America S Top Military Careers

An essential reference for students, parents, counselors, teachers, job seekers, career changers, and others who assist people with careers. All the accurate and up-to-date information necessary to identify occupations in the armed forces with the best career advancement opportunities. Each year, the military recruits and trains about 365,000 people. As one of the nation's largest employers and one of the world's largest training systems, the military offers more than 10,000 separate courses of instruction and hundreds of major career options. This huge array of resources makes it difficult to fully understand the various career and training options -- or how military experience relates to civilian jobs. This book will help.

Describes 140 major careers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

Provides substantial detail on more than 40 major industries! This is a quality reprint (at a significantly lower price) of a substantial book produced by the U.S. Department of Labor. It explains how each industry works and gives facts on working conditions, job opportunities, earnings and benefits, training and education needed, advancement, and more. Includes helpful charts and tables. Cross-references job titles in the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Describes 140 major careers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.

Includes : Essential Career Planning, Informatin-packed Reviews of 40 Top Industires, Based on the Most Accurate and Up-to-Date Information.

There's a lot more than hype behind those recruitment spots that announce: "Be all that you can be!"..."Aim High!" and "It's More Than a Job--It's an Adventure!" In fact, America's modern military service branches offer young men and women training that prepares them for hundreds of different, highly rewarding manual, technical, and professional occupations. Barron's Guide to Military Careers is a must-read volume for everybody considering a career in the army, air force, navy, marines, or coast guard. The book features an inventory of each branch's major military equipment, resource listings that include available publications and videos, and a glossary of military terms. It also describes military training and available academic and special training programs, as well as ROTC programs. Among the military career opportunities described in this book are those in administration, aviation, combat, construction, engineering, health, human services, law enforcement, machine work, public affairs, ship operations, and many more.

Provides information on the top three hundred jobs in the United States as identified by the government's "Occupational Outlook Handbook," with descriptions of each job detailing skills and training requirements, salaries, working conditions, and growth and promotion projections.