Skills for Success

Skills for Success : Personal Development and Employability

Whatever stage your students are at, it's never too soon for them to be thinking about their future. Competition for jobs is fierce, and having a degree is no longer enough. This indispensable guide helps students to create their own personal development programme and develop the skills and capabilities required by today's employers. Step by step, it takes students from the initial stages of setting goals and defining success through to the application process for their dream job. Internationally acclaimed study skills author Stella Cottrell provides students with the ingredients they need to create their own recipe for success.

This versatile resource is ideal for students on personal development modules from foundation through to postgraduate level. It can also be used independently by students from all disciplines.

New to this Edition:
- Revised introduction, with advice on how students can take charge of their life, education and career
- Brand new chapter which highlights what employers are looking for
- Includes additional new content on using tutors' feedback and reflection on academic work

  • Format: Paperback | 400 pages
  • Dimensions: 189 x 246 x 20.32mm | 846g
  • Publication date: 05 Feb 2015
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint: Red Globe Press
  • Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Edition Statement: 3rd edition
  • Illustrations note: 15 bw illus
  • ISBN10: 1137426527
  • ISBN13: 9781137426529
  • Bestsellers rank: 65,408

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