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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Educational & careers guidance
Welcome to the real estate field! If you are interested in a career
in real estate, you've come to the right book. What exactly do
these people do on the job every day? What kind of skills and
educational background do you need to succeed in this field? How
much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of
these various professions? Is this the right career path for you?
How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book can help
you answer these questions and more. Real estate agents Real estate
brokers Real estate property managers Real estate transaction
coordinators Showing assistants Real estate marketing specialists
Real estate appraisers
Lights! Camera! It's time to explore the art of animation! This
fun, engaging nonfiction title allows readers to explore an
exciting career as an animator. Readers will be introduced to the
history of animation and find out what techniques and equipment
animators used to turn their illustrations into the first animated
shorts. Through Time For Kids content, stimulating facts, vivid
images, sketches, photos, informative text, and an interview with a
real-life animator, readers will discover everything about
animation, including character development, storyboarding, and even
how the Foley artists record sound effects! This book also includes
text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and index, as
well as resources like a bibliography and a list of useful websites
for learning more about this fascinating profession. Keep students
reading from cover to cover this high-interest book!
Discover how brave men and women keep our streets safe in Police
Officer. This book explores how people enter the police force, the
training they undertake to perform their job, the characteristics
they need and the risks and rewards of their life-changing work.
The book includes advice for children who wish to be a police
officer, and explores whether they are likely to be suited to the
job. What are the careers that make a difference to other people
and improve or save their lives? Careers That Save Lives explores
the world of jobs that save or change lives, offering readers an
in-depth look at these worthwhile and fulfilling roles. The series
invites children to consider why each job is so important and what
characteristics people might need to carry it out. An interesting
and reflective career series for children aged 9+.
Many of us have been able to stay home to keep safe in the COVID-19
pandemic. This book shows how this would not be possible without
food workers continuing to work to farm and produce our food,
deliver it by truck, sell it to us in stores, and make sure
everything is clean.
Welcome to the marketing field! If you are interested in a career
as a marketing professional, you've come to the right book. What
exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of
skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this
field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and
cons of these various professions? Is this the right career path
for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book
can help you answer these questions and more. Marketing
Professionals: A Practical Career Guide includes interviews with
marketing professionals. This book covers the following job areas
in marketing: Digital marketing SEO (search engine optimization)
and web analytics Social media marketing Graphic design Brand
management Product marketing
Welcome to the medical technician field! If you are interested in a
career as a medical technician, you've come to the right book. What
exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of
skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this
field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and
cons of these various professions? Is this the right career path
for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book
can help you answer these questions and more. Medical Technicians:
A Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with
professionals in this field book covers the following medical
technician careers. Cardiovascular Technologists (ECG or EKG
Technicians) Nuclear Medicine Technologists Phlebotomy Technicians
Laboratory Technicians Surgical Technologists Radiologic
Technologists (x-ray, MRI, and CT Technicians)
Teens don't often realize that their daydreams can be transformed
into real accomplishments. If they take those dreams seriously, and
turn thoughts into action, even some of the wildest notions can
become reality. Reaching Your Goals: The Ultimate Teen Guide show
readers how important setting goals can be to accomplishing
whatever they want to. Through the use of "No Sweat Quizzes" and
other unique methods, such as creative visualization and
affirmations, Anne Courtright provides teens with the tools to help
them achieve not only short-term goals but to realize their
greatest potential. Filled with commentary from notable figures in
sports, music, film, and business, this book also shows teens how
to turn failures into positive stepping-stones to future success.
Through examples, activities, and sample action plans, Reaching
Your Goals: The Ultimate Teen Guide will help teens map their own
paths to success, both in school and life.
A fun and magical tour of the world of working with animals, with
Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia! Does your child love
animals? Do they think that they might want to work with animals
one day when they are grown up? Help your child to find out about
all sorts of animal-related jobs that people do. Billie has a very
special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box,
they are whisked away to meet all sorts of people doing all kinds
of amazing job. In Working with Animals, Billie and Mia meet a vet,
a mounted police officer, an ornithologist, a bee keeper, a
wildlife film-maker, a zoologist and many more. Together, they find
out lots of interesting things about the STEM skills these people
use to do their jobs. (And be sure to take a close look to see what
naughty and silly things Mia gets up to in the funny
illustrations.) Jump into Jobs is no ordinary science careers
series. It's designed to help young children to think not only
about the job that they might want to do in the future, but to be
inspired by the world of work that is happening all around them.
Each book concludes with a spread to encourage children to research
the topic further through fun activities. The series is perfect for
children aged 5 and up who are interested in what adults do all day
and as part of a well rounded PSHE and Science curriculum. Title in
the series: Working with Animals Working in Space Working
Underwater Working with Weather
Welcome to the childcare field! If you are interested in a career
as a social worker, you've come to the right book. What exactly do
these people do on the job every day? What kind of skills and
educational background do you need to succeed in this field? How
much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of
these various professions? Is this the right career path for you?
How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book can help
you answer these questions and more. Chidcare Professionals: A
Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with
professionals in this field which has proven to be a stable,
lucrative, and growing profession. * Day care provider * Day care
owner * Nanny * Preschool teacher * Teaching assistant
Welcome to the social worker's field! If you are interested in a
career as a social worker, you've come to the right book. What
exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of
skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this
field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and
cons of these various professions? Is this the right career path
for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book
can help you answer these questions and more. Social Workers: A
Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with
professionals in this field which has proven to be a stable,
lucrative, and growing profession.
