Field, Shelly

On cover: A comprehensive guide to the exciting careers open to you in sports or sports-related fields.

Outlines career opportunities in theater and the performing arts, discussing such aspects as salaries, skill requirements, advancement prospects, and how to get started in the business.

Profiles more than seventy jobs that are available in the sports industry, including professional athletes, sports journalism, retailing, sports medicine, coaching, and education.

Guide to 100 of the fastest-growing occupations for the twenty-first century, divided into eleven general employment sections, and offering job facts in an overview chart, followed by descriptive information in a narrative text. Includes resources for further information.

Provides information on over ninety careers in the music industry, covering salaries, employment prospects, opportunities for advancement, along with the required education and training, skills, experience, and personality traits; and discussing unions, associations, and tips to enter the field.

Profiles more than eighty jobs that are available in the sports industry, such as professional baseball player, physical education teacher, and health club manager, including information on required skills, education, training, associations, salaries, employment prospects, advancement opportunities, and more.

Discusses the exploitation of animals and describes various careers and volunteer opportunities associated with the animal rights movement.

Provides advice for getting into and succeeding in a career in theater and the performing arts, discussing career goals, job searching, networking, self-promotion, interviewing, resumes, and other related topics, and includes self-assessment worksheets and resources.

Describes more than eighty music industry careers, including information on salaries, special requirements, advancement, unions, schools, and how to find jobs.