Cornerstone: Building on Your Best for Career Success: With Video Cases
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2005
- Softcover
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For courses in Student Orientation, Student Success, and Study Skills Life Skills. The Building on Your Best for Career Success text builds upon one of the most complete, concrete student success programs in the country, the well-known Cornerstone franchise. Always known for its concrete applications, conversational tone, and positive spin, it is the most comprehensive and focused student success text written exclusively for the Career College Market. The authors interviewed many instructors, students, and administrators working and thriving in the CareerCollege Market and based the book on the needs identified. The author team has streamlined and tailored the content to support the busy working schedules and non-traditional types of students in the career market space. The text covers the ever-important fields of change, persistence, time and money management, reading comprehension, learning styles, memory development, testing strategies and critical thinking. It includes suggestions and strategies for academic success and personal improvement?including goals, change, and career/life planning, and presents the content in a way that is most useful for the career college student. Additionally, the text includes a NEW comprehensive chapter on entering the world of work. From writing a cover letter and resume to interviewing, from dining etiquette to proper dress, from workplace politics and civility, this chapter is an essential ?how to? for every graduating student. The book provides students with a variety of solutions to almost any problem faced in the first year of college and beyond. Included with every new copy is the Video Cases on CD-ROM Activity and Learning Guide to facilitate active learning.…
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- Title
- Cornerstone: Building on Your Best for Career Success: With Video Cases
- Author
- Robert M Sherfield
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0131958259
- ISBN 13
- 9780131958258
This guide book offers one of the most complete, concrete student success programs in the country, with suggestions and strategies for academic success and personal improvementâ including goals, change, and career/life planning. Visually stunning, and conversationally written, the book provides readers with a variety of solutions to almost any problem faced in the first year of college and beyond. Chapter topics include preparing for and dealing with change; motivation, goal setting and self-esteem; things you need to know about college, but may never ask; managing your time and money wisely; the art of active listening; empowering your memory; critical and creative thinking skills; practical steps for writing and speaking; and a plan for wellness, stress reduction and personal responsibility. For anyone preparing and planning to succeed in life.
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From the Back Cover
- COMPLETELY NEW chapter on Interpersonal Communication and Emotional Intelligence.
- NEW Feature: Successful Decisions. Examples of real-life decisions and solutions that students are likely to face in a college career environment.
- The "BIG WHY" written by the author and The "BIG WHY from Another Perspective" written by a current student in a career college about why the chapter is relevant.
- Concluding chapter "Prosper: "Preparing for Success in the World of Work and Beyond.""
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