Introduction What this book is about . i Assembling a Career Portfolio . ii Chapter One: Assessing Yourself Daydreaming as a way of identifying your goals . 1 Developing a Personal Profile . 2 The role of your Personal Profile and Career Planning Guide . 3 Developing your Career Planning Guide . 3 Using your Personal Profile and Career Planning Guide . 4 Classroom projects .

5 Personal Profile and Career Planning Guide . 7 Chapter Two: Your Personal Statement What it looks like . 9 Your writing style . 10 How to begin . 10 Writing the first draft . 10 Revise, revise, revise . 11 Sample personal statement . 13 Chapter Three: Your Resume What is a resume? .

15 The keys to effective resume writing . 16 What are employers looking for? . 16 Writing a resume that works . 18 What should a resume contain? . 19 What to avoid in your resume? . 21 Remaining honest and truthful . 22 Non-traditional formats . 23 Classroom projects .

24 Chapter Four: Employment Correspondence What is a cover letter? . 27 Writing a cover letter . 28 Your list of references . 31 Follow-up, thank-you letters . 32 Chapter Five: Researching the Companies You Most Want to Work for Beginning your research . 35 Preparing for your interview with useful information . 36 Finding business information on the Internet . 38 Selecting an Ethical Employer .

42 Chapter Six: Marketing Yourself Online Getting hired by getting wired . 46 What to avoid in online job hunting . 48 Classroom projects . 49 Chapter Seven: Interviewing for a Job Goals of an interview . 51 Planning for an interview . 52 What are interviewers looking for? . 52 What turns interviewers off? . 53 Mock interviews .