Planning Your Career

An uninspired though serviceable introduction to Cambridge's The Complete Job Search System, which--if this initial volume is any indication--is more "complete" in generalities than specifics, Planning Your Career encourages students to perform a self-assessment analysis. That is, to list one's hobbies, interests, and skills, and see if any career ideas pop out; a reasonable enough way to embark on a career search. The host narration and interview clips are fairly run-of-the-mill (actually, once the opening and end credits are subtracted, you're looking at about 10 minutes of actual instruction here) and some of the footage used to visually fill out the interviews seems arbitrary and is occasionally repetitive. The entire series, which includes Career Evaluation, Finding a Job, Interviewing for a Job, and Succeeding on the Job, as well as a pair of supplementary manuals, is available for $295. An optional purchase. Aud: J, H. (R. Pitman)