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Corporations have long passed the buck of training people in employability, soft skills and personality development to the educational institutions. Textbooks must support and supplement the efforts of teachers and the students. Texts must find new ways of projecting the subject reflecting inter-dependent nature of personality development, career planning, soft skills, employability, and English language skills, the lingua franca of international community and link Indian language. Universities are gearing up to revise the courses and syllabi and introduction of extracurricular activities and change in curriculum. This book is meant to help people to help themselves using their present resources and develop knowledge, skills, and values by moulding their career paths to reach their life goals rather than just land a job. Salient Features - A number of career profiles of people from diverse disciplines and vocations have been included, with special emphasis on the Indian scene. By studying these real life stories, the students can learn from others' experiences rather than hypothetical situations. - The case histories from the book help the trainer/teacher in the classroom to explain the concepts and present precepts. The teacher can form groups and engage them in group discussions, select skills the students need to perfect to secure a selection. He may also give them writing assignment using the cases for identifying the concepts involved in each case. - The real-life career paths presented give the teacher an opportunity to discuss how students can plan for their entire future keeping in mind change of jobs, careers, and change of industry. - Lifelong learning is the theme of the book, personality development, free, frank, and independent life, thrown in.

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