| Edition |
Seventeenth edition. |
| Description |
6 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
Comprehensive career reference guide providing facts and statistics about 140 fields and industries and more than 980 occupations. |
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More than 4,000 websites are listed in the career field and profession articles and refer users to professional associations, government agencies, and other organizations. More than 1,000 sidebars ranging from profiles of industry movers and shakers to glossaries of industry jargon to fast-fact industry statistics are also included. Designed to hold students' attention and relay information effectively, this edition of Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance is the ideal starting place for career research. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Vol. 1: career guidance and career fields -- career guidance: preparing for your career -- finding a job -- applying for a job -- you're hired -- career fields: accounting -- advertising -- aerospace -- agriculture -- airlines -- alternative energy -- alternative health care -- animation -- architecture -- automotive manufacturing -- biology and life sciences -- book publishing -- business administration and management -- casinos and casino hotels -- chemicals -- chemistry -- child care -- coaching and sports training -- comic books and graphic novels -- commercial banking -- communications -- computer and video game design -- computer hardware -- computer software -- construction -- consulting -- cosmetology -- criminal justice -- dance -- defense -- dental care -- design -- earth sciences -- economics -- education -- elder care -- electronics manufacturing -- energy -- engineering -- entrepreneurship -- environmental science and conservation -- event planning -- facilities management -- fashion and apparel -- film -- fire fighting -- fitness and training -- food and beverage production -- foreign languages and studies -- foreign trade -- forestry and forest products -- general consumer products -- government -- health care management -- health care providers -- hedge funds -- hospitality -- human resources -- import export -- information technology -- information technology consulting -- insurance -- internet content -- internet services -- investment banking -- investment management -- journalism -- law -- letter and package delivery -- library and information services -- machining and machinery -- manufacturing -- marketing -- market research -- mathematics and physics -- media and entertainment -- medical equipment manufacturing -- metals -- military services -- mining -- museums and cultural centers -- music -- mutual funds -- nanotechnology -- newspapers and magazines -- nonprofit sector -- nuclear power -- nursing -- oil and gas -- operations and logistics -- packaging -- parks and public lands -- performing arts -- personal care products -- personal care services -- pharmaceuticals and biotechnology -- photography -- plastics -- politics, public policy, and activism -- printing -- private equity -- project management -- public relations -- public safety -- pulp and paper -- radio -- railroads -- real estate -- recording industry -- religious ministries -- restaurants and food services -- retail -- rubber -- sales -- security and investigation -- shipping -- social media -- social sciences -- social services -- space exploration -- sports -- staffing and human resources consulting -- stone, concrete, ceramics, and glass -- telecommunications -- television -- textiles -- theater -- toys and games -- trades -- transportation -- travel and leisure -- trucking -- utilities -- venture capital -- veterinary medicine and animal care -- visual arts -- waste management -- wealth management -- wholesale -- writing and editing. |
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Vol. 2: career articles -- A-Con. |
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Vol. 3: career articles -- Con-Gen. |
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Vol. 4: career articles -- Gen-Med. |
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Vol. 5: career articles -- Med-Psy. |
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Vol. 6: career articles -- Psy-Z. |
| Subject |
Vocational guidance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Occupations -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Occupations. (OCoLC)fst01043384
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Vocational guidance. (OCoLC)fst01168579
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| Genre/Form |
Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Literature.
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Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Ferguson Publishing.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance. Seventeenth edition. New York, NY : Fergusons, [2017] 9781438177144 (DLC) 2017021276 |
| ISBN |
9780816085149 (6 volume set) |
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0816085145 (6 volume set) |
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