150 best jobs for your skills

With 100 best jobs lists and 250 job descriptions, 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills, 2nd Ed helps readers identify their best skills and then connect them to the best jobs. A self-assessment zeroes in on your three best career skills. The skills used in the book represent the most important ones in tod...

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Main Author: Shatkin, Laurence.
Other Authors: Farr, J. Michael.
Format: Downloads eBook Books eBook
Language: English
Published: Saint Paul : JIST Works, 2012.
Edition: 2.
Series: Best Jobs.
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Online Access: Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
Summary: With 100 best jobs lists and 250 job descriptions, 150 Best Jobs for Your Skills, 2nd Ed helps readers identify their best skills and then connect them to the best jobs. A self-assessment zeroes in on your three best career skills. The skills used in the book represent the most important ones in today s economy: 1) communication, 2) computer programming, 3) equipment use/maintenance, 4) equipment/technology analysis, 5) management, 6) mathematics, 7) quality control, 8) science, 9) social, and 10) thought-processing skills. Another part lists the best jobs for each skill. The job descriptions offer useful information on wages, growth, openings, tasks, and required education and courses. New lists include best jobs in the 16 career clusters, for younger workers and older workers, by gender, and in urban areas and rural areas.
Item Description: Title from eBook information screen.
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Format: Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 12097 KB).
ISBN: 9781593578992
Author Notes: Laurence Shatkin has extensive experience designing, prototyping, & developing software applications that help people of all ages make decisions about careers & educational plans. From 1979 to 1999, he worked at the Educationsl Testing Service on the development of SIGI PLUS, the first career guidance system targeted towards adults. Shatkin has been a lecturer at several colleges, & his is currently a consultant with Verbal Media LLC of Titusville, NJ.

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