The Sundance Writer is a comprehensive rhetoric/reader/research guide and grammar handbook all in one reasonably priced paperback text. This textAEs origin is the successful Sundance Reader by Mark Connelly and incorporates the majority of the readerAEs material into the reader portion of The Sundance Writer."

This self-study curriculum guide is intended to assist counselors and teachers in learning to use labor market and career information with clients more effectively. The following topics are covered: understanding career development and the use of career and labor market information in career counseling (changing ideas about career development, the role of theory, classification of theories as structural or developmental, and career development theories and career counseling); understanding the labor market (the basic model of the labor market and modifications of the concepts of supply and demand); exploring labor market information sources and systems (major state and federal sources, career information delivery systems, and nongovernmental sources); exploring labor market information resources and products (including discussions of 17 major resources); using labor market information in career counseling (occupational questions and resources and career counseling case studies); and developing a professional plan of action (professional, information, and community development). Appendixes include additional labor market information resources, guidelines for preparing and evaluating career information literature, designated vocational/career competency areas, introductions to the military services and the American labor movement, networking resources for establishing lines of communication, a glossary, and lists of acronyms and additional resources. (MN)

Abstract: A conversational approach, replete with numerous examples, provides practical guidelines to assist individuals in assessing where they stand in their working career, and how to utilize the concept that careers pass through recurring cyclic changes for optimizing success. Traditional career maps vs. the career cycles concept, the motivation of discontentment, inner and outer self exploration, and decisions of career commitment and of career change are presented. Proven tips concerning succeeding at job interviews, ways to get the type of work desired, how to set new goals after advancements or setbacks, and when to take risks are also discussed. Information on 20 guidelines for use through the career cycles, a 20-question career quiz, and aspects of career counseling is appended. (wz).

Job Search, Third Edition, the second book in Lock's three-book career planning series, is a comprehensive guide to what an individual must do to find employment. The Third Edition presents the latest information available to help readers select and plan a successful job search, including new information on occupational alternatives, skills, and training requirements. Lock provides the ''nuts and bolts'' of job hunting. The developing sources of job leads, completing employment applications, preparing resumes and cover letters, and interviewing techniques. And he gives readers much more: a discussion of how to understand corporate culture, an in-depth look at how to examine different geographic areas for growth in population and employment opportunities, how to evaluate employment offers, and how to develop the skills necessary to keep a job.