Careers and Occupations: Looking to the Future, 2008 Edition (Information Plus Reference Series)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 1414407467......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS (with page links)......Page 5
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK......Page 6
COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS......Page 7
Race and Ethnicity......Page 8
Age......Page 10
EDUCATION......Page 12
FAMILIES......Page 14
Families with Children......Page 15
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY......Page 16
EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION......Page 17
WORK ARRANGEMENTS......Page 18
Contingent Worker Characteristics......Page 19
Alternative Work Arrangements......Page 20
Education and Poverty Rate......Page 21
Poverty Trends by Family Structure......Page 23
EMPLOYEE TENURE......Page 24
Number of Jobs Held......Page 26
UNION MEMBERSHIP......Page 27
Earnings......Page 30
The Shift to a Service Economy......Page 34
How Much Time Do Americans Spend at Work?......Page 36
Survey of Workers’ Hours......Page 39
Flexible Schedules......Page 40
Shift Schedules......Page 41
Perceived......Page 42
Displaced Workers......Page 43
Where You Live......Page 48
Race, Gender, and Marital Status......Page 49
Occupations and Industries......Page 51
HOW LONG DOES UNEMPLOYMENT LAST?......Page 53
REASONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT......Page 54
Duration by Reason of Unemployment......Page 55
Reasons for Not Working......Page 56
How Well Educated Are Americans?......Page 58
Who Is in College?......Page 59
Types of Degrees......Page 64
HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS......Page 66
EDUCATION AND EARNINGS......Page 68
EDUCATION AND POVERTY......Page 71
Gender......Page 74
Race and Ethnicity......Page 76
EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY......Page 77
Services-Producing Industries......Page 79
Goods-Producing Industries......Page 81
Types of Work......Page 82
Demand for Information Technology Workers......Page 83
Postsecondary Vocational Training......Page 85
WHICH WILL BE THE BEST JOBS?......Page 89
SELF-EMPLOYMENT......Page 91
Full-Time, Year-Round Workers......Page 96
Occupations......Page 97
Starting Salaries for New College Graduates......Page 100
Private Industry......Page 104
Social Security......Page 109
Working Conditions......Page 112
Sources of Career Information......Page 113
Networking......Page 114
Employment Services......Page 115
Cover Letters......Page 116
EVALUATING A JOB OFFER......Page 117
Job Satisfaction......Page 118
WAGES AND HOURS......Page 120
Benefits......Page 121
Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities......Page 122
DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT......Page 124
Discrimination......Page 125
Sexual Harassment......Page 129
THE RIGHT TO JOIN A UNION......Page 130
Polygraph Exams......Page 131
PRIVACY RIGHTS......Page 132
Why Start a Business?......Page 134
Business Plan......Page 135
What Type of Business?......Page 136
Perceptions of Success......Page 137
Home-based Businesses......Page 138
Impact of the Internet......Page 140
IMPORTANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES......Page 142
RESOURCES......Page 144
B......Page 146
C......Page 147
E......Page 148
G......Page 149
I......Page 150
L......Page 151
N......Page 152
P......Page 153
S......Page 154
T......Page 156
W......Page 157
Y......Page 158