America's Top White-Collar Jobs: Detailed Information on 110 Major Office, Management, Sales, and Professional Jobs

by Farr, J. Michael; Farr, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9781563707193
• ISBN10: 1563707195
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Jist Works

Summary

White-collar fields offer many opportunities for people at all levels of education and training. Some jobs in these large, rapidly growing areas require advanced education or substantial experience, but many others do not. For example, many sales jobs have unlimited earnings yet do not need lengthy training for entry. These and many other occupations-110 in all-are described in this book.

Author Biography

Mike Farr has been teaching, writing, and developing his job search techniques for over 20 years. He has written over 20 books that have sold over 2 million copies. Mike emphasizes practical, results-oriented methods that have been proven to help people find better jobs-and reduce the time it takes to find a job. His writing style is friendly and clear, and his commonsense advice has made his books the most widely used in career libraries and job search programs throughout North America.

Table of Contents

Accountants and Auditors	11	(3)
Actors, Directors, and Producers	14	(3)
Actuaries	17	(2)
Adjusters, Investigators, and Collectors	19	(6)
Administrative Services and Facility Managers	25	(2)
Adult and Vocational Education Teachers	27	(2)
Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations Managers	29	(3)
Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers	32	(3)
Air Traffic Controllers	35	(3)
Announcers	38	(2)
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	40	(3)
Archivists, Curators, Museum Technicians, and Conservators	43	(3)
Armed Forces	46	(7)
Bank Tellers	53	(2)
Billing Clerks and Billing Machine Operators	55	(2)
Blue-Collar Worker Supervisors	57	(2)
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	59	(1)
Brokerage Clerks and Statement Clerks	60	(2)
Budget Analysts	62	(2)
Cashiers	64	(2)
Chropractors	66	(2)
Clergy	68	(5)
College and University Faculty	73	(3)
Computer Operators	76	(2)
Computer Programmers	78	(3)
Construction and Building Inspectors	81	(3)
Construction Managers	84	(2)
Cost Estimators	86	(3)
Counselors	89	(3)
Counter and Rental Clerks	92	(2)
Court Reporters, Medical Transcriptionists, and Stenographers	94	(2)
Dentists	96	(2)
Designers	98	(3)
Dietitians and Nutritionists	101	(2)
Dispatchers	103	(2)
Drafters	105	(2)
Economists and Marketing Research Analysts	107	(3)
Education Administrators	110	(3)
Employment Interviewers, Private or Public Employment Service	113	(3)
Engineering, Natural Science, and Computer and Information Systems Managers	116	(3)
Farmers and Farm Managers	119	(3)
File Clerks	122	(1)
Financial Managers	123	(3)
Funeral Directors and Morticians	126	(3)
General Managers and Top Executives	129	(2)
Government Chief Executives and Legislators	131	(2)
Health Services Managers	133	(2)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	135	(2)
Hotel Managers and Assistants	137	(2)
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	139	(2)
Human Resources Clerks, except Payroll and Timekeeping	141	(1)
Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists and Managers	142	(5)
Industrial Production Managers	147	(2)
Information Clerks	149	(5)
Inspectors and Compliance Officers, Except Construction	154	(3)
Insurance Sales Agents	157	(3)
Insurance Underwriters	160	(2)
Interviewing and New Accounts Clerks	162	(2)
Landscape Architects	164	(3)
Lawyers and Judicial Workers	167	(5)
Librarians	172	(3)
Library Assistants and Bookmobile Drivers	175	(2)
Library Technicians	177	(1)
Loan Clerks and Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	178	(2)
Loan Officers and Counselors	180	(2)
Mail Clerks and Messengers	182	(2)
Management Analysts	184	(3)
Manufacturers' and Wholesale Sales Representatives	187	(2)
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Occupations	189	(6)
Office and Administrative Support Supervisors and Managers	195	(2)
Office Clerks, General	197	(1)
Operations Research Analysts	198	(2)
Opticians, Dispensing	200	(1)
Optometrists	201	(2)
Order Clerks	203	(2)
Paralegals	205	(2)
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	207	(2)
Pharmacists	209	(2)
Physicians	211	(3)
Podiatrists	214	(2)
Police and Detectives	216	(4)
Postal Clerks and Mail Carriers	220	(2)
Private Detectives and Investigators	222	(3)
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	225	(2)
Psychologists	227	(3)
Public Relations Specialists	230	(3)
Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents	233	(3)
Real Estate Agents and Brokers	236	(3)
Receptionists	239	(2)
Records Processing Occupations	241	(10)
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	251	(2)
Restaurant and Food Service Managers	253	(3)
Retail Salespersons	256	(2)
Retail Sales Worker Supervisors and Managers	258	(2)
School Teacher---Kindergarten, Elementary, and Secondary	260	(4)
Secretaries	264	(2)
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Representatives	266	(4)
Services Sales Representatives	270	(2)
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	272	(2)
Social Workers	274	(3)
Special Education Teachers	277	(2)
Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists	279	(3)
Statisticians	282	(2)
Stock Clerks	284	(1)
Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying Technicians	285	(2)
Travel Agents	287	(2)
Urban and Regional Planners	289	(2)
Veterinarians	291	(3)
Word Processors, Typists, and Data Entry Keyers	294	(2)
Writers and Editors, including Technical Writers	296