The popular job-seeker's reference returns in a new edition, analyzing labor and economic trend, reviewing essential job skills, and providing one hundred detailed job evaluations. Original.
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It's the great contemporary struggle--finding work that satisfies the soul and fills the purse. In the old days, you'd have mended shoes, tempered iron, or tilled the fields, and if there was food on the table and your children were healthy, you'd count yourself a success. But those times are long past. Now there's the pernicious concept of job satisfaction to deal with, plus requisite baubles like 27-inch televisions, Pentium-chip computers, and name-brand sneakers to purchase, and so the pressure mounts. If you're vying with notions like downsizing and job marketability, it's worth looking at the jobs of the future. Shelly Field lists 100 careers, from geriatric social worker and travel agent to CAD specialist and pet sitter. For each, she provides a job description, earning range, recommended education and training, and necessary skills, personality traits, experience, and qualifications. She then spends a couple pages discussing just what the job is like, what the employment opportunities are, and what the future holds for that position.
Where do you apply if you're fresh out of college and mom's saying, "Get a job?" With a mortgage to pay off, do you stay in the old job you hate or make a change? Shelly Field's guide to careers of the 21st century doesn't answer these questions directly, it doesn't replace old-fashioned soul-searching and creative initiative, nor does it tell you what to do if you've got the soul of a poet with champagne tastes, but it's a great, practical place to start the process of matching you (your interests and skills) with reality (the job market). --Stephanie Gold --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A totally wrong approach to choosing a career,
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This review is from: 100 Best Careers for the 21st Century (Paperback)
I think Field's list of "growth fields" is accurate, so the book is a valuable resource for this reason. On the other hand, if you're young and unsure what career to choose, the absolutely WORST thing you can do is sit down with this book and say "Well, I'm good at x, y, and z, and p and q are growth fields, so therefore I should be a ... " You may (as I did) end up in a job you do moderately well, but hate! You'll do far better to start by asking yourself, "What do I value the most?" and "What do I most enjoy doing?" -- and then ask yourself "How can I make this into a job?" Books like this always remind me of the scene in "The Graduate" where a helpful elder takes Dustin Hoffman aside and tells him he has one word of advice for him: "Plastics!!" Barbara Sher's books are a great antidote.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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GREAT BOOK IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS ABOUT CAREERS,
By pat (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 100 Best Careers 21st Century, 2/e (100 Best Careers for the 21st Century) (Paperback)
I buy all of Field's career books. This one in particular is good if you're looking for a specific career to get into. It tells you everything you need to know and gives you options you probably wouldn't have thought of. As one of the other reviewers mentioned, I too, went to Field's web site as listed in the book. I had a couple of questions about getting the job I wanted. I too, e-mailed her and she answered right away.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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100 Best Careers for the 21st Century,
By Joyce Warren (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 100 Best Careers 21st Century, 2/e (100 Best Careers for the 21st Century) (Paperback)
I found the book very helpful --very informative about new career options. It gives all the specifics you need -- more concise and more helpful than other books of this type.
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more prestigious facilities, geriatric assessment coordinators, newspaper classified section under headings, hazardous waste management technicians, factors affecting earnings, technical documentation specialists, specific employment setting, specific employment situation, more prestigious companies, personable nature, cardiovascular technologists, short cover letter, affecting salaries, clinical laboratory technologists, dispensing opticians, geriatric social workers, software trainers, computer service technicians, surgical technologists, universities offering degrees, send your resume, geriatric care managers, computer salespeople, radiologic technologists, retirement planners Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Century There, Veterans Administration, American Dietetic Association, Yellow Pages, American Academy of Physician Assistants, American Advertising Federation, American Bar Association, American Hospital Association, American Veterinary Medical Association, Century While, Dental Accreditation, National Association of Environmental Professionals, National Association of Sales Professionals, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, National Society of Professional Engineers New!
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