The arts include careers in film, theater, television, radio, dance, music and visual arts. Nearly all careers in the arts require special talent and training. Anyone entering the arts must have strong talent, great determination, and the ability to withstand disappointment and rejection. People in the arts need to be self disciplined, creative and able to express themselves through their art, whatever it might be. The communications area includes telegraph, telephone, printing, publishing and broadcasting media.
Communications media are in a sense, the nervous system of our society.
People in these fields facilitate communications between people and over long distances. Almost one third of the workforce in the United States is employed in administration, business, and office work. Each sector of the economy, from mining and agriculture to wholesale and retail trade, requires office workers and business and financial experts. New technology is changing the way people do business. The field of marketing and distribution comprises all the steps that bring countless products and services to consumers.