The Career Chronicles: An Insider’s Guide to What Jobs Are Really Like – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly from Over 750 Professionals
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Adult/High School An introduction to 23 jobs in health care, architecture, the law, financial services, education, the social sciences, information technology, sales, media, and more. Gregory dedicates a separate chapter to each one, opening with its history and background and describing the current status of the field (including statistics on employment levels, education required, and average salaries). The most revealing portions of each chapter are t…
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3.0 out of 5 stars
ok for general info
This book is ok for a reference. I think much of the info can easily be found online. Good for HS Grads trying to pick a major.
This book is unlike any I’ve seen. For college students deciding on a career, it is an excellent commentary about “real world” jobs, well researched, logically organized, easy to read. I teach in college and will definitely recommend it to my students.
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Offers college students an excellent opportunity to make better informed decisions on their career choices
THE CAREER CHRONICLES: AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO WHAT JOBS ARE REALLY LIKE offers professional opinions and assessments on jobs from over seven hundred professionals.
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The Career Chronicles
During the last year of high school, the most common question is “what are you going to do with your life”.
I was really interested in this book after reading the other reviews. I am an educator and am always looking for books that can help students or their parents. When I read this book, I quickly realized the importance that this book serves to those graduating from high school or those looking for a new career. There is so much valuable and rich information for each career. Of course, I had to flip directly to the education portion of the book to see what it had to say. After reading it, I realized how easy my first two years of teaching would have been if I knew this information beforehand. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
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Where was this book when I was in college?
This is an excellent resource. It would have been beneficial had this book been written seventeen years ago when I was in college and trying to figure out what I wanted to do for…
What a fantastic book to read in helping one select a career. This book is subdivided by various careers including health care, law, architecture, education and IT. It gives the opinions of seasoned professionals where it describes the pros and cons of their career decision. The books even asks the professionals if they would choose the same career if given a choice. I hope that this becomes a necessary reference book for colleges and institutions that help people make a career decision. This book is an excellent tool for anyone deciding on their career path!
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Truly A Great Guide
This book offers an excellent description of a broad array of professions. I was amazed at how honest the comments were from those that participated in the book as well as the…