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.

The film industry today faces many challenges. Filmmakers and other film professionals must be prepared to adapt to changing technology, international influences, and shifting audience trends. Career opportunities exist in many different branches of the business and at many different levels, from creating independent documentaries to big studio blockbusters. A wide variety of jobs exists in this field from directing, producing, and editing to sound engineering, marketing, and publicity.

Film helps professionals understand how the various jobs in the industry work together. With an insider's perspective, this new resource features an overview of the current state of the film industry, as well as a variety of fast facts, tips, and other information to help professionals navigate a path to career success.

Defines the top twenty-two careers in alternative medicine, discussing the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, getting started, advancement possibilities, salary, employment outlook, and sources of more information.

Outlines a variety of different job opportunities in the information technology field, including game design, programming, technical support, online journalism, and others, offering details about professional and personal requirements, salary ranges, work environment, and outlook for the future of each job.

The increasing emphasis on early career education has teachers and librarians looking for innovative resources for children. With this in mind, a valuable series has been created specifically for grades 5 and up.

Discovering Careers for Your Future links curriculum to careers, helping elementary and middle school students investigate the subjects they're interested in and the careers those subjects might lead to. Encourage children to explore their interests and stimulate their curiosity with this fun and informative series.

The books are filled with accurate, up-to-date career information. Each book features 20 careers, and each career article includes job descriptions, salary ranges, job outlook, educational requirements and where to look for more information. Also featured are eye-catching sidebars that cover a variety of topics, including ways to explore areas of interest, profiles of famous people, related jobs, and interesting facts.

Focuses on what to do now to prepare for a career in broadcasting, while also presenting information on specific kinds of work in radio and television.

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance—now in its 17th edition—remains the most comprehensive career reference in print. This unparalleled resource has been expanded to six volumes and fully revised to contain the most accurate and current career information available. In Six Volumes and Thousands of Pages of Information! The six-volume Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 17th 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. Each article has been thoroughly revised and updated, and many new articles have been added. Comprehensive career information, sidebars, and user-friendly features, including the Career Ladder, which shows common career paths for each profession, provide a clear picture of what it takes to launch a successful career. Called out by graphic icons are the top fastest-growing careers, the highest-paying jobs, and the top careers that experts predict will add the greatest number of positions. Extensive Online References and Sidebars 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. This edition features: Comprehensive overviews of 140 industries and career fields The latest information on job duties, salaries, education requirements, and employment trends for more than 980 professions Sidebars providing additional reading on industry issues and history, useful websites, industry jargon, and much more More than 800 photographs of people at work Career articles indexed to the O*NETSOC and Canada's National Occupational Classification (NOC) systems Career Guidance section in Volume 1, providing information on interviewing, job hunting, networking, writing résumés, and more A comprehensive job title index in each volume, plus additional indexes in Volume 1 Extensive online references Appendixes of information and resources for finding apprenticeships and internships and for people with disabilities.

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.

Understanding the role of a leader in the work environment can make the work experience more rewarding and satisfying. By establishing the importance of leaders in almost any group dynamic, ""Leadership Skills, Third Edition"" helps students understand the qualities of all successful leaders, such as courteousness, compassion, decisiveness, and willingness to give and receive criticism. This new edition distills the essence of what leadership is into points that are easy to learn and cultivate, providing practical advice that may be useful in many settings. In addition to outlining how to lead a project through to successful completion, this accessible resource offers true-or-false quizzes as well as a new appendix of helpful Web sites. The chapters include: Leadership - What It Is and Why It Matters; Working with Others; Organizing a Project; Completing a Project; and, Learning to Lead.

The ability to work well with others is an absolute necessity in most workplaces, and ""Teamwork Skills, Third Edition"" is a useful guide to developing these fundamental skills. Teams have become the basic unit of productivity in today's businesses. With that in mind, this new book helps students understand the need for teams and how to achieve and encourage healthy team dynamics. Topics covered include developing people skills, effectively setting goals and negotiating, appreciating diversity among team members, and resolving team conflicts. New to this edition are true-or-false quizzes in every chapter as well as a new appendix of helpful Web sites. Chapters include: The Corporate Dream Team; Become People Smart; Understanding Team Culture; World Cup Teams; Team Conflicts and Other Concerns; Team Goal Setting and Negotiating; and, Avoiding Team-Killing Behaviors.

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.

Descriptions of various jobs in the energy supply industry.

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.

Features a total of 20 jobs, which include: Art directors; Columnists; Editorial and research assistants; Foreign correspondents; Newspaper editors; Online producers; Photo editors; Prepress workers; Reporters; and Sportswriters.

