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300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree (Best Jobs)
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Product Description
In just two steps, "300 Best Jobs without a Four-Year Degree" helps the non-college grad quickly and easily narrow their career options and learn more about jobs of interest. Step One: Readers browse a variety of "best jobs" lists. Step Two: Readers learn more about the jobs of interest by looking up their descriptions. Features more than 50 "best jobs" lists, including best pay, fastest growth, most openings, best part-time, best for self-employment, and more.
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300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree (Best Jobs)
- Paperback: 459 pages
- Publisher: JIST Works; 2006-02
- Label: JIST Works
- Studio: JIST Works
- ISBN: 1593572425
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 5 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #466796
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: bulls snot 2007-05-06
Comment: get the degree just dont go in debt for it..get your work experiences(as many fields possible)...save ur money, dont buy this book....just borrow it from somewhere...
28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Not completely accurate. 2006-08-14
Comment: There are several discrepancies in this book, starting with the title. The top job is an air traffic controller, making approx. $120K a year. Here's the problem: To become an air traffic controller, a person must enroll in an FAA-approved education program and pass a pre-employment test that measures his or her ability to learn the controller's duties. Exceptions are air traffic controllers with prior experience and military veterans. The pre-employment test is currently offered only to students in the FAA Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative Program or the Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Air Traffic Control Training Program. The test is administered by computer and takes about 8 hours to complete. To take the test, an applicant must apply under an open advertisement for air traffic control positions and be chosen to take the examination. When there are many more applicants than available positions, applicants are selected to take the test through random selection. In addition to the pre-employment test, applicants must have 3 years of full-time work experience, have completed a full 4 years of college, or a combination of both. In combining education and experience, 1 year of undergraduate study--30 semester or 45 quarter hours--is equivalent to 9 months of work experience. Certain kinds of aviation experience also may be substituted for these requirements.
That to me says I need a degree! Several other jobs listed in the book are also "mis-informing".
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Find the Right Job for You 2006-02-27
Comment: For those who aren't ready to tackle four years of college, there are still some good jobs out there. In 496 pages, this gives the details on the top 300 jobs that don't require that degree. The top paying one is air traffic controller which pays on the average $102,030 a year.
This is a good resource for anyone trying to decide on a career. Another resource is the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is available in the reference section of most public libraries.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Not as accurate as it seems 2006-02-09
Comment: One of the top 20 jobs they listed was that of the Forest Firefighter. Unfortunately they failed to take into account recent developments in federal Human Resources policy with regard to the federal wildfire service. New policy requires that anyone in a supervisory or managerial position MUST have a certain type of college degree or certain higher educational credits regardless of experience. This means that anyone without a college degree has very limited promoteability and while it might do as a job, it will not result in a career for them. They will certainly not have the salary indicated in this book. Knowing this one must wonder about the accuracy of the other information in this "updated" edition.
15 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: A superb guide for non-college degree job-seekers 2003-01-06
Comment: Collaboratively written by Michael Farr and LaVerne L. Ludden, with additional assistance by Laurence Shatkin, 300 Best Jobs Without A Four-Year Degree is an impressive and thoroughly "user friendly" 449-page compendium of useful lists, statistics, and thorough descriptions of exciting and satisfying jobs, none of which require a college degree. The basics of the trade for everything from advertising sale agents to welding machine operators are presented in a completely reader-friendly format, along with data drawn from government information about the overall makeup of the people who are drawn to each career path. 300 Best Jobs Without A Four-Year Degree is highly recommended as a superb guide for non-college degree job-seekers and otherwise cash-poor students.
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