Book description: Provides the most current information available on the job market in the United States and Canada. Each volume presents the many details involved in the job search and describes specifically what it's like to work at a given job. Entries include job profiles, career issues, sample application letters, resumes, and workers' rights.

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Updated by the American Medical Association, Health Care Careers Directory, 2012-2013 provides detailed information on 8,600 educational programs at 2,800 institutions in 82 different health care occupations.

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Description: The profiles featured in the OOH cover hundreds of occupations and describe What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more. Each profile also includes BLS employment projections for the 2010–20 decade.

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