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Job Skills for the 21st Century
A Guide for Students
 By Lawrence K. Jones Forewords by James D. Burge and John Arnold

0-89774-956-1/978-0-89774-956-5

Description
The best way for middle school and high school students to prepare for success in tomorrow's job market is by developing the right skills today. But what are the skills every employer will be looking for? And how can they be developed? The answers to these and many other important questions can be found in this book. This unflinching look at the future job market is the first book that explains and teaches SCANS skills and the personal tools necessary for success as determined by the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills from the U.S. Department of Labor. The author has used this information to create a list of 17 foundation skills that every worker will need to succeed.

Reviews:
-Jones has written a rousing 'how-to' skills improvement and career guidance manual for teens....While addressing teens directly and written in an engaging style, the book will most likely find its way to its audience via teachers and others working with adolescents in vocational and counseling capacities. Professionals can pick and choose from the many activities and suggestions and put them to use in their own classrooms. Libraries needing to refresh their career development collection will find Job Skills a creative and energizing addition. —Booklist
-With numerous illustrations and inventories, the book offers many practical suggestions. The author clearly points out the many disadvantages of after-school jobs and offers much material of use to career professionals working in high schools. —Career Developments
-Students will appreciate a job skills-oriented guide which identifies the skills which will be most needed in order to gain future employment. Where most business books focus on how to get a job, this guide to developing the skills which will lead to jobs in the future makes for an excellent activities-oriented approach emphasizing business development. —Reviewer's Bookwatch
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