The Jobs Rated Almanac: The Best Jobs and How to Get Them - Softcover

Krantz, Les; Lee, Tony

9781511528856: The Jobs Rated Almanac: The Best Jobs and How to Get Them

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511528850 ISBN 13: 9781511528856

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

For 27 years The Jobs Rated Almanac has captured America’s attention with its ranking of the best and worst jobs. It has steered many —from students to mid-career job changers— to the best jobs that have given them a lifetime of satisfaction, including high incomes, job security and the ability to grow professionally. For job prospectors it will pay thousands-fold its modest price. GET THAT JOB NOW! This expansive volume, America’s authority on the best jobs, now helps you GET them. Brand new in this just-released edition is a whole new portion, “Getting the Job.” In addition to the 200 best and worst jobs in 5 categories (Overall, Environment, Income, Outlook and Stress Levels), this new portion ties in with the resources on CareerCast.com, expanding their information far beyond what’s online. And that means expanding your job opportunities and giving you every possible edge to get the best job, earn the highest income it pays, and work in an environment in which you will be the most comfortable, from a plush office to the great outdoors and everywhere people get paid for their work. COMPARE THE JOBS: The 200 jobs in the Almanac provide in-depth information, more than any book. Know for sure which jobs provide great offices or a work environment in the fresh air and incomes that will grow. Rankings are based on more than 50 vital factors, from pay scales (entry level to advanced) to stress levels. Learn what employers want from job applicants including education and sometimes even related experience that may count more than you think. It’s all detailed here. 200 DIVERSE JOBS: The breath of jobs in this new edition range from the new cutting edge jobs to the traditional ones in the arts, the professions, science, math, IT and the best jobs in the trades too. There are a large number in the medical field, computers, business, journalism, education, and service industries. Some jobs have a special “mystique” and are not the usual—jobs like interpreter, actor, conservationist, fitness trainer, choreographer, and disc jockey. The “Jobs Rated Almanac” has more about the 200 surveyed jobs—including its valuable online links—than any careers book you can buy. It is regularly featured in media like NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, the Wall St. Journal and more. JOB OPENINGS ONLINE: There are over 100,000 online job openings...on the BEST jobs. Since the Almanac’s debut in 1988 it has kept pace with technology, from the new jobs it covers to the latest high-tech ways to get them in this cutting-edge job-getting tool. VALUABLE LINKS TO PROFESSIONAL & TRADE organizations that can help you land a job are provided. Peruse their sites and learn indispensable skills and events (some open even for those not yet in the field). It will give you that special edge at America’s top companies and international corporations, not to mention many new and smaller firms that are eager to meet new applicants. They all found here. You’ll never get more return on a modest investment. Many have attributed their career of choice to reading the Jobs Rated Almanac. Be smart, get the details you need, the income you want and the know-how to get the job. You will reap the rewards of this modest investment for your entire career.

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From the Publisher:

The best single sourcebook to help you match your goals and personality with your next job.

About the Author:

LES KRANTZ is a long-time publisher and author of many books on careers and business. Among them is this edition of the Jobs Rated Almanac, its 27th year. He has also authored the Job Finders Guide (from The Wall Steet Journal), the Buy-it-Right Business Products Guide (from the American Management Association), The Art of the Market (coauthored with Bob Tamarkin) and many other works. His writing has appeared in Fortune magazine; Managing Your Career from The Wall Street Journal; CareerCast.com, where he provides the annual Jobs Rated Report data, and other media. TONY LEE is Chief Alliance Officer of Adicio Inc., the Internet’s leading developer of classified-advertising software solutions, as well as Editor and Publisher of CareerCast.com, a site he created for job hunters and the HR community that has been recognized with multiple EPPYs, a Webby and Best of the Web Awards from Min and the American Society of Business Press Editors. Lee is co-author of the Jobs Rated Almanac, 2015 and Career Choice, Change and Challenge, and has published more than 15 books throughout his career. He also is the founder and former publisher of The Wall Street Journal Online Vertical Network, and prior to moving online, Lee was editor in chief of the National Business Employment Weekly and Managing Your Career, both published by Dow Jones & Co.

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