Practical Career Guides
13 total works
Nursing 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.
* RNs
* LPNs
* Nurse Practitioners
* Nursing Assistants
* Orderlies
This book, which includes interviews with professionals in the field, covers three main areas of this field that have proven to be stable, lucrative, and growing professions.
*Early Childhood Education
*Primary Education
*Secondary Education
This book, which includes interviews with professionals in the field, covers six main areas of health and fitness that have proven to be stable, lucrative, and growing professions.
*Physical therapy
*Occupational therapy
*Recreational therapy
*Exercise physiology
*Massage therapy
*Athletic training
This book, which includes interviews with professionals in the field, covers four main areas of this field that have proven to be stable, lucrative, and growing professions.
Firefighters
Police officers
EMTs
Paramedics and emergency medical professionals
Multimedia and Graphic Designers: A Practical Career Guide includes interviews with professionals in a field that has proven to be a stable, lucrative, and growing profession.
- Graphic designers
- Multimedia artists
- Web designers
Veterinary Technicians and Assistants: A Practical Career Guide includes interviews with professionals in a field that has proven to be a stable, lucrative, and growing profession.
- Veterinary Technician
- Veterinary Assistant
- Veterinary Technologist
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 more¾all 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.
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
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
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
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)
