Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook


Book Description

This reference provides information on 270 jobs that cover 90 percent of the workforce and is designed especially for students in grades 4 9. Based on the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), this book covers the information most important to younger audiences with text that stresses the connection between school subjects and future careers. This guide is grouped into 11 clusters of related jobs, following the organization of the newest OOH. Each section includes one-page job descriptions that provide a brief overview of the job; school subjects related to the job; activities for trying out the job; information on earnings, education needed, and employment outlook; and a fun and interesting fact related to the job. The entertaining and fun content engages readers as they learn and discover which careers pique their interests. The job title index makes it easy for students to refer to their favorite jobs again and again. This book even offers an up-to-date, extensive Web directory of online career resources for easy follow-up research.




Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook (4th Ed)


Book Description

Includes job descriptions, working conditions, school subjects related to the job, and information on earnings, education or training needed, and employment outlook.




Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook


Book Description

Profiles over 260 careers, providing quick facts on job duties, education and training requirements, earnings, outlook, related jobs, and subjects to study; and suggesting activities to help readers determine whether a particular job is right for them.







Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook (3rd Ed.)


Book Description

An excellent first reference for exploring career opportunities! A very handy, fun-to-read book that's a must-have for every kid and parent! Modeled after the most widely used career book in America, the "Occupational Outlook Handbook", this resource features briefer narratives on job descriptions, occupational outlooks, earnings, nature of work, courses of study, tips for further investigation, and fun graphics to convey information.




Young Person's Occupational Outlook Handbook


Book Description

This reference provides information on 270 jobs that cover 90 percent of the workforce and is designed for students in grades 4-9. Based on the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), this book covers the information most important to younger audiences with text that stresses the connection between school subjects and future careers.




Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook


Book Description

Job seekers, students, and others doing in-depth career research can access information on nearly 8,000 jobs in one current, convenient book. With more job descriptions than in any other career reference, the best-selling Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook provides a practical way to obtain and use the information from the three most authoritative occupational data sources. It includes the complete text of the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook by the U.S. Department of Labor, plus related job descriptions from the government?s latest O*NET database and from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Readers learn about all of their career options in one resource. Now in its all-new seventh edition, the EOOH is easy to use because it?s organized by clusters of related jobs?the same user-friendly structure as in the OOH. Readers doing career research and planning also learn the latest details on earnings, job growth, education and skills required, working conditions, employment trends, and more.A new appendix organizes all the OOH jobs by personality codes so readers can easily find related job descriptions after using any career assessment based on Holland's six personality types (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional).




Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook


Book Description

Provides nearly eight thousand job descriptions and includes information on the nature of the job, working conditions, employment figures, training required, job outlook, and earnings.