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| Preface | |
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| Retooling for Transition | |
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| Returning to the Classroom | |
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| Ask Hard Questions | |
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| Accept Your Present Situation | |
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| Take Charge of Your Life | |
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| Back to the Classroom | |
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| Expectations | |
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| Hotline | |
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| Introduction to Goals | |
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| Understanding the Career Development Process | |
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| Career Theories Give Us Clues | |
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| Adult Development Provides the Context | |
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| Okun's Theory | |
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| Transitions Have Impact | |
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| Work in Progress: Gabrielle | |
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| Work in Progress: Manuel | |
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| Dealing with Endings | |
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| Cooling Your Heels | |
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| Beginning Again | |
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| Deal With Emotions Triggered by Career Crisis | |
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| Understand the Career Development Process | |
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| Self-Assessment | |
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| Work in Progress: Rick | |
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| Career Exploration | |
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| Decision Making | |
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| Goal Setting | |
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| Work in Progress: Ann | |
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| Acquiring Job Search Skills | |
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| Acquiring Career Success Skills | |
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| Be Flexible in Applying the Model | |
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| Add a Developmental Perspective | |
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| Your Job Timeline | |
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| Transitions Timeline | |
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| Identifying with the Six-Step Model | |
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| Scoping Out the Business Press | |
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| Appreciating Your Uniqueness | |
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| Your Identity | |
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| "Tell Me a Little About Yourself" | |
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| The Me Everyone Knows | |
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| Early Messages | |
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| Messages | |
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| Family Influences | |
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| Cultural Heritage | |
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| Values | |
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| Personal Priorities | |
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| Work Values | |
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| Changing Social Values | |
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| Lifestyle Alternatives | |
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| Affirmation: Reprogramming for Positive Self-Esteem | |
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| Mentors | |
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| Discovering Your Personality Type and Interests | |
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| Determine Your Personality Preferences | |
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| Your Personality Preferences | |
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| Explanation of the Indicators | |
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| Pinpoint Your Particular Interests | |
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| Work in Progress: Charles | |
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| Interests Survey | |
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| Identifying Interests | |
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| Resources for Further Exploration of Personality Type | |
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| Recognizing Your Skills and Abilities | |
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| Functional Skills | |
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| Three Achievements | |
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| Work in Progress: Nancy | |
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| Your Functional Skills | |
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| Adaptive Skills | |
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| Identifying Adaptive Skills | |
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| Work Content Skills | |
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| Work in Progress: Debbie | |
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| Work Content Skills | |
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| Skills Employers Will Require in Workplace 2000 | |
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| Success Chart | |
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| Exploring Career Alternatives | |
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| Look at Many Options | |
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| Research Alternatives Thoroughly | |
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| Narrow Your Focus | |
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| Work in Progress: Dorothy | |
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| Consider Nontraditional Careers | |
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| Work in Progress: Juanita | |
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| Consider Work and Family Balance | |
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| Conduct Informational Interviews | |
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| Presentation Piece | |
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| Own Your Expertise | |
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| Major Career Research Project | |
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| Great Books for Researching Career Options | |
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| Watching Economic Indicators and Market Trends | |
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| Note Economic Indicators | |
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| Follow Employment Trends | |
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| Trends in the Workplace | |
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| Locations of Opportunities | |
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| The Business Press Revisited | |
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| Making Tough Decisions | |
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| Know Your Decision-Making Style | |
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| Decision-Making Timeline | |
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| Assess Your Tolerance For Risk | |
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| Work in Progress: Don | |
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| Use a Decision-Making Model | |
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| Work in Progress: Marilyn | |
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| Make Major Life Decisions with Head and Heart | |
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| Synthesize Your Self-Knowledge, Career Alternatives, and Market Information | |
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| Career Assessment | |
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| Risk Taking | |
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| Experimental Risk Taking | |
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| Meeting of the Board | |
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| Playing It Out | |
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| Setting and Achieving Goals | |
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| Start With a Vision | |
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| Harness the Power of Goal Setting | |
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| Work in Progress: Kit | |
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| Set Lifetime Goals First | |
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| Ninety Years Young | |
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| Operationalize Your Goals | |
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| Design Realistic Education and Career Goals | |
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| Locate Education Resources | |
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| Resolve Financial Considerations | |
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| Develop an Action Plan | |
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| Action Plan | |
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| Confront Obstacles | |
