A One-Stop Guide to Museum Careers People who love art, are fascinated by archaeology, or are history buffs may have considered the idea of working in a museum. But experience as a museum visitor reveals only the public-facing side of the museum, and not its complex, dynamic internal structure. So You Want to Work in A Museum? helps to demystify museums as institutions and to prepare prospective museum staff to explore the field further. After reading this book, readers will be able to: Understand how non-profit museums are governed, funded, and staffed, and how they define and meet their missions. Explore museum divisions and departments and specific roles within them-not just prominent roles like directors and curators, but also less visible ones like registrars, preparators, development officers, conservators, and more. Consider the contemporary function of museums, and how yesterday's cabinets of curiosity have evolved into today's community catalysts. Examine how the contemporary function of museums has affected the types of positions available and the work museum staff do on a daily basis. Look at the skills required for different types of positions, and how readers aspiring to work in those positions can best prepare themselves to land their dream jobs and be successful in them. Understand the benefits and potential challenges of working in a museum, and Access a wealth of resources that will inspire further study of the field, and outline next steps to pursue a museum career.

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 Craft Artists field! If you are interested in a career as a craft artist field, 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 these fields? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of these various fields? 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. This book, which includes interviews with professionals in the following fields. Tattoo Artists Ceramic Artists Glass blowers Blacksmiths Jewelers Woodworkers

Welcome to the criminal justice field! If you are interested in a career in criminal justice, 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. Criminal Justice 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. Security guards/officers Nail technician Correctional officers Beautician Parole/probation officers Makeup artist Police officers/detectives Criminal court prosecutors/judges

Are you a creative person who loves to create your own looks with hair and makeup? Do you enjoy helping others feel better about themselves? Are you interested in learning ways to help people achieve healthier hair, skin, and nails? If you are passionate about these things, then a career in cosmetology may be right for you. Within the cosmetology field, you will find opportunities for challenge and growth while developing and sharing your skills and creativity in hair, makeup, skincare treatments, and hair removal-there are many career choices available to you. This book will walk you through the various steps in determining whether this is the field for you, from developing a deeper understanding of what a career in cosmetology entails to arming yourself with the information you need to earn the necessary qualifications and land your dream job in an exciting, challenging, and potentially lucrative fiel

This book explores the growing, lucrative, exciting field of cybersecurity (also called information security or InfoSec) in an approachable, interesting, inviting way, geared towards middle school and high school students. The book covers many titles within this profession, such as security analysts/engineers, security architects, security administrators, security software developers, and cryptographers/cryptanalysts. For each of these five sub-areas, the book explains the pros and cons, the educational requirements, projected annual wages, personality traits that match, market projections, working conditions and expectations, and more3/4all laid out in lists, images, tables and charts, and lots of other graphically pleasing elements that are easy to consume and understand. You'll even see read interviews from five real InfoSec professionals who work in the field, with real-world advice, stories, and anecdotes! The goal is to teach younger readers enough about being an InfoSec professional, to give them a clear view as to whether this field is a good fit for them, as well as to give them some direction and advice for preparing for this career while in high school.

A career in the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector is an ideal and ambitious choice for anyone who is committed to applying their skills and professional effort to identifying, examining, and helping to resolve the problems confronting the world around them. From combatting human abuses, alleviating famine, working to save the environment, protecting animals, ensuring a safe world for children-locally, nationally, or internationally, a career within the NGO sector can make you a part of the solution. This book walks you through the steps of deciding whether an NGO career is right for you and understanding the types of roles available within the sector. It also explains the educational requirements you will need to fulfill as well as how to plan your academic track, as well as get your career started after graduation. A career within the NGO sector is an exciting one. A competitive field, it offers the opportunity for life-long learning and challenge.