Overview
"Extensively revised and updated, ""Career Discovery Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition"" covers a wide spectrum of careers for students who are just beginning to think about their future. For the sixth edition, each of the more than 700 careers profiled in the previous edition has been updated according to the latest information. More than 50 new job articles have been added, covering airport security personnel, copy editors, food photographers, geriatric psychiatrists, yoga and Pilates instructors, and more. This revised edition includes several important new features that align the careers to U.S. government career standards. Volume 1 provides descriptions of the U.S. Department of Education's 16 Career Clusters, and a Career Cluster icon in each job article enables students to read about jobs in the clusters that interest them. Each article also contains a new Skills Spotlight sidebar, which identifies key skills and competencies for each job as outlined in the U.S. Department of Labor's SCANS report. Volume 1 also features a new section about self-assessment testing, which includes an A-to-Z overview of the most popular tests, as well as a sample test based on the O*NET Work Interest Profiler. Highlights include: 656 up-to-date career articles; 57 new career articles; new Skills Spotlight sidebars that tie each career to the U.S. Department of Labor's SCANS skills and competencies; new coverage of U.S. Department of Education's Career Clusters; new coverage of career assessment tests; more than 650 black-and-white photographs, more than 125 new to this edition; and, up-to-date glossary and government classification indexes."
Full Product Details
Author: Ferguson ,
JG Ferguson Publishing Company
Publisher: Facts On File Inc
Imprint: Facts On File Inc
Edition: 6th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 19.10cm
, Height: 14.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 4.763kg
ISBN: 9780816066964
ISBN 10: 0816066965
Pages: 1616
Publication Date: 30 September 2006
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Booklist/RBB Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers, 2004 ...definitely recommended for school and public libraries. - Booklist ...[a] pleasing design...[a] reliable, succinct source. - School Library Journal What makes this 8-volume set distinctive is how comprehensively it covers the world of work...this is an excellent and valuable resource for all levels. - American Reference Books Annual
"""Booklist/RBB ""Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers, 2004"" ""...definitely recommended for school and public libraries."" - Booklist ""...[a] pleasing design...[a] reliable, succinct source."" - School Library Journal ""What makes this 8-volume set distinctive is how comprehensively it covers the world of work...this is an excellent and valuable resource for all levels."" - American Reference Books Annual"""