Now five volumes and more than 3,700 pages of information! ""Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance"" - now in its thirteenth edition - remains the most comprehensive career reference in print. Now expanded into five volumes, this unparalleled resource has been fully revised and updated to contain the most accurate and current career information available. This five-volume encyclopedic set 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. More than 700 articles have been revised and updated since the last edition to reflect accurate, up-to-date career information. Along with revisions and updates to all articles, included here are more than 60 new career articles and more than 100 new photographs. Each article offers expanded career information, a bibliography, sidebars, and other user friendly features, as well as an extended profile of someone working in the field. Receiving prominent treatment in this edition are the top 10 fastest-growing careers and the top 10 careers that experts predict will add the greatest number of positions through the year 2012. Extensive online references and on-the-job interviews More than 2,500 websites, selected for inclusion based on the quality of information they provide, are listed in the career articles and refer users to professional associations, government agencies, and other organizations. More than 300 on-the-job interviews ranging from worker profiles to daily routines to workers' comments about their occupation are also included in major career articles. Designed to hold students' attention and relay information effectively, the new edition of ""Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance"" is the ideal starting place for career research. This new edition features: completely up-to-date overviews of 93 industries; 741 completely revised and updated career articles; 62 brand-new career articles; more than 320 on-the-job interviews; more than 220 new sidebars, providing additional reading on industry issues and history, useful websites, industry jargon, and much more; approximately 550 photographs, 128 new to this edition; more than 500 additional pages; career articles keyed to four different government classification systems; more than 2,500 websites listed for further information; career Guidance section in Volume 1. Each career article includes quick facts, an overview and history, an in-depth description of the types of specific jobs in the field, job requirements, various ways to further explore the field, where to look for employment, current salaries and wages, the future growth of the career based on U.S. government projections, a list of organizations that can provide further information, and more.

In today's increasingly complex workplace, many employers rely on technicians to perform jobs that other professionals once handled. In the fields of medicine, manufacturing, education, and law, technicians and paraprofessionals have become vital parts of the labor force. These careers, popular for their good pay and relatively short training cycles, are among some of the most dynamic in today's job market. This fully revised and updated two-volume set covers more than 110 technician careers and features interviews with professionals already at work in the field. Each of the lively and engaging articles contains an in-depth look at a particular tech career. New and revised coverage includes: brand-new coverage of careers in education, drafting, and orthotics; photographs of professionals at work; new and revised sidebars and bibliographies; DOT and NOC (Canada) classification numbers for all careers, in addition to GOE and O*NET-SOC numbers. Jobs covered include: Avionics Technicians; Computer Programmers; Food Technologists; Petroleum Technicians; Robotics Technicians; and Veterinary Technicians.

Examines careers related to various kinds of therapy, covering the basics of each job, personal and professional requirements, work environment, salary statistics, future outlook for the career, and more.

Defines the top twenty-two government careers in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, ways to get started, advancement possibilities, salary figures, employment outlook, and sources of more information.

Based on the latest statistics from the Department of Labor, the 25 jobs profiled here are that will pay the most, grow most quickly, and hire the greatest number of people in the years to come. Each article contains an overview of the job, explains how to break into the field, discusses what to expect from the job, presents salary information, and looks at how fast the field is expected to grow. Jobs profiled include advertising account executives, computer network administrators, database specialists, graphic designers, physicians, police officers, software designers, and special education teachers.

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.

Professional Sports Organizations explains how the industry works and how readers can plan for a successful career. Featuring an overview of the current state of the industry, a breakdown of key jobs within professional sports organizations, fast facts, and tips for communications and networking, this new resource is invaluable for people working in this field.

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

The energy industry offers some of today's most exciting career opportunities. From creating safer, more efficient means of using traditional energy sources to inventing effective, alternative energy sources, professionals in this field have a major impact on how the world works. Few industries are as much in the global spotlight as this one.

Energy provides professionals with everything they need to know to take their career to the next level. Written with an insider's perspective, this new resource looks at the different branches in the energy sector, the state of the business, prospects for the future, and what it takes to achieve career success working in this field. Featuring handy tidbits of information, statistics, and much more, Energy will help readers on their career path.

Art is a brand-new, full-color resource that describes 20 careers in this exciting field for anyone interested in working in architecture, film, computer-generated art, computer and video games, animation, publishing, advertising, fashion, and photography.

Careers profiled include:

Animators

Art dealers

Art directors and production designers

Art museum directors and curators

Art teachers

Artists

Cartoonists and illustrators

Cinematographers

Computer and video game designers

Conservators and conservation technicians

Creative arts therapists

Fashion designers

Fashion illustrators and photographers

Graphic designers

Interior designers and decorators

Makeup artists

Multimedia artists

Photo stylists

Photographers

Special and visual effects technicians