Careers in Focus

School Library Journal

Gr 7 Up-Students interested in computers and looking for an exciting career in the growing world of telecommunications will find this book most helpful. Beginning with a brief history of the Internet, the book then presents a wide variety of hi-tech jobs, including video-game designers, programmers, analysts, consultants, developers, entrepreneurs, journalists, researchers, and more. Each chapter begins with a small chart that details necessary courses, personal skills, work environment, education level, salary, certification, and job outlook followed by informative narrative descriptions of each topic for each specific career. Students will find this title to be accessible, useful, and thorough.-Susan Shaver, Hemingford Public Schools, NE Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.