Top 100 careers without a four-year degree
Subtitle: your complete guidebook to major jobs in many fields
By: Michael Farr
Edition: 8th ed
Series: JIST's top careers series
Publisher: JIST Works
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781593573195; 9781593573195
Subjects: Vocational guidance -- United States; Occupations -- United States; Job hunting -- United States; Employment forecasting -- United States; Résumés (Employment); Vocational qualifications
Other titles: Top one hundred careers without a four-year degree
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: pt. I. Using the job-match grid to choose a career; title: pt. II. Descriptions of the top 100 careers without a four-year degree; title: Actors, producers, and directors; title: Agricultural workers; title: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians; title: Armed Forces; title: Artists and related workers; title: Assemblers and fabricators; title: Automotive body and related repairers; title: Automotive service technicians and mechanics; title: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers; title: Bill and account collectors; title: Billing and posting clerks and machine operators; title: Bookkeeping accounting, and auditing clerks; title: Building cleaning workers; title: Bus drivers; title: Carpenters; title: Cashiers; title: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers; title: Child care workers; title: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators; title: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians; title: Communications equipment operators; title: Computer scientists and database administrators; title: Computer support specialists and systems administrators; title: Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers; title: Construction equipment operators; title: Construction laborers; title: Correctional officers; title: Counter and rental clerks; title: Customer service representatives; title: Data entry and information processing workers; title: Dental assistants; title: Diesel service technicians and mechanics; title: Dispatchers; title: Drafters; title: Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers; title: Electrical and electronics installers and repairers; title: Electricians; title: Engineering technicians; title: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers; title: File clerks; title: Fire fighting occupations; title: Food and beverage serving and related workers; title: Food processing occupations; title: Food service managers; title: Gaming services occupations; title: Grounds maintenance workers; title: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers; title: Industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers; title: Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers; title: Interviewers; title: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers; title: Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses; title: Line installers and repairers; title: Machine setters, operators  and tenders : metal and plastic; title: Machinists; title: Maintenance and repair workers, general; title: Material moving occupations; title: Medical assistants; title: Musicians, singers, and related workers; title: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides; title: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers; title: Office clerks, general; title: Order clerks; title: Painters and paperhangers; title: Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance; title: Paralegals and legal assistants; title: Payroll and timekeeping clerks; title: Personal and home care aides; title: Pharmacy technicians; title: Photographers; title: Pipelayers, plumbers, pipe fitters, and steamfitter; title: Police and detectives; title: Postal service workers; title: Prepress technicians and workers; title: Printing machine operators; title: Production, planning, and expediting clerks; title: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents; title: Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers; title: Radiologic technologists and technicians; title: Real estate brokers and sales agents; title: Receptionists and information clerks; title: Registered nurses; title: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks; title: Retail salespersons; title: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing; title: Sales worker supervisors; title: Science technicians; title: Secretaries and administrative assistants; title: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers; title: Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks; title: Social and human service assistants; title: Stock clerks and order fillers; title: Teacher assistants; title: Teachers : self-enrichment education; title: Tellers; title: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations; title: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers; title: Welding, soldering, and brazing workers; title: Woodworkers; title: Writers and editors; title: pt. III. Quick job search : seven steps to getting a good job in less time; title: pt. IV. Important trends in jobs and industries; title: Tomorrow's jobs; title: Employment trends in major industries; title: Job outlook for people who don't have a bachelor's degree