ESL Reading List: Occupations

Provides career alternatives to attending college, discussing the advantages of entering the workforce without a college education, explaining the value of technical training, and detailing careers that do not require a college degree.

Part I: Using the job-match grid to choose a career -- Part II: Descriptions of the 100 fastest-growing careers -- Part III: Quick job search: Seven steps to getting a good job in less time -- Part IV: Important trends in jobs and industries.

Many jobs that do not require a four-year degree need workers and are growing quickly. This completely updated edition of Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree identifies which of these jobs are most promising and offers extensive information about them.

Architects -- Bricklayers and stonemasons -- Carpenters -- Cement masons -- Civil engineers -- Construction inspectors -- Construction managers -- Cost estimators -- Drafters -- Drywall installers and finishers -- Electricians -- Floor covering installers -- Heating and cooling technicians -- Landscape architects -- Marble setters, tile setters, and terrazzo workers -- Operating engineers -- Painters and paperhangers -- Plasterers -- Plumbers and pipefitters -- Roofers -- Sheet metal workers -- Surveyors -- Welders -- Additional careers.

Features 20 career paths.

Presents information on how to pursue employment in environmentally safe transportation, discussing employers, working conditions, workplaces, and training.