Essays, questionnaires, and games provide information which help the reader assess his or her interests and talents in order to make career choices.

Exploring Careers for the 21st Century empowers students forcareer success. It provides essential information about the skills needed fordecision making, goal setting, problem solving, and critical thinking to helpstudents explore career options and entrepreneurship. Students will learn how toplan for their future with an academic plan, an understanding of financialliteracy, communication skills, and the knowledge to think like an entrepreneur.Designed to engage students by focusing on subjects that are relevant to theirlives today, the Student Edition uses an integrated approach to emphasize how allskills are interdependent. The text utilizes real-life examples and a photo-rich designthat engages students by presenting information in short, colorful segments. * Features a wide range of activities--including 21st CenturySkills, teamwork, communication, problem solving, community involvement, "beyour own boss" entrepreneurship activities, and global-awarenessactivities and projects. * Includes a "bell ringer" activity at the beginning of eachchapter to get students interested in what they will learn in that section. * Integrates financial literacy throughout with activitiesand math-skills problems. * Promotes the value of staying in school and has studentsdevelop a career portfolio for achieving educational and career goals. Also available: Exclusive Teacher's Wraparound Edition with point-of-usenotes, teaching tips, strategies, additional activities, and customizedinstructional suggestions for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Advanced,Less Advanced, At-risk, and Special Needs Students.

Essays, questionnaires, and games provide information which helps the reader assess his or her talents in order to make career choices.

The Workbook is organized to follow the textbook on a chapter-by-chapter basis, providing questions to help students review the material presented in the chapter. This supplement is a consumable resource, designed with perforated pages so that a given chapter can be removed and turned in for grading or checking.

An Intelligent Career is a playbook for the modern knowledge worker, with clear guidance and support on taking charge of your own destiny, seeking continuous learning, collaborating with others, recognizing and acting on fresh opportunities, determining when it is time to move on, and much more.

Exploring Careers explores each of the 16 career cluster options and workplace reality for middle school students. This text prepares students for the rapidly changing opportunities in the work world. As they explore each of the 16 U.S. Department of Education career clusters, they'll build foundation skills and workplace competencies and learn how each new skill can help them build successful careers. Attractive visuals and an easy-to-read style invite students of all backgrounds and abilities to explore the content. Career Opportunities allow students to take a critical look at realistic, newspaper-style job descriptions for jobs within each career cluster. The Global Workplace identifies work-related cultural differences to prepare students for the global workplace. Attitude Counts provides tips for building a positive attitude. Personal Career Portfolio encourages students to record career information throughout the course so they can gradually build a portfolio. - Publisher.