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| Identifying and Resolving Obstacles | |
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| Use Affirmations | |
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| Work in Progress: Danny | |
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| Try Visualization Techniques | |
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| Work in Progress: Donna | |
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| Get the Support You Need | |
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| Goal-Setting Brainstorm . . . by the Clock | |
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| Goals Collage | |
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| Networking and Job Campaigning | |
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| Review the Career Development Process | |
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| Assess Yourself First | |
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| Do Research Second | |
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| Make Preliminary Decisions Third | |
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| Develop an Action Plan Fourth | |
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| Work in Progress: Louise | |
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| Write a Winning Resume | |
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| Chronological Resume | |
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| Resume Worksheet | |
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| Functional/Combination Resume | |
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| Preparing a Scannable Resume | |
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| Have Your Resume Critiqued | |
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| Create Cover Letters That Get Attention | |
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| Content of a Cover Letter | |
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| Make Good Use of Today's Tools | |
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| Build a Network of Professional Contacts | |
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| Use Many Sources to Find Job Leads | |
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| The Internet and the Job Search | |
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| Work in Progress: Chris | |
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| Consider the Employer's Perspective | |
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| Kodaroid | |
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| Heading to Maine | |
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| Updating Your Resume | |
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| Resources For The Job Search | |
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| Company Directories | |
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| Presenting Your Candidacy | |
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| Successful Interviewing | |
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| Goals of the Interview | |
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| Preparation for the Interview | |
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| Stages of the Interview | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Information | |
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| Narrowed Focus | |
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| Closing | |
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| Types of Interviews | |
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| Based on Purpose | |
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| Based on Format | |
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| Based on Style | |
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| Handling Difficult Questions | |
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| Handling Illegal Questions | |
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| Getting the Offer | |
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| Negotiating the Salary | |
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| Follow Up, Follow Up, Follow Up | |
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| Additional Job-Search Correspondence | |
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| Dealing With Rejection | |
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| Breathing New Life Into a Weary Search | |
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| Interview Practice | |
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| Practicing Solo | |
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| Your Interview Agenda | |
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| Additional Tools For Your Career | |
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| Making a Contribution | |
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| Seize the Opportunity | |
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| Practice Exceptional Professional Work Habits | |
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| Learn All About the Organization | |
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| Get to Know Your Boss | |
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| Focus on Your Customers | |
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| Add Value to the Organization | |
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| Build a Support System | |
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| Be Discreet | |
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| Work Collaboratively | |
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| Resolve Conflicts | |
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| Look for a Mentor | |
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| Maintain Your Network | |
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| Build Skills and Knowledge | |
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| Watch for Opportunities | |
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| Maintain a Healthy Balance | |
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| Understand the Stage of Your Present Career | |
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| Patrick at Three Stages | |
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| Celebrate Your Positive Change | |
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| Mapping Your New Start | |
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| Using Career Stages | |
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| Career Reflections Journal | |
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| Starting Your Own Business | |
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| Do You Have What It Takes? | |
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| Do You Have a Great Idea? | |
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| Are You Willing to Give Your All? | |
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| Do You Believe in Yourself? | |
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| Are You a Risk Taker? | |
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| Should You Start a Family Business? | |
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| Choosing a Form of Business | |
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| Sole Proprietorship | |
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| Partnership | |
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| Corporation | |
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| Writing a Business Plan | |
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| Executive Summary | |
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| Nature of the Business | |
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| Analysis of the Competition | |
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| Organizational Plan | |
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| Financial Projections | |
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| Developing a Marketing Plan | |
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| Establishing a Private Practice | |
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| Valerie Goes into Private Practice | |
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| Buying a Franchise | |
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| Craig and Gretchen Buy a Franchise | |
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| Working as an Independent Contractor | |
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| Greg Becomes an Independent Contractor | |
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| Creating a Portfolio Career | |
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| Deb Pursues a Portfolio Career | |
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| Idea File | |
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| "Try On" the Chamber of Commerce | |
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| Additional Tools For Your Career | |
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| Additional Resources for Entrepreneurship and Small Business | |
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| Journals | |
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| Managing Your Career | |
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| Listen to Career Changers Who Have Gone Before You | |
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| Course Goals Revisited | |
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| Next Steps | |
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| Kudos to the Class | |
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| Appendix | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |