"The Bound-for-Career Guidebook views career identification, selection, entry, and progression as part of a larger developmental process--the career development process. In this guidebook for adolescents and young adults, the author outlines the experiences and tasks that will facilitate the career development process and lead to satisfaction and success. The reader will be exposed to the various educational and career transitions they must consider on the path to the workplace and specific guidance is offered on how to maximize entry and advancement. Along the career exploration, decision-making, and preparation path, the author answers frequently asked questions and offers an array of facts and myths that need to be considered. Empowered individuals are better able to guide themselves through their personal career journey. The reader's command of the information in the Bound-for-Career Guidebook will give them that power!"-- Amazon.com description.

Career success: actions that lead to achievement and satisfaction -- Understanding the career development process -- The importance of career exploration, decision making, and goal setting -- Learning about yourself: Implications for your future career -- The dynamics of the American workplace: past, present, and future -- Strategies for learning about the world of work -- Mounting a career search: asking the right questions -- Sources of information about careers -- Relating education to career development -- Educational paths to careers -- Identifying job opportunities -- First steps in the job-seeking process -- Strategies for successful career and job interviews -- Career growth, mobility, and maintenance -- Factors influencing career success -- Counselors as career development allies -- Parents, people, and the career development process -- Some closing thoughts about expectations -- Appendix: Career and college websites.