- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Relax. You Don’t Have to Read This Whole Book!
- Contents
- Introduction
- The 100 Fastest-Growing Careers List
- Some Advice for Reviewing the Fastest-Growing Careers
- Keep in Mind That Your Situation Is Probably Not “Average”
- Four Important Labor Market Trends That Will Affect Your Career
- Tips on Using This Book
- Information on the Major Parts of This Book
- Other Major Career Information Sources
- Part I: Using the Job-Match Grid to Choose a Career
- Part II: Descriptions of the 100 Fastest-Growing Careers
- Accountants and Auditors
- Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers
- Animal Care and Service Workers
- Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related Workers
- Barbers, Cosmetologists, and Other Personal Appearance Workers
- Bill and Account Collectors
- Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators
- Biological Scientists
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Cargo and Freight Agents
- Carpenters
- Child Care Workers
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Network, Systems, and Database Administrators
- Computer Software Engineers and Computer Programmers
- Computer Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Construction Equipment Operators
- Construction Laborers
- Construction Managers
- Cooks and Food Preparation Workers
- Correctional Officers
- Cost Estimators
- Counselors
- Customer Service Representatives
- Dental Assistants
- Dental Hygienists
- Dentists
- Desktop Publishers
- Electricians
- Engineers
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists
- Financial Analysts
- Fire Fighters
- Fitness Workers
- Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers
- Graphic Designers
- Grounds Maintenance Workers
- Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Home Health Aides and Personal and Home Care Aides
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
- Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and Specialists
- Instructional Coordinators
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
- Lawyers
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Management Analysts
- Market and Survey Researchers
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Medical Assistants
- Medical Equipment Repairers
- Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
- Medical Scientists
- Nursing and Psychiatric Aides
- Occupational Therapists
- Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors and Managers
- Office Clerks, General
- Operations Research Analysts
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians and Aides
- Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
- Physical Therapists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians and Surgeons
- Plumbers, Pipelayers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Police and Detectives
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
- Public Relations Specialists
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Recreation Workers
- Registered Nurses
- Respiratory Therapists
- Retail Salespersons
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
- Science Technicians
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance Officers
- Social and Human Service Assistants
- Social Workers
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
- Surgical Technologists
- Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs
- Teacher Assistants
- Teachers—Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
- Teachers—Postsecondary
- Teachers—Preschool, Except Special Education
- Teachers—Self-Enrichment Education
- Teachers—Special Education
- Truck Drivers and Driver/Sales Workers
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Part III: QUICK JOB SEARCH Seven Steps to Getting a Good Job in Less Time
- The Complete Text of a Results-Oriented Book by Michael Farr
- The Three Types of Skills
- Is It Possible to Find Your Ideal Job?
- How Can You Explore Specific Job Titles and Industries?
- Is Self-Employment or Starting a Business an Option?
- Identify Your Job-Related Skills for Your Ideal Job
- Use the Two Job Search Methods That Work Best
- Create a Powerful Job Search Tool: The JIST Card®
- Use the Internet in Your Job Search
- Get the Most Out of Less Effective Job Search Methods
- Writing Chronological Resumes
- Writing Skills and Combination Resumes
- More Resume Examples
- Quick Tips for Writing a Cover Letter in 15 Minutes
- Make Your Search a Full-Time Job
- Decide How Much Time You Will Spend Looking for Work Each Week and Day
- Create a Specific Daily Job Search Schedule
- Your First Impression May Be the Only One You Make
- Follow the Three-Step Process for Answering Interview Questions
- How to Earn a Thousand Dollars a Minute
- Thank-You Notes Make a Difference
- Use Job Lead Cards to Follow Up
- In Closing
- Additional Resources
- Use a Career Portfolio to Support Your Resume
- Part IV: Important Trends in Jobs and Industries
- Overview of Employment Projections Through 2018
- High-Paying Occupations with Many Openings, Projected 2008–2018
- Large Metropolitan Areas That Had the Fastest Employment Growth, 2008
- Index
100 Fastest-Growing Careers, Eleventh Edition
Your Complete Guidebook to Major Jobs with the Most Growth and Openings
© 2010 by JIST Publishing
Published by JIST Works, an imprint of JIST Publishing 7321
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Some books by Michael Farr:
Best Jobs for the 21st Century
Overnight Career Choice
Next-Day Job Interview
Same-Day Resume
The Quick Resume & Cover Letter Book
The Very Quick Job Search
JIST’s Top Careers™ Series:
Top 300 Careers
Top 100 Health-Care Careers
Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree
Top 100 Careers for College Graduates
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