Career Ideas For Teens In Law And Public Safety

by Reeves, Diane Lindsey; Karlitz, Gail

• ISBN13: 9780816052912
• ISBN10: 0816052913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Ferguson Pub

Summary

Sections include: - Discover You at Work: Walks readers through a step-by-step process to identify their strengths and interests and match them to appropriate jobs. Readers use a Work Interest Profiler (WIP), based on the career research of Dr. John Holland and devised by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration as part of the O NET Program. - Explore Your Options: Provides in-depth descriptions of approximately 35 jobs per volume and includes resources for further information. Special sidebars outline exercises that encourage readers to "hire themselves" and learn firsthand what the job is like. - Experiment with Success: Includes a roundtable interview with a selection of successful workers from different branches of the career cluster who describe how they got started and what helped them succeed. Discussions teach readers how to begin networking early and how to gather career information from established professionals. Throughout each volume, 10 Big Questions and 10 Big Activities help readers create their own personal career exploration portfolio. The activities help readers ask the right questions about what kind of career they want and how they can prepare for it and encourage them to become their own best career counselor. The perfect follow-up to the Career Ideas for Kids series (see page 16), Career Ideas for Teens is an invaluable career tool for all teenagers wondering what they want to do in life.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Welcome to Your Future	1	(4)
Discover You at Work	5	(26)
Big Question #1: Who Are You?	6	(3)
Big Question #2: What Are Your Interests and Strengths?	9	(3)
Big Question #3: What Are Your Work Values?	12	(5)
Big Question #4: What Is Your Work Personality?	17	(14)
Explore Your Options	31	(106)
Administrative Law Judge	35	(3)
Arbitrator and Mediator	38	(2)
Bailiff	40	(2)
Border Patrol Agent	42	(3)
Coroner	45	(2)
Correctional Officer	47	(3)
Court Reporter	50	(3)
Emergency Management Specialist	53	(3)
Emergency Medical Technician	56	(3)
Federal Special Agent	59	(3)
Fire Investigator	62	(2)
Fire Marshal	64	(2)
Forensic Artist	66	(2)
Forensic Nurse	68	(2)
Forensic Pathologist	70	(2)
Forensic Science Technician	72	(3)
Hazardous Materials Technician	75	(3)
Humane Law Enforcement Officer	78	(2)
Immigration Officer	80	(3)
Information Systems Security Specialist	83	(3)
Insurance Investigator	86	(2)
Judge	88	(3)
Lawyer	91	(3)
Legal Nurse Consultant	94	(3)
Municipal Firefighter	97	(3)
Occupational Health and Safety Specialist	100	(3)
Paralegal	103	(2)
Parole and Probation Officer	105	(3)
Police Officer	108	(3)
Private Investigator	111	(3)
Public Safety Dispatcher	114	(3)
Public Safety Diver	117	(2)
Recreational Services Safety Specialist	119	(3)
Wildland Firefighter	122	(3)
Wildlife Conservation Officer	125	(3)
Big Question #5: Do You Have the Right Skills?	128	(3)
More Career Ideas in Law and Public Safety	131	(2)
Big Question #6: Are You on the Right Path?	133	(4)
Experiment with Success	137	(34)
Big Question #7: Who Knows What You Need to Know?	139	(3)
Ask the Experts	142	(16)
Big Question #8: How Can You Find Out What a Career Is Really Like?	158	(6)
Big Question #9: How Do You Know When You've Made the Right Choice?	164	(4)
Big Question #10: What's Next?	168	(3)
A Final Word	171	(2)
Appendix	173	(4)
Index	177

Excerpts

From providing legal services and security to law enforcement and corrections, law and public safety professionals ensure safety and order in society. Career Ideas for Teens in Law and Public Safety profiles 35 jobs in this field that are both challenging and rewarding, covering everything teens need to know about available opportunities in this exciting profession.
Careers profiled include:
Administrative law judge
Bailiff
Coroner
Correctional officer
Emergency medical technician
Fire investigator
Forensic pathologist
Immigration officer
Lawyer
Occupational health and safety specialist
Police officer
Wildland firefighter.