tips from Successful Students
• Student Bulletin Boards
• Faculty Resources

At the Supersite, click on the Keys to Success book cover to view the Keys to Success Companion Website, including essay questions, links to over 100 student success websites (listed according to chapter topic), brief articles stemming from each chapter, student bulletin boards, and an on-line syllabus manager for instructors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 013012883X
• ISBN 13: 9780130128836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 431