The five-volume Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 16th Edition is an essential resource for public, college, high school, and junior high school libraries; career centers; guidance offices; and other agencies involved with career exploration and planning. Along with revisions and updates, each article has been expanded to a new, more comprehensive format, and many new articles have been added. Each article offers detailed career information, sidebars, and other user-friendly features, including a new Career Ladder, which shows common career paths for each profession, and new sections, such as Unions and Associations and Tips for Entry. Called out by graphic icons are the top fastest-growing careers and the top careers that experts predict will add the greatest number of positions. This edition features: Comprehensive overviews of 120 career fields and industries The latest information on job duties, salaries, and employment trends for more than 820 professions Sidebars providing additional reading on industry issues and history, useful Web sites, industry jargon, and much more Hundreds of photographs of people at work Career articles keyed to two different government classification systems Career Guidance section in Volume 1, providing information on interviewing, job hunting, networking, writing resumes, and more A comprehensive job title index in each volume, plus additional indexes in Volume 1 Extensive online references Information on using social networking sites for job-hunting, electronic resumes, and more.

Careers in Focus: Social Work, Third Edition profiles 20 careers for students interested in a rewarding job in this profession.

New and updated job profiles include:

Adult day care coordinators

Career and employment counselors and technicians

Child life specialists

Grief therapists

Hospice workers

Nonprofit social service directors

Orientation and mobility specialists

Psychiatrists

Recreational therapists

Social workers

and more.

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.

Knowing how to communicate clearly and effectively in the workplace is one of the keys to career success. Communication Skills, Third Edition focuses on the importance of solid speaking, writing, listening, and conversational skills for thriving in the workplace. Coverage also includes communication skills that are useful in specific situations, such as techniques for conducting structured and productive meetings. True-or-false quizzes in every chapter have been added to this edition as well as a new appendix of helpful Web sites. This helpful resource also features useful facts and statistics to help readers with their communication skills.

Chapters include:

-Writing with a Purpose

-Speaking with Confidence

-Communicating Effectively

-Good Communicators Are Good Listeners

-Making Meetings Work.

Performing Arts is a fun, full-color guide that examines 20 careers in the performing arts for creative individuals.

Careers profiled include:

Actors

Choreographers

Circus performers

Clowns

Comedians

Composers

Dancers

Disc jockeys

Film and television directors

Magicians

Music teachers

Musical instrument repairers

Musicians

Orchestra conductors

Pop and rock musicians

Screenwriters

Singers

Songwriters

Stage production technicians

Stunt performers

Careers in Focus: Physicians, Third Edition profiles 30 careers for students interested in this field.

New and updated job profiles include:

Anesthesiologists

Cardiologists

Dermatologists

Emergency room physicians

Epidemiologists

Hematologists

Neurologists

Oncologists

Pediatricians

Surgeons

and more.