Guide to Your Career, 5th Edition

by PRINCETON REVIEW

• ISBN13: 9780375763991
• ISBN10: 0375763996
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

Career counselor Alan B. Bernstein helps you identify your interests and style by guiding you through the Birkman Career Style Summary. You will answer a series of questions about your personal preferences and then score yourself to identify your Birkman colors on a grid. Your Birkman colors represent your career interests and stylenot only what you like to do but also how you like to do it. The Princeton Review's Guide to Your Career features: Profiles of more than 200 professions, from accountant to zoologist First-hand insight from professionals Easy organization so you can find all the careers compatible with your needs and desires In-depth information on the hottest careers in a twenty-first century economy, from the expected (attorney, carpenter, and dentist) to the unexpected (baseball player, sommelier, and wedding consultant) Crucial career data, including average salaries and major associations Alan B. Bernstein, C.S.W., P.C., is a psychotherapist with expertise in career development and has consulted on strategic training and development programs at major institutions.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xiii
Career Creation	p. 1
Finding a Career You Love	p. 3
The Birkman Method	p. 9
Applying Your Memories	p. 25
Interviewing as an Art Form	p. 43
Career Options	p. 57
Key to the Careers	p. 59
The Red Careers	p. 67
Aerospace Engineer	p. 68
Architect	p. 70
Astronaut	p. 72
Auto Mechanic	p. 74
Avionics Technician	p. 76
Baseball Player	p. 78
Biochemist	p. 80
Biologist	p. 82
Carpenter	p. 84
Caterer	p. 86
Chef	p. 88
Chemical Engineer	p. 90
Chemist	p. 92
Civil Engineer	p. 94
Computer Egineer	p. 96
Computer/Programmer	p. 98
Construction Manager/Constructor	p. 100
Corrections Officer	p. 102
Criminologist	p. 104
Detective/Private Investigator	p. 106
Developer	p. 108
Ecologist	p. 110
Electrical Engineer	p. 112
Electrician	p. 114
Entrepreneur
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