This book helps inexperienced workers develop the critical basic workplace skills they need to survive and get ahead in the workplace.

Job Savvy

Job Savvy: How to be a Success at Work (4th Edition)


By LaVerne L. Ludden
Based on research into the skills employers need and value in employees, this workbook helps readers build essential job survival and success skills, increase productivity, and improve job satisfaction and success. Job Savvy focuses on job skills identified as essential in the U.S. Department of Labor’s SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report.
Includes numerous activities that reinforce key points and show readers how to be ready for the workplace and improve their basic job skills. The narrative is easy to read; informative; and features numerous examples, checklists, case studies, and section summaries.
This fourth edition includes:

  • a new chapter on workplace communication skills
  • new "Important Skills" sidebars that provide thumbnail advice for succeeding in the work world
  • new sections on the impact of technology on employee behavior
  • expanded introductions and summaries that help put each chapter into a clearer context
  • updated research and statistics throughout
Approximately 224 pages. 8.5 x 11. April 2008.
See also:
Job Savvy Instructor's Guide
Job Savvy Instructional Program
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