Synopsis
Introduces the career of human services worker, providing information about educational requirements, duties, the workplace, salary, employment outlook, and possible future ...
Children's Literature
This entry in the "Career Exploration" series introduces a particular career, provides information about personal and educational requirements, what daily work the career entails, the salary, how to prepare in high school and with higher education for this career, and the market outlook and possible future related to this job. The concise text opens with a Fast Facts section, includes a skills checklist, and in business-like prose, details aspects of the job. Pictures show a multicultural cast of clients but unfortunately, counselors and personnel workers are overwhelmingly pictured as middle-aged white women. Picture captions provide plenty of information for browsers, however, and the text is information-laden. Endmatter includes vocabulary, recent career resources, addresses, Internet sites and an index. 2001, Capstone, $21.26. Ages 10 to 14. Reviewer: Susan Hepler