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Careers

The Graphic Guide to Finding the Perfect Job For You

by DK
ebook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

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?

Imagine your dream job. Whether you're set on making big bucks or a big difference, this is the go-to guide to get you there. ??

This comprehensive careers handbook is packed with ideas and inspiration to set you on the right career path. Tailor made to suit your individual strengths and interests, you'll work out where you want to go and the exact route to take. From actors, architects, astronauts, and air traffic controllers to soldiers, software engineers, school teachers, and sports stars, there are 400 exciting careers up for grabs and that means something for everyone.??

Explore the world of education, training, and work as never before using this eye-catching format and colorful graphics to keep things clear and simple. Each industry chapter introduces a variety of possible career options explored in detail, alongside an industry profile, suggested skillset, essential qualifications, salary expectations, possible routes into the industry, and similar career alternatives.

The Careers Handbook is your own personal careers advisor, on hand to give you all the information and answers you need on the way to your perfect job.
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

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    • School Library Journal

      June 1, 2015

      Gr 6 Up-A typical library's collection of career books can quickly become dated or out of touch. Enter this manual. With simple graphics, bright colors, and a vast compendium of information, this guide will engage teens who are wondering, "What now?" Each page contains a job description, information on related careers and salaries, and a skills guide. The book explains precisely how to go from dipping a toe into the waters of a particular job to the highest positions within the field. The index is well organized, and the entries are nicely cross-referenced. The material can be dry or a bit vague at times, especially for readers who would be interested in discovering real-life applications. However, it should be useful for students, and the wide scope of knowledge will keep it current for longer than many comparable titles. VERDICT This strong addition will be fun for browsers as well as for those selecting college majors and making job decisions.-Erinn Black Salge, Saint Peter's Prep, Jersey City, NJ

      Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      May 15, 2015
      Grades 8-11 Designed more to give a high- (or even middle-) schooler permission to dream than to provide specific job data or advice, this single-volume encyclopedia identifies about 400 occupations or specialties with special reference to general skills and personal qualities required to make each a good fit. Scattered exceptions like truck driver, politician, and (optimistically) professional athlete aside, higher education or some measure of vocational training is by and large listed as a must. Presented under 15 randomly ordered headings from Arts, Crafts, and Design to Transportation, the single-spread entries each feature a graphically presented typical career path from entry level on up, pithy comments on each career's pros and cons, notes on common entry qualifications and characteristic lifestyle demands, and a boxed list of needed abilities such as communication skills or detail orientation. Salary lows and highs are not given in numbers but as a range of one to five stars. (Librarians can hope to achieve four stars. Editors two. Salaries for reviewers varies enormously. ) Further research will be necessary, but this gives readers a range of options.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)

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