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Ferguson's Careers in Focus Set, 71-Volumes
  • Format
  • HARDCOVER
  • Authored by: James Chambers, General Editor
  • From the Series: Careers In Focus
  • Trim Size: 6 x 9
  • ISBN-10: 081608498X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-8160-8498-2
  • Status: In Stock
  • List Price: $2,485.00
    Discount Price: $2,236.50
  • Imprint: Ferguson
  • Published: 02/01/2012
  • Dewey Number:
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up

Summary

Ferguson's Careers in Focus books are a great value for libraries and career centers. Written in an easy-to-understand yet informative style, this comprehensive series surveys a wide array of commonly held jobs and is arranged into volumes organized by specific industries and interests. Each of these informative books is loaded with up-to-date career information presented in 16 to 25 job articles.

Each article includes:

  • Quick Facts: summarizes important facts
  • Overview: briefly introduces duties and responsibilities
  • History: describes the history of the job in relation to the industry or field
  • The Job: describes primary and secondary duties
  • Requirements: discusses high school and post-secondary education and training as well as any necessary certification or licensing and personal requirements for success
  • Exploring: offers suggestions on how to gain experience and knowledge in a field before making firm educational and financial commitments
  • Employers: gives an overview of typical places of employment
  • Starting Out: suggests the best ways to land a first job
  • Advancement: presents an expected career path and how to get on it
  • Earnings: lists salary ranges and typical fringe benefits
  • Work Environment: looks at the work conditions and surroundings associated with a certain job
  • Outlook: summarizes the job's potential growth or decline in terms of the general economy and industry projections
  • For More Information: lists organizations that provide career information.

Specifications

Black-and-white photographs. Index. Resources. Interviews.

Reviews and Awards

"...ideal for high school and undergraduate students trying to decide on a career focus."


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Careers in Focus: Activism
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Careers in Focus: Advertising & Marketing, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Agriculture, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Animal Care, Fourth Edition
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Careers in Focus: Animation
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Careers in Focus: Archaeology
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Careers In Focus: Architecture and Building
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Careers in Focus: Armed Forces
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Careers in Focus: Art, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Automotives
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Careers in Focus: Aviation, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Biology, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Business Managers, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Environment, Fourth Edition
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Careers in Focus: Fashion, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Film, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Food, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Forensics
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Careers in Focus: Geology
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Careers in Focus: Geriatric Care, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Government, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Internet, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Journalism, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Landscaping & Horticulture
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Careers in Focus: Law, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Library & Information Science, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Manufacturing, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Mathematics and Physics, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Mechanics, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Medical Technicians and Technologists, Fifth Edition
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Careers in Focus: Meteorology
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Careers in Focus: Music, Second Edition
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Careers In Focus: Newspapers
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Careers in Focus: Nonprofit Organizations
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Careers in Focus: Nursing, Fourth Edition
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Careers in Focus: Oceanography
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Careers in Focus: Personal Services, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Photography, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Physicians, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Politics, Second Edition
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Careers In Focus: Public Relations
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Careers in Focus: Public Safety, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Publishing, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Retail, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Social Work, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Space Exploration
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Careers in Focus: Sports, Fourth Edition
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Careers in Focus: Technicians, Third Edition
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Careers in Focus: Telecommunications
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Careers in Focus: Therapists, Second Edition
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Careers in Focus: Writing, Third Edition
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