Careers: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your Future

  • Type: Books
  • By: DK
  • Age Category: Teens
  • Genre: Non-Fiction
  • Recommended by: Eric S.
  • ISBN/UPC: 9780744051728
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A great resource for high school students

Statisticians estimate that the average person will spend a whopping 90,000 hours or one third of their life earning a living.  Therefore, occupational path is one of the most important decisions that a person will make as a young adult. This book is an excellent resource for teens who trying to figure out what career might best fit their unique interests, personality, innate abilities, and educational aspirations.  It includes information on over 400 specific jobs, which are divided among 15 sections.  Each contains several occupations that make-up a particular “family” of related jobs.  As usual DK provides readers with a plethora of helpful information, organized in manner that is visually appealing and very easy to read.