Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women (Paperback)

~ (Author), Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

A very inspirational book. It taught me about jobs that I had no idea existed and gave me more options. -- Ali H., age 14

Absorbing…. Belongs on the bookshelves of high school, public, and college libraries and in university career centers. Highly recommended. -- Library Journal (starred review)

Firestarters is sure to pique the interest of girls and young women in careers they may not have previously considered. -- Heidi Holmer, Librarian, Girls Incorporated®

Firestarters presents a "down-to-earth" view of the many career options that young women have to choose from. -- Ashley Reed, Licensed Social Worker

Hands-on information, a sense of personal journey, and solid advice gained from lessons learned find their home in this book. -- Meg Milne Moulton and Whitney Ransome, Co-Executive Directors, the National Coalition of Girls' Schools

I found the stories to be interesting, realistic, and diverse. -- Caroline Stange, Director of Career Services, Polly Fox Academy/YWCA, Toledo, OH

The interviews provide a realistic, hands-on feel for what being a career woman is all about! -- Fawn B., age 17

This book will spark interest and curiosity that will give girls the confidence needed to set educational career goals. -- Pam Mancilla-Santos, Career Services Advisor, Texas School of Business—a Kaplan Higher Education Corporation

This engaging and candidly written resource can ignite the fires of interest in unique, compelling careers with honest, interesting descriptions. -- Kathi Viola, Director of Membership and Marketing, Girl Scout Council of Bergen County, Paramus, NJ

Product Description

100 amazing but ordinary women share insights on their careers to inspire teen girls and young women.

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: JIST Works (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593573103
• ISBN-13: 978-1593573102
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #375,268 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great present for teenage girl, October 7, 2006

By	bookloverFLA (south of Sarasota FL) - See all my reviews

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I saw this book in the library (by chance) and took it out. It's a great book for a junior/senior high-schooler. I like that it doesn't focus on money, no annual salaries are quoted. Instead it lets real women tell about their careers, what they like and dislike about them.
Highly reccomended. I'm giving it for Christmas to my niece who goes to college next year without a clue about what she wants to do. This should show there's a whole world to chooses from.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring? No. Helpful? Yes, February 7, 2008

By	Butterscotch (USA) - See all my reviews

I wouldn't call this book inspiring (as the cover does) simply because the profiles are too short to inspire more than a quick read. The profiles are only 1-1.5 pages per person/career and no career is listed twice. The profiles are drawn from almost every career you can imagine. The book is set up in a rather bizarre way; the profiles are listed in order of the women's first name, so you have Amy ... then Angela... etc. That means the profiles are not in 'clusters' by job area - they are random. The profiles, though short, are helpful in the sense that you get a quick overview of a job and whether you might fit well into it. The women each answer what a typical day is like, their education and training, job challenges, likes/dislikes about their job, and offer advice. The most helpful part of the profiles, to me, were the steps each women took to get her current position. That one detail offers a possible career ladder
you can take. A cool book for teens, but not a replacement for real career books and guidance (ie Occupational Outlook Handbook).

5.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Mother Daughter Book Club.com, July 2, 2008

By	Cynthia Hudson "MotherDaughterBookClub.com" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women by Kelly Beatty and Dale Salvaggio Bradshaw is a great book to share with readers in a mother-daughter book club. My daughter who is in 11th grade read it at the same time I did, and we found lots to talk about regarding potential careers to match her interests.

The women profiled in Firestarters have dynamic jobs, and many have changed direction sometime during the course of their careers. They give candid assessments about what a day on the job is like, and they also talk about challenges they face. If your book club takes it on as a selection, each girl could choose three or four of the jobs profiled and talk about what interests her about the work.

The book would also be a great entree for moms to talk about their career pathways. I've found that as we all try to get through a busy family schedule every day, parents often don't share details about the beginning of their careers or the process they went through in deciding what to do after high school graduation. Firestarters is very accessible too. Each profile is organized the same, making it easy to pick up and read one or two profiles at a time.