From Master Student to Master Employee, Second Edition



From Master Student to Master Employee, Second Edition

Overall changes

Design:

The updated design in the Twelfth Edition will make navigating new and updated materials easy for all instructors. This modified design was prompted by advisory board members’ request for more white space, giving students more room to take notes. The new chapter opener design includes the Master Student Map, a reasoning model based on the Learning Style Inventory and includes the Student Voices feature, which was previously found throughout the book.

Organization and new content:

The new edition is reorganized so that the Discovering Careers chapter is now early in the book as Chapter 2. The revised purposes of this chapter are for readers to:

• Discover the vast range of available careers.

• Define skills as the essence of any job.

• Distinguish between transferable and content skills.

• Gain strategies for planning in general and career planning in particular.

• Brainstorm personal career options.

• Research careers and make a trial career choice.

• Plan to develop specific skills that will promote their success in school and in the workplace.

Chapter 3: Memory from the first edition has been combined with Chapter 6: Tests.

Managing money is more important than ever for today’s students and complete coverage can now be found in the new Chapter 9: Money. Learning how to responsibly use credit, create and stick to a budget, and protect their identity will help students in their college career and beyond.

Chapter-by-Chapter updates

|Chapter |New content, examples, notable changes in NEW edition |

|Introduction: Mastering Transitions |New title (1e title was Link to the Work World) |

| |Link to the work world: New article about how success in higher education promotes |

| |success on the job. |

| |The value of higher education: New article that covers the benefits of a college |

| |education including economic benefits, discovering your values, discovering new |

| |interests, and learning skills that apply across careers. |

| |Making the transition to higher education: This article includes a new section about how |

| |students can manage their out-of-class time and set aside enough time to study. |

| |Connect to resources: This revised article covers valuable resources in school and the |

| |community. |

| |Succeeding in higher education—at any age: This article has a new title (1e title was |

| |Succeeding as an adult learner) and includes new content that will help students discover|

| |the importance of acknowledging concerns about being an adult learner, clarify why |

| |they’re in school, and how to find common ground and relate with traditional students. |

|Chapter 1 – Discovering Yourself |New title (1e title was Self-Discovery) |

| |The Meaning of Mastery: New title (1e title was Discovering Mastery) |

| |New Master Student Profile: Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo! |

|Chapter 2 – Discovering Careers |New placement and title (Was previously Chapter 9: Career Planning) |

| |The world of work—an overview: New article that includes content from O*Net (Occupational|

| |Information Network). O*Net classifies American workers into 22 categories of occupations|

| |and this article provides a brief overview. |

| |It all starts with skills: New article that highlights how skills transfer to career |

| |planning. |

| |100 transferable skills: New article |

| |Ways to learn about careers: New article that offers sources for career planning such as |

| |publications, career counseling, the Internet, and more. |

| |Create your career: New article with effective ways to plan for your career |

| |Sample formats for career plans: New article that highlights 4 different types of career |

| |plans: A timeline that marks dates for major career events in the future; A mind map that|

| |links personal values to desired skills; A pie chart summarizing the amount of time |

| |devoted to career-related activities; A list of career goals sorted by priority |

| |Gearing up for a global economy: New article that covers the changes in the workforce |

| |today and how students can develop the key set of skills needed for success. |

| |Service learning: New article about how service learning helps guide career plans |

| |Setting and achieving goals: This article was previously in the Time chapter. |

| |Choosing your major: This article was previously in the Time chapter. |

| |New Master Student Profile: Lisa Price, a woman who worked her way from bankruptcy to |

| |owning a successful fragrance company. |

|Chapter 3 – Time |New title and chapter number: This was previously Chapter 2: Planning |

| |Stop procrastination now: New article that gives concrete tips to prevent procrastination|

| |and get things done. |

| |Beyond time management: Stay focused on what matters: This is a revised version of the |

| |Time management for right brained people article from the 1e and it includes new |

| |information on discovering your style of time management and how to slow down in order to|

| |get more things done. |

|Chapter 4 – Reading |Muscle reading at work: New article that connects the techniques of Muscle Reading to |

| |different types of work-related reading. |

| |Becoming an online learner: New article about how to succeed in online courses. |

| |The Twenty-First Century Researcher—Using your library: This article is new to this |

| |chapter (previously in Chapter 8, Communication, in the 1e) and includes content on |

| |making the most out of this important resource. |

| |English as a Second Language: Expanded article with new sections on: |

| |Building confidence |

| |Common mistakes in using English |

| |Using computer resources and gaining skills in notetaking and testing. |

| |Master Student Profile: Craig Kielburger |

|Chapter 5: Notes |Meeting with your instructor: New sidebar that helps students get the most out of office |

| |hours. |

|Chapter 6: Tests |Memory content from the 1e Chapter 3 is included in this chapter. |

