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150 Best Jobs for a Secure Future
by Laurence Shatkin
Presents lists of the jobs with the most secure future, identifying six career fields with job descriptions and the necessary skills, education, future growth projections, and work environment for each job.
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150 Best Jobs for Your Skills
by Laurence Shatkin
An information-packed reference helps readers identify their skills while also providing information on the best-paying jobs, fastest-growing jobs and best jobs based on education level; job descriptions; and suggestions on how to develop skills.
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Becoming a Paralegal
by Book Author
Becoming a Paralegal provides everything needed to know about entering the exciting field of law: how to choose the right training program (short courses versus four-year degrees), what it takes to succeed in the field, the various areas in which paralegals can specialize, career advancement opportunities, and more.
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Best Jobs for the 21st Century
by Laurence Shatkin
Covers pay, growth rate, demographic information, personality type, major tasks and responsibilities, and education and training required for more than five hundred jobs, and provides a list of the sixty-five best jobs.
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Dig this Gig: Find Your Dream Job -- or Invent It
by Laura Dodd
Though aimed at the 20-something crowd seeking their first jobs out of college, this unusual job-search book may be helpful for anyone considering a change, for like Studs Terkel's Working, it introduces a vast array of career options. Consisting of biographical entries on a variety of dynamic young people, Dig this Gig provides firsthand views of entirely different career paths in eight broad industries (such as "health care" or "entertainment"). In addition to the stories of those still in their twenties, author Laura Dodd includes insights and lessons learned from established individuals like Dan Rather and Jeffrey Sachs.
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Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger
This book leads readers step-by-step through the process of determining and verifying Personality Type. Then it identifies occupations that are popular with each Type, provides helpful case studies, and offers a rundown of each Type's work-related strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on each Type's strengths, Do What You Are uses workbook exercises to help readers customize their job search, ensuring the best results in the shortest period of time.
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Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance
by Book Author
A multi-volume resource includes up-to-date overviews of various job industries; completely revised career articles; the latest information on salaries and employment trends; on-the-job interviews; sidebars on industry issues and history, useful Web sites, industry jargon and more; more than 2,500 websites listed for further information; and much more.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
by Book Author
A resource developed by the U.S. Department of Labor and covering the job outlook for the near future contains descriptions for 270 major jobs in the U.S. and summary information on additional jobs, as well as other useful content, such as a Personality-Career Quiz. Also available online at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
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Post Office Jobs: The Ultimate 473 Postal Exam Study Guide and Job Finder
by Dennis V Damp
Provides an overview of what jobs are available, including many that don’t require written tests and how to apply for them. You will also find a comprehensive 473/473E study guide with helpful test-taking strategies that could dramatically improve many applicant’s exam scores. Seven other sample postal exams are included in this new edition for maintenance, clerical, technician, and other major occupations.
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Salary Facts Handbook: The Definitive Source of Pay Information on 800 Jobs
by Book Author
Salary Facts Handbook helps readers discover what they should be earning in their current job, as well as hundreds of others. Based on a current and official U.S. Department of Labor survey of 1.2 million businesses, this book gives the most accurate and detailed pay information available on 800 jobs at 11 levels of education and training. This comprehensive reference features an easy-to-use format; vast and varied information; and many many useful rankings of jobs by demographic, geographic, and education, and other criteria.
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So You Want to Be a Counselor?
by Barbara Nefer
Becoming a counselor is a path of lifelong opportunity. Here’s the most up-to-date information on the intricate choices involved and skills needed to confidently make choices about a career in counseling. The book includes real-world advice on the time, education, money, and effort needed, as well as a chapter on online counseling, a newly emerging area of expertise. This is the definitive guide for every potential counselor seeking current answers to career questions and includes personal insights from professionals, information for adult students, a special section on online counseling, and clarification of similar career options.
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The Vo-Tech Track to Success in Information Technology
by Terry Teague Meyer
Thanks to the pervasive use of computers, cell phones, and various hand-held devices, information technology is a hot career field. Packed with pertinent information on the benefits of vocational training, this handy guide reveals how readers can become IT professionals. Included are tips for career preparation while in high school and vo-tech and certification resources. Real-world examples, derived from interviews with workers in the field, provide the voice of experience that today's students--and tomorrow's workers--crave.
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Job Search & Career Info
Find resources to help you get a job, create a resume, file for unemployment, or improve your work skills.
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WorkOne
WorkOne provides resources to help you plan your career, including information on current job openings, resume assistance, workshops, skills assessments, training, and special programs for veterans, dislocated workers, job seekers over 55, job seekers with disabilities, and more.
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Grace Learning Center
Grace Learning Center provides assistance in developing the skills necessary to get entry level and more advanced level jobs. The center provides literacy and pre-GED training through a partnership with A.K. Smith, and offers workshops on a number of financial, technical, and career topics. Grace Learning Center is a WorkOne access point, and provides assistance with computer-based job searches.
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A.K. Smith Career Center
The A.K. Smith Career Center offers a comprehensive program in Adult Basic Education for adult learners who have not completed high school and high school graduates who need remediation in basic skills. Classes are conducted in reading, writing, math, English as a Second Language, and GED test preparation.
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Michigan City Public Library
100 E. 4th Street
Michigan City, Indiana 46360
219-873-3044
http://mclib.org/
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