Professionalism

Written for students getting ready to enter the job market, this fourth edition guides readers from campus life into their first professional position. It offers career planning tools, guidance on how to behave at work, and training in the soft skills employers expect. Practice exercises and activities let students apply each concept as they make the move from school to the workplace.

The book is built on three foundations: life planning, workplace skills, and career planning. Readers learn to link their personal, professional, and financial aims and to build a life plan with short-term and long-term targets in each area. The text argues that attitude, communication, and human relations matter most in a demanding, competitive, and unpredictable job market, so it gives special weight to interpersonal abilities and workplace conduct. The career planning chapters cover job searching, assembling a résumé package, and interview techniques.