| |20 memory techniques: New placement (Previously in Chapter 3 in the 1e) |

| |The high costs of cheating: New title (1e title was Integrity in test taking) |

| |Getting ready for math tests: New article that just focuses on math skills. The article |

| |covers overcoming math anxiety, how to boost study skills for math, and using tests to |

| |show what you know. A new sidebar, Succeeding in science courses, offers strategies |

| |unique to succeeding in science. |

| |New sidebar, Keep your brain fit for life, includes information about exercising, eating |

| |well, keeping a healthy social life, and protecting your heart. |

| |Make performance reviews work for you: Expanded article on making the most out of |

| |performance reviews in the workplace. Includes information about setting goals, preparing|

| |for the review, keeping the tone positive, creating a focused plan for personal |

| |development, and how to act on the plan every day. |

|Chapter 7: Thinking |Don’t fool yourself--12 Common Mistakes in Logic: The expanded article covers 6 new |

| |fallacies: |

| |Faulty analogy |

| |Creating a strawman |

| |Begging the question |

| |Confusing fact and opinion |

| |Creating a red herring |

| |Appealing to tradition |

| |Thinking about information on the internet: New article about evaluating information on |

| |the Internet with new exercise on Evaluating search sites. |

| |Thinking critically about career planning: Updated article that includes information |

| |about considering money in the career planning process. |

| |New Master Student profile: Irshad Manjii, a journalist and author. |

|Chapter 8: Communicating |Communicating in a diverse world: New introductory chapter article that covers the |

| |importance of recognizing diversity when developing communication skills. |

| |Choosing to listen: New title: (1e article was titled The Communication loop: Listening.)|

| |Choosing to speak: New title: (1e article was titled The Communication Loop: Sending) |

| |Communicating across cultures: Revised article that covers how to learn about other |

| |cultures, preparing for differences in communicating styles, how to speak and listen with|

| |cultural sensitivity, how to accept feedback, and how to speak up against discrimination.|

| | |

| |Managing conflict: This revised article is broken down into 2 sections that help students|

| |focus on the content of conflict and focus on the process of resolving conflict. |

| |Join a diverse workplace: This article was previously in Chapter 10 and includes new |

| |coverage of the global economy, specific guidelines on how to handle smaller differences |

| |in cultures such as handshakes, dress code, and accepting business cards, and respecting |

| |names and job titles. |

| |Three paths to clear writing: New title (1e title was Three phases of effective writing) |

| |Mastering public speaking: New title (1e title was Writing and delivering speeches) and |

| |new content on how to analyze your audience, and overcoming your fear of public speaking |

| |Joining online communities: Online communities such as Facebook and MySpace have created |

| |new ways for people to communicate. This revised article covers simple ways students can |

| |stay in charge of their safety, reputation, and integrity any time that they connect with|

| |people online. |

| |Master Student Profile: Cesar Chavez |

|Chapter 9: Money |New articles include: |

| |Freedom from money worries: This article includes the keys to managing money: Telling the|

| |truth about how much money you have and how much you spend, committing to spend no more |

| |than you have, and applying the suggestions for earning more money, spending less money, |

| |or both. |

| |Money Monitor/Money Summary exercise: Students can use this exercise to keep track of how|

| |much money they spend in a month. |

| |Make more money: Students can take these suggestions for making more money and apply them|

| |to their life now and to their future career. |

| |Spend less money: This article will provide students with ideas for controlling their |

| |expenses. |

| |Take charge of your credit: This article covers ways to manage credit cards and student |

| |loans. |

| |You can pay for school: Paying for school is one of students’ top concerns and this |

| |article covers different types of financial aid. |

| |Using technology to manage money: This article covers important tips for effectively and |

| |safely using technology to manage your accounts. |

| |You are already rich: This article encourages new ways of thinking about money and |

| |possessions. |

| |Practicing money skills at work: This article shows the link between successfully |

| |managing finances in your personal life and managing money in the workplace. |

| |Define your values, align your actions: This article connects personal values into |

| |attitudes about money. |

| |New Career Application about credit card companies soliciting students on campus. |

| |New Master Student Profile: Kat James. |

|Chapter 10: Working |New title (1e was called Mastering Work) |

| |Using power tools for finding work: New sections on how to meet employers right on |

| |campus, how to stay flexible when job offers are scarce, and how to cope with the |

| |emotional ups and downs of job searching. |

| |Use interviews to hire yourself an employer: New section on preparing for common |

| |interview questions |

| |New article, Succeeding as a new employee, covers the culture shock of moving from school|

| |to a job, keeping a positive attitude, and how to cope with office politics. A new |

| |sidebar, Surviving your first day covers survival skills such as your choice of outfit, |

| |the importance of arriving early, how to remember names, and much more. |

| |Keep your career plan alive: New placement (was in Chapter 9 in the 1e.) |

| |Master Student Profile: Ruth Handler |

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