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xv Unit 2 Preparing for Career Success Chapter 5 Looking Inward: Identifying Your Personal Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Starting a Self-Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Getting to Know Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Personal Accomplishments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Personality Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Understanding Your Motivations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Identifying Personal Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Identifying Psychological Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Infl uences on Your Values and Needs Formation . . . 122 Identifying Your Assets and Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Technology Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Communication Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Decision-Making Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Problem-Solving Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Confl ict Resolution Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Leadership Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Time Management Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Recognizing Personal Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Health, Physical Ability, and Activity Level Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Task Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Refl ecting on Life Satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Personal Essentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Life Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Developing Your Brand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Chapter 5 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 michaeljung/Shutterstock.com

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xv Unit 2 Preparing for Career Success Chapter 5 Looking Inward: Identifying Your Personal Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Starting a Self-Assessment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Getting to Know Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Personal Accomplishments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Personality Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Understanding Your Motivations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Identifying Personal Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Identifying Psychological Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Infl uences on Your Values and Needs Formation . . . 122 Identifying Your Assets and Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Technology Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Communication Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Decision-Making Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Problem-Solving Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Confl ict Resolution Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Leadership Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Time Management Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Recognizing Personal Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Health, Physical Ability, and Activity Level Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Task Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Refl ecting on Life Satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Personal Essentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Life Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Developing Your Brand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Chapter 5 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 michaeljung/Shutterstock.com

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xiv Chapter 3 What Makes an Eff ective Human Services Worker?. . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Communication Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Creating Positive Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Improving Communication Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Decision-Making Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Problem-Solving Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Defi ning and Analyzing the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Setting and Implementing Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Monitoring and Evaluating the Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Confl ict Resolution Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Collaboration and Leadership Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter 3 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Chapter 4 On the Road to Personal and Professional Success. . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Promote Good Personal Health Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Maintain a Neat Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Achieve and Sustain a Healthy Weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Get Enough Sleep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Avoid Health Hazards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Demonstrate Characteristics of Maturity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Be Dependable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Be Responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Be Respectful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Be Ethical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Have a Positive Attitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Keep Life in Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Find a Work-Life Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Manage Stress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Maintain Healthy Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Chapter 4 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Hurst Photo/Shutterstock.com

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xvi Chapter 6 Looking Outward: Connecting with Human Services. . . 140 Researching Human Services Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Gaining Firsthand Knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Using the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) . . . 145 Planning for Your Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Choosing Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Researching Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Participating in Student Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Joining Professional Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Developing a Career Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Staying Focused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Chapter 6 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Chapter 7 Looking Ahead: Preparing for Workplace Success. . . 166 Finding Job Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Networking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Searching Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Attending Job Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Securing Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Completing an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Submitting a Résumé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Writing a Cover Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Developing a Personal Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Going on Job Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Weighing Job Offers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Starting a New Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Meeting Coworkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Filling out Employment Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Undergoing New Hire Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Evaluating the Work Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Being Evaluated on Job Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Leaving a Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Chapter 7 Review and Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com Daxiao Productions/Shutterstock.com

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