An essential resource offering career insight and practical advice
from industry-leading sports professionals. In So You Want to Work
in Sports, K. P. Wee has gathered invaluable first-hand
perspectives from sports industry leaders with decades of
experience in a range of fields, including broadcasting, sports
management, journalism, scouting, marketing, analytics, and more.
These seasoned professionals share their stories of how they got
started in sports and the lessons they learned along the way. Wee
shares how veteran sports radio reporter Ted Sobel deals with
emotional athletes after a difficult loss; what broadcasters Chris
King, Jeff Levering, and Steve Granado have to say about working in
play-by-play; what advice Kris Budden has for conducting a quality
interview; how respected baseball executive Andy Dolich got to
where he is today, and more. Full of tips, advice, and inspiration
for those wanting to gain a foothold in the competitive sports
industry, So You Want to Work in Sports is an indispensable
resource for students and young professionals alike.
Discover the various responsibilities of an emergency room doctor
in this enlightening nonfiction book. Readers will learn about the
hard work and dedication it takes to have a career as an ER doctor
and what a typical day is like in the emergency room. From medical
school to residency, children will learn all about the steps it
takes to get involved in this profession. This engaging title
features vivid photos and helpful charts and diagrams in
conjunction with informational text featuring Time For Kids content
to delight, inform, and encourage children from beginning to end.
This book also includes text features such as a table of contents,
glossary, and index, as well as resources like an interview with a
real-life ER doctor, a bibliography, a list of useful websites for
learning more about this profession. Keep students reading from
cover to cover this high-interest book!
Police officers keep us safe. Learn about a police officer s tools,
workplace, and role in the community."
From creating life-saving vaccines to developing the most
incredible computer games, this job guide features hundreds of
careers, including trending opportunities. Do you have a passion
but can't work out how to make a career out of it? Do you want to
change your career but don't know where to start? Are you worried
about career development? Or are you overwhelmed by so much advice
you are lost in a sea of information? You're not the only one - and
The Careers Handbook is here to steer you in the right direction.
This indispensable guide is ideal for teenagers and newly qualified
graduates. Career counsellors will also find this a trustworthy
companion for helping students with their future career planning.
So, whether you want to become a nurse or home decorator, a chef or
cyber-security analyst (or you simply have no idea!) this book is
your ultimate source. Concise and combining a user-friendly
approach with a bold, graphic design, The Careers Handbook is like
having your very own career coach
Welcome to the substance abuse counselor field! If you are
interested in a career as a substance abuse counselor, you've come
to the right book. What exactly do these people do on the job every
day? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to
succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what
are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is this the
right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with
stress? This book can help you answer these questions and more.
Substance Abuse Counselors: A Practical Career Guide includes
interviews with substance abuse counselors.
In this engaging new title, readers follow firefighter Ruth
Lancashire during a day at the fire station. Action-filled
photographs and accessible text introduce readers to the tools
firefighters use to fight fires and how firefighters help keep our
communities safe.
Welcome to the digital communications field! If you are interested
in a career in digital communications, you've come to the right
book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day in and day
out? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to
succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what
are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is this even
the right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal
with stress? This book can help you answer these questions and
more. Digital Communications Professionals: A Practical Career
Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in the field,
covers the following areas of this field that have proven to be
stable, lucrative, and growing professions. Digital media/content
creation specialists Digital advertising and marketing
professionals Social media specialists SEO (search engine
optimization) and web analytics specialists Podcasters
Studying any subject at degree level is an investment in the future
that involves significant cost. Now more than ever, students and
their parents need to weigh up the potential benefits of university
courses. That's where the Why Study series comes in. This series of
books, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in
practical terms the range and scope of an academic subject at
university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or
further study. Each book tries to both enthuse the reader about its
subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus
does not. This volume is for students and potential students of
history - it answers the question why study history - and also how
to study it, where to study it, what it can do for you in your
future worklife, for your personal development, and for the public
good. This short guide busts a lot of myths and offers practical
advice based on an unparalleled understanding of how history is
actually taught on both sides of the Atlantic, in schools and
universities.
Learn what it takes to work in the exciting and unique profession
of deep-sea fishing! Readers will learn about techniques for
fishing, the equipment and gear that fishermen use, the various
members of a fishing boat's crew, the effects of overfishing, the
cycle of sustainability, and more! Through bright images, charts
and graphs, and informational text featuring Time For Kids content,
this nonfiction book provides readers with enlightening facts about
what it takes to work as a deep-sea fisherman. This book also
includes text features such as a table of contents, glossary, and
index, as well as resources such as an interview with a real-life
deep-sea fisher, a bibliography, and a list of websites for
learning more about this interesting career.
Welcome to the mathematics and statistics field! If you are
interested in a career in mathematics or statistics, you've come to
the right book. So what exactly do these people do on the job, day
in and day out? What kind of skills and educational background do
you need to succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make,
and what are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is
this even the right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout
and deal with stress? This book can help you answer these questions
and more. Mathematicians and Statisticians: A Practical Career
Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in the field,
covers the following areas of this field that have proven to be
stable, lucrative, and growing professions. Statisticians College
Math Professors Actuaries Research Analysts Economists
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