Helping Your Child Choose a Career: A Book For Parents, Teachers, Counselors, And (Even) Students [Paperback]

Luther B. Otto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

Today's young people have more career, education, and training options than ever before. Traditional two- and four-year colleges, universities, and trade schools compete for students with industry-sponsored training programs, military training programs, military training, and apprenticeship programs. It's no wonder a young person might feel overwhelmed. Helping Your Child Choose a Career will help. Written for parents and their kids, it can help young people through the daunting process of deciding what they want to be when they grow up. It provides helpful and up-to-date information and advice on tomorrow's careers, technology, the global economy, labor force trends, and selecting and paying for the right education or training. Some Things This Book Will Help You Do Understand the choices facing youth today Identify careers with the best opportunities Learn to thrive in an increasingly diverse workforce Find the best education and training programs Identify career options based on skills and interests Increase earnings and satisfaction through career planning Evaluate the costs and benefits of college or training

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Today's young people have more career, education, and training options than ever before. Traditional two- and four-year colleges, universities, and trade schools compete for students with industry-sponsored training programs, military training programs, military training, and apprenticeship programs. It's no wonder a young person might feel overwhelmed.

Helping Your Child Choose a Career will help. Written for parents and their kids, it can help young people through the daunting process of deciding what they want to be when they grow up. It provides helpful and up-to-date information and advice on tomorrow's careers, technology, the global economy, labor force trends, and selecting and paying for the right education or training.

"A most useful and valuable guide." --Solomon Arbeiter, The College Board

Some Things This Book Will Help You Do

Understand the choices facing youth today
Identify careers with the best opportunities
Learn to thrive in an increasingly diverse workforce
Find the best education and training programs
Identify career options based on skills and interests
Increase earnings and satisfaction through career planning
Evaluate the costs and benefits of college or training

About the Author

Dr. Luther B. Otto is a research professor at North Carolina State University and the director of the Career Development Study--ongoing research following the lives and careers of 7,000 students from their high school days in the late 1960s to the present. For his master's and doctoral degrees he concentrated his studies in social psychology and scientific methodology. A nationally recognized researcher and writer on youth and career development, Dr. Otto was awarded the Distinguished Service to Families Award by the National Council on Family Relations and the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution Award from the Society for Applied Sociology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: JIST Works; Revised edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563701847
• ISBN-13: 978-1563701849
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For Parents and Students, November 1, 2000

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This review is from: Helping Your Child Choose a Career: A Book For Parents, Teachers, Counselors, And (Even) Students (Paperback)

Finally, a book that looks at all aspects of finding and funding training for a career after high school. This book looks at colleges, vo-tech, even the military. It's easy to read and relate to, and answers the questions you thought were too silly to ask. Dr. Otto helps make you an informed consumer and really gives the parents the tools necessary to help their children. Bravo.