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Careers Education

Resources for teaching and counselling students about careers and the trades.

Featured Books from Your ATA Library

Connecting the Dots Between Education, Interests and Careers

Use this one-of-a-kind resource to help students take charge of their futures! Full of ready-to-use lessons, this book provides lessons about the real world of post-secondary education and work to help students match their interests and abilities to suitable career paths.

Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love

Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love is much more than just another career book about job searching, it is about soul searching. In it you will find an outline for success--a strategic plan to achieve a career you will love. And you will find the motivation to see the plan through.

What Color Is Your Parachute?

This helpful manual shares proven tips for writing impressive resumes and cover letters, as well as guidance for effective networking, confident interviewing, and the best salary negotiating possible. But it goes beyond that by helping you to zero in on your ideal job.

Ready or Not, Here Life Comes

This guide for educators offers advice on how to help adolescents make the transition into adulthood successfully, identifying signs that may be displayed by teens who are not ready for the realities of the adult world.

Teaching for Transfer

Empower students to become creative, well-rounded citizens who are prepared to meet and overcome real-world challenges. With Teaching for Transfer, you'll discover a road map for reconfiguring K-12 classroom instruction to ensure learners can expertly apply their knowledge and skills to new contexts.

Teaching Pre-Employment Skills from Age 14 to Young Adulthood

This resource helps individuals with autism from age 14 to adulthood develop the necessary transition skills for getting and keeping a meaningful job, with accompanying downloadable worksheets and templates.

Career Forward

This book is for women aspiring to achieve success and satisfaction in rewarding careers. The authors teach women how to maximize their career journeys, get paid what they're worth, navigate the shifts that occur in any company, build a leadership identity, and have a full life in and out of work.

Career Management and Work-Life Integration

This book offers a highly useful self-assessment guide for students who want to deal with the challenge of succeeding in a meaningful career while living a happy, well-balanced life.

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