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The Careers Directory 2007/8
The one-stop guide to professional careers.
Most of us don’t end up doing our dream career. But have you ever
stopped to think what steps you could take to help achieve your careers
goals? Or just how many jobs - including many you’ve never considered or
even heard of - might be contained within a single career area?
The Careers Directory encourages readers to take hold of their own career
destiny by uncovering the truth about what it takes to get into some 425
professional careers. The Directory analyses the main careers using a
system of nine standard headings. This system allows readers to compare
different careers quickly. The headings are:
What is involved?
Opportunities for training
Requirements for entry
Kind of person
Broad outlook
Related occupations
Impact on lifestyle
Earnings potential
Further information
Price: £15.99 Published: Sep-07
9780955054143
Degree Course Descriptions
Students need to know what’s relevant to them about the nature of the
degree course they’re considering. They do not want waffle or hype.
The descriptions in this book are written by heads of departments and
senior lecturers at major universities. These people know the courses from
the inside and understand the difficulties facing students who are about to
make choices that will affect their whole lives.
Each description contains:
• a wide-ranging overview of the course area;
• details of typical course structures;
• career opportunities for graduates;
• recommended reading and
• website links.
In addition to the course descriptions, there are general articles covering
related topics such as budgeting and other considerations when choosing
a degree course.
Price: £12.99 Published: Sep-07
9780955045150
www.ucasbooks.com publicationservices@ucas.ac.uk
Life After... Series
Armed with a hard-earned degree the
possibilities and career paths are limitless,
and the number of choices to be made can
seem bewildering. Written specifically to
help students currently studying, or who
have recently graduated, make informed
choices about their future, these guides will
be a source of invaluable advice and
wisdom to graduates on where their degree
can take them, covering such topics as:
• identifying a career path that interests
you – and how to start pursuing it;
• the worldwide opportunities open to
engineering graduates;
• staying motivated and pursuing your
goals;
• networking and self-promotion and
• making the transition from scholar to
worker.
Price each: £9.99 Published
Life After...
Biological Sciences 9780415412490 Apr-07
Business and Administrative Studies 0415375916 Apr-06
Languages and Literature 0415375932 Apr-06
Social Sciences 9780415412476 Apr-07
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