Summary: Career planning is an essential part of life development-and it can take place at any stage in one's professional life. Taking into account the constantly evolving job market and the continual changes occurring in higher education, this program helps viewers develop a career pathway plan that identifies three areas of interest and the ways each of them can be achieved, short-term and long-term....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010

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Summary: The first day on the job-not to mention the first week or the first month-can be an overwhelming experience. This program empowers job seekers as well as new hires as they explore the issues surrounding what is invariably a major life change. Students are introduced to the preparations typically needed to survive, and possibly even enjoy, their first day. These include planning transportation...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Summary: Young people seeking employment usually do not have a great deal of job experience, yet they have probably already built up an impressive array of transferable skills without realizing it. This program helps students understand that skills they have acquired at school and in their personal lives may help them land their first job. Planning outings with friends, raising money for charity, and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: It doesn't take a college education to realize that a college education is not for everyone. Careers Without College spells out some of the other options available to high school graduates. Through humorous scenes, objective narration, and interviews with real people, viewers follow fictional, average students as they explore the possibilities before them. This production examines some choices...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006

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Summary: The final episode of the Career Advantage series reviews several methods for remaining focused and positive while searching for work opportunities. It demonstrates ongoing self-assessments for building and managing a successful career, and emphasizes the development of one-year, ten-year, and lifetime goals.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This video illustrates how to evaluate career options based on the Three C's: content, conditions, and compensation. It expands on the Personal Career Profile and explains how to use information gathered from occupational research.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This video provides an extensive overview of the career development process, as well as introducing several people currently in the work force who will tell about their career choices, experiences, and successes throughout the series.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Changes in the world of work are examined in this video. It introduces three major areas of change-technology, globalization, and workforce demographics-as well as strategies for adapting, which are expanded in following episodes.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: This video points out distinctions and similarities between industries and functions. Several primary industries and job functions are described, giving students insight into types of work that they might enjoy.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Attitudes and characteristics essential for success are explored in this video. It shows students how to recognize their transferable skills and evaluate work readiness.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: A fast-paced overview of ALL types of education and training available after high school, from apprenticeship programs to four-year university. Join students in different situations to discover that there is a place for everyone to prepare for a career that meets individual needs and preferences.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: She's a self-confessed grammar geek who wants language to be a part of her working life, but Kathryn isn't sure she can base a livelihood on a love of words. In this program a career specialist and a life coach give Kathryn an inside look at journalism and teaching English, two professions the teen has considered. She discovers an instinct for news reporting when set up at a local paper for...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007

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Summary: This program explores the diversity of opportunities available in the nonprofit sector, a part of the job market that includes advocacy groups, community organizations, and nongovernmental associations. Viewers meet three people who linked their passions to their careers: Damon landed an on-air position at a radio station, Gillian works with a sea-going eco-warrior group, and Erica has a...

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011

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Summary: This video focuses on how technology has changed work, and outlines basic concepts of how and where work can happen. Students are introduced to the principles of global business and the skills essential to stay employable in a global economy.

Format: software, multimedia

Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005

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Summary: Directly or indirectly, people working in the education and social services fields make their living by helping others live better lives. This program profiles a preschool teacher, a vocational education instructor, and a school administrative assistant as well as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor, a social and human services assistant, and a recreation worker. Correlates to all applicable...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009

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Robertson, David

Summary: "When a young girl helps tend to her grandmother's garden, she begins to notice things that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully colored clothing? Why does she speak another language and spend so much time with her family? As she asks her grandmother about these things, she is told about life in a residential school a long time ago, where all of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HighWater Press 2016

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