Based on extensive market research from the U.S. Department of Labor, this classic job information resource offers easy-to-read descriptions regarding job skills, education requirements, advancement opportunities, and salary data. Also contains a special section on growth projections for the 500 largest jobs through the year 2005.

Explore hundreds of careers, assess your best career fit, and land a job fast with this extensive, authoritative resource. In one time-saving volume, job seekers and students find everything they need to research careers; learn about pay, outlook, education, and skills needed for about 300 jobs; match their personal skills to the jobs; and take seven steps to land a good job in less time. This book provides thorough, current, and interesting descriptions for all major jobs, covering about 90 percent of the workforce. A special book-within-a-book section by career and job search author Michael Farr describes the seven steps that cut job search time in half and includes sample resumes. An assessment matches your personal skills with the characteristics of the occupations described in the book.

Contains detailed descriptions, including market trends, salaries, and growth potential of 110 careers. This book covers more than 500 jobs--90 percent of the U.S. workforce.

The first comprehensive analysis of work and the workforce in the United States, from the Industrial Revolution to the era of globalization. This comprehensive two-volume reference book is the first to analyze the central role of work and the workforce in U.S. life from the Industrial Revolution through today's information economy. Drawing on a variety of disciplines—economics, public policy, law, human and civil rights, cultural studies, and organizational psychology—its 256 entries examine key events, concepts, institutions, and individuals in labor history. Entries also tackle tough contemporary questions that reflect the conflicts inherent in capitalism. What is the impact of work on families and communities? On minority and immigrant populations? How shall we respond to changing work roles and the growing influence of the transnational corporation? Work in America describes and evaluates attempts to address social and class issues—affirmative action, occupational health and safety, corporate management science, and trade unionism and organized labor—and offers the kind of comprehensive understanding needed to discover workable solutions.

For the past 50 years, the Occupational Outlook Handbook has been the most widely used and trusted source of occupational information -- anywhere! JIST's edition is a complete reprint of the original!

This book is an up-to-date resource for career information, giving details on all major jobs in the United States.