| Edition |
Sixth edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 317 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
JIST's young person's handbook series |
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JIST's young person's handbook series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Explores careers with related job descriptions, making it easy to study job options based on interests. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-311) and index. |
| Contents |
Management & business & financial operations occupations: Administrative services managers -- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations & sales managers -- Computer & information systems managers -- Construction managers -- Education administrators -- Engineering & natural sciences managers -- Farmers, ranchers & agricultural managers -- Financial managers -- Food service managers -- Funeral directors -- Human resources, training & labor relations managers & specialists -- Industrial production managers -- Lodging managers -- Medical & health services managers -- Property, real estate & community association managers -- Purchasing managers, buyers & purchasing agents -- Top executives -- Accountants & auditors -- Appraisers & assessors of real estate -- Budget analysts -- Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners & investigators -- Cost estimators -- Financial analysts & personal financial advisors -- Insurance underwriters -- Loan officers -- Management analysts -- Meeting & convention planners -- Tax examiners, collectors & revenue agents -- Professional & related occupations: Actuaries -- Computer programmers -- Computer scientists & database administrators -- Computer software engineers -- Computer support specialists & systems administrators -- Computer systems analysts -- Mathematicians -- Operations research analysts -- Statisticians -- Architects, except landscape & naval -- Landscape architects -- Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists & surveying technicians -- Engineers -- Drafters -- Engineering technicians -- Agricultural & food scientists -- Biological scientists -- Medical scientists -- Conservation scientists & foresters -- Atmospheric scientists -- Chemists & materials scientists -- Environmental scientists & hydrologists -- Geoscientists -- Physicists & astronomers -- Economists -- Market and survey researchers -- Psychologists -- Urban & regional planners -- Social scientists, other -- Science technicians -- Counselors -- Probation officers & correctional treatment specialists -- Social & human service assistants -- Social workers -- Court reporters -- Judges, magistrates & other judicial workers -- Lawyers -- Paralegals and legal assistants -- Archivists, curators & museum technicians -- Instructional coordinators -- Librarians -- Library technicians -- Teacher assistants -- Teachers--adult literacy & remedial education -- Teachers--postsecondary -- Teachers--preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle & secondary -- Teachers--self-enrichment education -- Teachers--special education -- Artists & related workers -- Commercial and industrial designers -- Fashion designers -- Floral designers -- Graphic designers -- Interior designers -- Actors, producers & directors -- Athletes, coaches, umpires & related workers -- Dancers & choreographers -- Musicians, singers & related workers -- Announcers -- Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators -- Interpreters and translators -- News analysts, reporters & correspondents -- Photographers -- Public relations specialists -- Television, video & motion picture camera operators & editors -- Writers & editors -- Audiologists -- Chiropractors -- Dentists -- Dietitians & nutritionists -- Occupational therapists -- Optometrists -- Pharmacists -- Physical therapists -- Physician assistants -- Physicians & surgeons -- Podiatrists -- Radiation therapists -- Recreational therapists -- Registered nurses -- Respiratory therapists -- Speech-language pathologists -- Veterinarians -- Athletic trainers -- Cardiovascular technologists & technicians -- Clinical laboratory technologists & technicians -- Dental hygienists -- Diagnostic medical sonographers -- Emergency medical technicians & paramedics -- Licensed practical & licensed vocational nurses -- Medical records & health information technicians -- Nuclear medicine technologists -- Occupational health & safety specialists & technicians -- Opticians, dispensing -- Pharmacy technicians -- Radiologic technologists & technicians -- |
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Surgical technologists -- Veterinary technologists and technicians -- Service occupations: Dental assistants -- Massage therapists -- Medical assistants -- Medical transcriptionists -- Nursing, psychiatric & home health aides -- Occupational therapist assistants & aides -- Pharmacy aides -- Physical therapist assistants & aides -- Correctional officers -- Firefighting occupations -- Police & detectives -- Private detectives & investigators -- Security guards & gaming surveillance officers -- Chefs, cooks & food preparation workers -- Food & beverage serving & related workers -- Building cleaning workers -- Grounds maintenance workers -- Pest control workers -- Animal care & service workers -- Barbers, cosmetologists & other personal appearance workers -- Childcare workers -- Fitness workers -- Flight attendants -- Gaming services occupations -- Personal & home care aides -- Recreation workers -- Sales & related occupations -- Advertising sales agents -- Cashiers -- Counter & rental clerks -- Demonstrators, product promoters & models -- Insurance sales agents -- Real estate brokers & sales agents -- Retail salespersons -- Sales engineers -- Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing -- Sales worker supervisors -- Securities, commodities & financial services sales agents -- Travel agents -- Office & administrative support occupations: Bill & account collectors -- Billing & posting clerks & machine operators -- Bookkeeping, accounting & auditing clerks -- Gaming cage workers -- Payroll & timekeeping clerks -- Procurement clerks -- Tellers -- Brokerage clerks -- Credit authorizers, checkers & clerks -- Customer service representatives -- File clerks -- Hotel, motel & resort desk clerks -- Human resources assistants, except payroll & timekeeping -- Interviewers -- Library assistants, clerical -- Order clerks -- Receptionists & information clerks -- Reservation & transportation ticket agents & travel clerks -- Cargo & freight agents -- Couriers & messengers -- Dispatchers -- Meter readers, utilities -- Postal service workers -- Production, planning & expediting clerks -- Shipping, receiving & traffic clerks -- Stock clerks & order fillers -- Weighers, measurers, checkers & samplers, recordkeeping -- Communications equipment operators -- Computer operators -- Data entry & information processing workers -- Desktop publishers -- Office & administrative support worker supervisors & managers -- Office clerks, general -- Secretaries & administrative assistants -- Farming, fishing & forestry occupations: Agricultural workers -- Fishers & fishing vessel operators -- Forest, conservation & logging workers -- Construction trades & related workers: Boilermakers -- Brickmasons, blockmasons & stonemasons -- Carpenters -- Carpet, floor & tile installers & finishers -- Cement masons, concrete finishers, segmental pavers & terrazzo workers -- Construction & building inspectors -- Construction equipment operators -- Construction laborers -- Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers & tapers -- Electricians -- Elevator installers & repairers -- Glaziers -- Hazardous materials removal workers -- Insulation workers -- Painters & paperhangers -- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters -- Plasterers & stucco masons -- Roofers -- Sheet metal workers -- Structural & reinforcing iron & metal workers -- Installation, maintenance & repair occupations: Computer, automated teller & office machine repairers -- Electrical & electronics installers & repairers -- Electronic home entertainment equipment installers, & repairers -- Radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers -- Aircraft & avionics equipment mechanics & service technicians -- Automotive body & related repairers -- Automotive service technicians & mechanics -- Diesel service technicians & mechanics -- Heavy vehicle & mobile equipment service technicians |
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& mechanics -- Small engine mechanics -- Coin, vending & amusement machine servicers & repairers -- Heating, air-conditioning & refrigeration mechanics & installers -- Home appliance repairers -- Industrial machinery mechanics & maintenance workers -- Line installers & repairers -- Maintenance and repair workers, general -- Millwright -- Precision instrument & equipment repairers -- Production occupations: Assemblers & fabricators -- Food processing occupations -- Computer-control programmers & operators -- Machinists -- Machine setters, operators & tenders--metal & plastics -- Tool & die makers -- Welding, soldering & brazing workers -- Bookbinders & bindery workers -- Prepress technicians & workers -- Printing machine operators -- Textile apparel & furnishings occupations -- Woodworkers -- Power plant operators, distributors & dispatchers -- Stationary engineers & boiler operators -- Water & liquid waste treatment plant & system operators -- Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers & weighers -- Jewelers & precious stone & metal workers -- Medical, dental & ophthalmic laboratory technicians -- Painting & coating workers, except construction & maintenance -- Photographic process workers & processing machine operators -- Semiconductor processors -- Transportation & material moving occupations: Aircraft pilots & flight engineers -- Air traffic controllers -- Bus drivers -- Taxi drivers & chauffeurs -- Truck drivers & driver/sales workers -- Rail transportation occupations -- Water transportation occupations -- Material moving occupations -- Job opportunities in the armed forces: Job opportunities in the armed forces -- Appendix: More job information on the web -- Index of job titles. |
| Subject |
Occupations.
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Job descriptions.
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Vocational guidance.
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| Added Author |
JIST Works, Inc.
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United States. Department of Labor.
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| ISBN |
9781593573591 alkaline paper |
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1593573596 alkaline paper |
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9781435276185 |
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1435276183 |
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