Where The Jobs Are Now – Book Review & Giveaway
Posted by: Brandon on February 8, 2010 at 7:24 PMCategory: Giveaways, Product Review
I would like to introduce you to a new book, Where The Jobs Are Now by Joe Watson.
About the book
Get the skills you need to move into the fastest-growing—and recession-proof—industries
Despite the current job market, there are industries that are still extremely successful and open to new job seekers. Prominent career adviser Joe Watson shows you how to delve into the top 7 industries for stability, profitability, and job satisfaction.
Where the Jobs Are Now is a one-stop resource and reference guide that breaks down these growth industries (health care, biotechnology, energy, education, government, security and information technology) and their roles in a clear, down-to-earth way, and most importantly, shows how you can quickly gain the necessary skills for a long and profitable career in any of these fields. Regain your feelings of security and confidence and take control of your future.
- Gives a detailed breakdown of career opportunities in the fastest-growing industries
- Offers the most recent information on how to get the training you need to start in or transfer to one of these industries – with minimal disruption
Product Details
- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (December 23, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 007170339X
- ISBN-13: 978-0071703390
You can purchase a copy of Where The Jobs Are Now from Amazon today!
The catch-phrase on the back of the book sums it up pretty well, “The 7 Best-Kept Secrets Of The Job Market.”
I was looking through Shawn Ann’s stack of review materials when I saw Where The Jobs Are Now. After finding out what the book was about I asked her if I could read it and do the review, I’m glad I did. Being out of work myself and looking to get into a new career this book gave me a lot of useful information, and a place to start.
The introduction lines it all out for you; unemployment rates are at a 26 year high, and the numbers are going up. Even when the economy does take a turn for the better the rate at which jobs come back will be much slower than the rate at which they have been lost. And even when the jobs do start to come back, we can’t expect the “same” jobs. Times are changing, the economy is changing, and the old rules of job hunting are changing. The manufacturing jobs (as in my case) that once were the backbone of the workforce are giving way to the new breed of employment fields. But there are a few fields, 7 in fact, that analysts have shown will be booming in the future, and getting into these fields is what us out of work people should really consider.
Where The Jobs Are Now goes into depth describing the seven work fields; Health Care, Government, Biotechnology, Green Energy, Education, Security, and Information Technology. And instead of just saying “here is a field, now go get a job in it”, the author (Joe Watson) partitions the various aspects of the field out for you. For instance, “Health Care” isn’t just for doctors or nurses. It’s a growing field that will require accountants, technicians to maintain facilities, service people, computer systems administrators, people in their legal department, and even people with bi-lingual skills (just to name a few). The author also included real-world examples/testimonials of people who gave up one career for another in one of these 7 fields with great success. I for one plan on using my earlier career in Information Technology (which I got bored of, that’s why I went into Manufacturing) to seek a new career in the stable and booming field of Health Care.
Where The Jobs Are Now is full of information, and the appendix makes a great reference for furthering your “quest for knowledge” by providing website URLs, information for student aid, job search sites, industry news, career information, etc.
Where The Jobs Are Now is a good read and doesn’t bore you to death with nothing but statistics and numbers and then telling you what you should do. Instead it gives you the information you need to make your own decisions, and then goes a bit further. I really enjoyed it, and am glad I got the chance to review it. And I’m glad my little boy was nice enough to give me some peace and quiet today in order to finish reading it.
Disclosure: I would like to thank Jocelyn at Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. for providing a copy of this book for the purpose of this review.
The Giveaway
Jocelyn has graciously offered to give one of Shawn Ann’s World readers their very own copy of Where The Jobs Are Now!
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This Giveaway will end on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:59PM EST.
The Winner will be chosen by Random.org. I will post the Winner here on Shawn Ann’s World, as well as, email directly. You will then have 48 hours to claim your Prize.
guess I’ll be rotating them every so often or giving one to my mom so she can enjoy the convenience of them also!
Just a couple days before her oldest son turned 7 (Monday). Kyna is survived by her husband, John; sons Zackary, 7, & Carter, 4; parents, Ken (Lisa) Mayo and Vicki (Dan) Hunt; grandmother, Margaret (Jay) Cook; sister, Krista Mayo; 13 nieces and nephews; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.
