Nontraditional Careers for Women and Men: More Than 30 Great Jobs for Women and Men With Apprenticeships Through Phds - Softcover

Andrew G. Morkes

9780974525198: Nontraditional Careers for Women and Men: More Than 30 Great Jobs for Women and Men With Apprenticeships Through Phds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974525197 ISBN 13: 9780974525198

Publisher: College & Career Pr Llc, 2012

The U.S. Department of Labor classifies nontraditional careers as those in which 25 percent or less of the people working in that particular career are of a particular gender. Nontraditional careers are found in all major occupational groups (from business and health care to construction, engineering, and public safety). Opportunities are available for people from all educational backgrounds from apprenticeship training to graduate degrees. Nontraditional Careers for Women & Men provides information on 22 nontraditional careers for women and 9 nontraditional careers for men. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDL) reports that nontraditional careers are especially attractive to women because they offer higher entry-level wages and a career ladder with pay between $20 and $40 per hour. Additionally, the USDL reports that growth in the economy is projected to expand employment in many of these occupations and secondly, there will be strong demand for workers in these fields due to expected retirements or transfers of current workers to other occupations. Additionally, most articles in Nontraditional Careers for Women & Men feature one or more interviews with professionals in that particular field, who provide useful advice on what it takes to land a job and be successful in the career especially as a worker in a nontraditional field for their gender. Other features include informative sidebars, photographs, an index, and three appendixes: Women s Construction Associations; Nontraditional Occupations of Employed Women in 2010; and Nontraditional Occupations of Employed Men in 2010.

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