Provides descriptions of over one hundred major office, management, sales, and professional jobs in America, with information on earnings, requirements, working conditions, and projected growth; and includes tips on career planning and job search techniques.
Focusing on more than 100 major office, management, and sales jobs, this reference guide features thorough narrative descriptions that include nature of work, working conditions, employment training, other qualifications, advancement, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources of additional information.
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.
With facts, figures, and trenchant case histories, Jill Fraser chronicles the catastrophic sea change in industry after industry: telecommunications, the media, banking, information technology, Wall Street. Her book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of the American economy--or worried about their own job.
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