So you want to work in? Find out all about what it is like to work in the these industries. This series explores various occupations and looks at the main tasks for each job, together with skills required and good points and bad points. Each description ends with a case study, following a typical 'day in the life' of an individual working in the industry. With colour photographs on every page, this essential book is ideal for assisting young teenagers with their research into various careers.

 

 

This book features in the following series: So You Want To Work, Wayland Weblinks .

There are 64 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Hachette Children's Group .

Margaret McAlpine is an experienced and specialist careers writer having left teaching in schools and further education colleges some 10 year ago to write careers information for the DfES, the Daily Mail and specialist publishers like Hobsons and Trotman.