Working in a Professional Environment

Please refer to the textbook for information that may help you complete these exercises.

Exercise 14-1: Your Career Objective or Personal Profile

Refer back to Chapter 13 and write a career objective or personal profile.

Exercise 14-2:Gather Information

Complete the following table:

EDUCATION (list most recent first)
School Name	City, State			Dates	Degree, Certificate, Credential, Licenses
SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT (list most recent first)
Employer		Employment Dates		Job Title		Duties
LANGUAGES				Fluency (read, write, and/or speak)
HONORS AND AWARDS				Dates		Place
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Exercise 14-3:Detail Your Skills

List as many as possible of your job-specific skills and your transferable skills. If you do not have any job-specific skills, list the job skills you will have after finishing your schooling.

Job-Specific Skills (related to your career job)	Transferable Skills (can be used in any job)
1.	1.
2.	2.
3.	3.
4.	4.
5.	5.

Exercise 14-4:Accomplishments

Refer back to the accomplishments worksheet you completed in exercise 13–1.Review these accomplishments and turn them into powerful action statements. Quantify whenever possible.

Choose your top five accomplishments from exercise 13-1.	Change to powerful action statements
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Exercise 14-5:Check for Inconsistencies – Circle the 14 errors on the following résumé.