Sunshine Jobs: Career Opportunities, Working Outdoors [Paperback]

Tom Stienstra (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Stewing in your windowless cubicle dreaming of fresh air in your lungs and rich dirt under your fingernails? Tom Stienstra's guide to outdoor work is a great help and a fine reality check, with practical profiles of 50 outdoor jobs. You could become a bicycle tour leader or a bush pilot, a game warden or hydrologist, photographer or tugboat operator, but if you want to advance your dream to reality status, it helps to read up on the facts. Take bush pilot, for example. It's so appealing as an antidote to your drab, routine life. Flying into wild country, big adventures, big respect, and big pay--what's not to like? But you'll need a commercial pilot's license costing $15,000-$20,000, a lot of flying time, and the sort of temperament that stays cool when the engine conks out and the greenhorn in back tosses his cookies all over you. Less enthused? Read on. There are 49 more jobs to choose from, and Stienstra is as entertaining to read as he is well-informed and thorough. --Stephanie Gold

Review

Fifty different outdoor opportunities for gainful employment are explored in Sunshine Jobs. Each job is fully described in terms of how much it pays, training and education requirements, the pros and cons of the job, and strategies for getting that particular job. Sunshine Jobs also features first-person interviews with one hundred people who work at these jobs. These job-holders speak frankly and spontaneously about what is really involved on a day-by-day basis. Whether you are looking for part-time adventure or a full-time career, Sunshine Jobs is a highly recommended reference book that can help you find a job in the outdoors that will fit your particular interests, skills, and background. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Live Oak Publications; Second Edition edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0911781153
• ISBN-13: 978-0911781151
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,772,364 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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