Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
It's never too early for your teen or tween to start thinking about a career, and
Careers is the perfect way to do it. Inspiring and imaginative as well as practical,
Careers has charts and tables that help young people gauge interest about possible careers it's like having a personal career advisor by your side whenever you need it
Speech pathologist? Check. Zookeeper? Check. Jewelry designer? Check.
Nurse? Architect? Chef? Check, check, and check.
Covering more than 400 jobs, Careers is organized in an easy-to-navigate, clear structure that helps guide teen and tween readers. Check at-a-glance summary panels for chosen careers to learn about salary, working hours, training, and career paths. Cross-referenced job matrix tables offer another way to learn about all the options. Tweens and teens with no idea of what kind of job to look for can start with their favorite school subjects or hobbies and find relevant careers from there. It may not be time for your teen or tween to prepare a resume and find a job, but the advice in Careers can help young people start thinking about the future
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Synopsis
Revised and updated in 2019 "This is the prettiest, most well-organized, useful and up to date guide to careers that I have ever seen." -- Dick Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute?
It's never too early for your teen or tween to start thinking about a career, and Careers is the perfect way to do it. Inspiring and imaginative as well as practical, Careers has charts and tables that help middle- and high-schoolers gauge interest about possible careers -- it's like having a personal college and career advisor by their side whenever they need it
Covering more than 400 jobs in fields that range from STEM to sports, arts to administration, finance to farming, Careers is organized in an easy-to-navigate, clear structure that helps guide teen and tween readers. Check at-a-glance summary panels for chosen careers to learn about salary, working hours, training, and career paths. Cross-referenced job matrix tables offer another way to learn about all the options. Tweens and teens with no idea of what kind of job to look for can start with their favorite school subjects or hobbies and find relevant careers from there. It may not be time for your teen or tween to prepare a resume and find a job, but the advice in Careers can help inspire them to start thinking about the future.
Fields included:
- Health and Medicine
- Sports, Leisure, and Tourism
- Arts, Crafts, and Design
- Performing Arts, Media, and Journalism
- Sales, Marketing, and Advertising
- Administration and Business Management
- Finance, Law, and Politics
- Information Technology and Computing
- Science and Research
- Animals, Farming, and the Environment
- Engineering and Manufacturing
- Construction
- Transportation
- Security and Emergency Services
- Social Service and Teaching
Synopsis
A must-have guide to the world of work.
Featuring over 400 careers, with 134 main job entries and hundreds of related careers, this career planning guide will help you find your dream job.
Discover your own personal career coach This career development book includes:
- Easy-to-navigate content and spread structure that helps readers to find the perfect career for them
- Career counseling and career management advice
- At-a-glance panels that provide information on interests, entry qualifications, lifestyle, location and the realities of the job
- Skills Guide boxes that help readers to assess the suitability of each of the main jobs featured
- Bright, bold, icon-led design that makes the process of job-hunting less daunting and more fun
The A to Z of careers From social media and IT careers to jobs in architecture, hospitality, medicine, science, law and the environment, this careers directory will help you kickstart your new career path The featured jobs have been selected by an expert consultant and a team of career advisors.
Packed with practical and inspirational advice about our constantly changing job market, this is your ultimate career resource. The revised edition reveals the most exciting jobs in data science and online platforms, while also arming you with all the information you need for career success in more "traditional" areas, from accounting to teaching.
Whether you are a teenager seeking career advice or a young adult or adult thinking about a career change or new career, Careers is here to help you answer that all-important question -- what do you want to be?
Let the job-hunting begin