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Job Savvy: How to be a Success at Work (5th Edition)
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This book helps inexperienced workers develop the critical basic workplace skills they need to survive and get ahead in the workplace.
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Detailed Description
By LaVerne L. Ludden
Job Savvy helps people develop the critical skills needed to survive and get ahead in today’s workplace. Based on research into what employers need and value in employees, this workbook helps readers build job survival skills, increase productivity, and improve job satisfaction and success.
Job Savvy focuses on job skills identified as essential in the U.S. Department of Labor’s SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report.
The workbook’s numerous activities show readers how to be ready for the workplace and improve their basic job skills. The narrative is easy to read, informative, and features several examples, checklists, worksheets, and summaries.
With this workbook, readers will learn all about the expectations of employers. Topics covered in the book include:
- punctuality and attendance
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dressing and grooming
- first impressions
- supervisor, co-worker, and customer relationships
- problem solving
- ethics
- workplace communication
- technology and trends in the workplace
- performance reviews
- promotions
- and more
In addition, new content for this edition discusses social networking websites. Readers will learn about the implications of revealing personal information online and the need to be cautious when discussing work issues, co-workers, and clients on these sites. They’ll also discover how to use online networks such as LinkedIn to get ahead in their career.
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