Career Opportunities in the Music Industry is the most complete and accurate guide ever published to this challenging and diverse industry. In it, you'll find indispensable and realistic information, completely revised and updated for the 21st century - not available in one source anywhere else - on over 80 jobs. For each job detailed you'll find a quick-reference Career Profile, which summarizes the salient features of the position: duties, alternate title(s), salary range, employment prospects, advancement prospects, and prerequisites (education, experience, and special skills). A Career Ladder shows jobs frequently leading to and from the one under discussion. The text goes on to describe many other aspects of the job in greater detail.In addition to vital job information, there are helpful appendices with listings of relevant degree and nondegree programs, unions and associations, booking agencies, music publishers, rights societies, management companies, and public relations firms. An index is also included for fast, easy reference.

For those who wish to appear on stage as well as those who prefer to work behind the scenes, ""Career Opportunities in Theater and the Performing Arts, Third Edition"" profiles more than 70 jobs in all branches of theater and the performing arts. The appendixes have been completely reviewed and updated, and two new profiles have been added - celebrity personal assistant and vocal coach. Career profiles include: Actor/Actress, Booking agent, Casting director, Celebrity personal assistant, Costume designer, Drama coach, Playwright, Theatrical press agent, Vocal coach, and more.

Landing a job in the 21st century takes skill and determination. Each title in this series offers an in-depth look at salary ranges, advancement prospects, employment trends, necessary experience, on-line information, and relevant unions and associations.

Completely revised and up-to-date, this in-depth guide is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to pursue a rewarding career in this field. The latest information on salary ranges, new trends, and changes in the industry supplement realistic profiles of more than eighty different jobs, including Director of Public Information, Community Relations Coordinator, Placement Specialist, Public Relations Assistant, Account Executive, Press Agent, and many others.

Careers in Advertising

by Shelly Field

Published 1 March 1990
Part of a series of guides to career opportunities in America and Canada, this book deals with advertising. It provides the job seeker with all the relevant details for locating and landing the right position, from account executive to creative director and from graphic artist to copywriter.

Featuring more than 90 job profiles with nine new to this edition Career Opportunities in the Retail and Wholesale Industry, Second Edition provides up-to-date information in one accessible resource.

New and revised career profiles include:

-Brand manager

-Buyer

-Catalog copywriter

-Customer service representative, TV shopping channel

-Department manager, department store

-Graphic artist, retail

-Greeter

-Mall manager

-Manufacturer's representative

-Market researcher manufacturer

-Marketing director, Web store

-Model, TV shopping channel

-Promotions manager retail store

-Sales associate

-Stylist, TV shopping channel

-TV shopping channel show host

-Wholesale sales representative

-Window designer

and more.