Top 300 careers
Subtitle: your complete guidebook to major jobs in every field
Contributors: United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Edition: 10th ed.
Publisher: JIST Works
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 766
ISBN-13: 9781593573164
Subjects: Labor supply; Vocational guidance; Job descriptions; Occupations
Other titles: Top three hundred careers
Description: Explore hundreds of careers, assess your best career fit, and land a job fast with this extensive, authoritative resource. In one time-saving volume, job seekers and students find everything they need to research careers; learn about pay, outlook, education, and skills needed for about 300 jobs; match their personal skills to the jobs; and take seven steps to land a good job in less time. This book provides thorough, current, and interesting descriptions for all major jobs covering about 90 percent of the workforce. A newly updated special book-within-a-book section by respected career and job search author Michael Farr describes the seven steps that cut job search time in half and includes sample resumes. A new, easy-to-use assessment matches your personal skills with the characteristics of the occupations described in the book. This book is the lead title in JIST's Top Careers series, which gives job seekers, students, and others a convenient, helpful combination of career information. All books in the series offer high-quality, current labor market information--a key consideration for anyone doing career research and planning. Previously released at America's Top 300 Jobs.
Notes: Includes index.

"Based on the latest edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook by the U.S. Department of Labor."

"Previous edition was titled America's top 300 jobs"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tomorrow's jobs; title: Overview of career and education information sources; title: Using the job-match grid to choose a career; title: Job descriptions; title: Management and business and financial operations occupations; title: Business and financial operations occupations; title: Professional and related occupations; title: Architects, surveyors, and cartographers; title: Engineers; title: Drafters and engineering technicians; title: Life scientists; title: Physical scientists; title: Social scientists and related occupations; title: Science technicians; title: Community and social services occupations; title: Legal occupations; title: Paralegals and legal assistants; title: Education, training, library, and museum occupations; title: Art and design occupations; title: Entertainers and performers, sports and related occupations; title: Media and communications-related occupations; title: Health diagnosing and treating occupations; title: Health technologists and technicians; title: Service occupations: Protective service occupations; title: Food preparation and serving-related occupations; title: Personal care and service occupations; title: Sales and related occupations: Office and administrative support occupations: Financial clerks; title: Information and record clerksmaterial recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing occupations; title: Other office and administrative support occupations; title: Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations; title: Construction trades and related workers; title: Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations: Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers; title: Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers; title: Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations; title: Production occupations: Assemblers and fabricators; title: Food processing occupations; title: Metal workers and plastic workers; title: Printing occupations Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations; title: Woodworkers; title: Plant and system operators; title: Other production occupations Transportation and material moving occupations: Air transportation occupations; title: Motor vehicle operators; title: Rail transportation occupations; title: Water transportation occupations; title: Material moving occupations; title: Job opportunities in the armed forces; title: Data for occupations not studied in detail; title: Assumptions and methods used in preparing employment projections; title: Occupational information network coverage; title: Quick job search; title: Index.