"Career Anchors helps you explore and better understand your workplace skills and competencies, career motives, and values. Rather than a participant workbook, the fifth edition will be a trade book with a free assessment that's accessible with a unique pin included in the book. With this program, you will gain new insight into your career values and how they relate to your past and future choices. This easy-to-use workbook includes information about...

There's a lot more to being a good leader than standing in front of a group and telling them what to do. Effective leadership includes communication skills, confidence, compassion, discipline, and the ability to connect with your audience. This guide discusses the characteristics a leader needs and suggests ways for readers to reach their goals. Readers will also understand why it's important to treat group members with respect and compassion,

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Are you fascinated by sickness and how it spreads? Do you have the urge to help people suffering from diseases both known and unknown? Do you ever wonder how vaccines and cures are developed? If so, a career as an infectious disease specialist might be for you! Through interviews and actual case studies, you'll learn what it's like to be an infectious disease specialist and discover the role they play in modern medicine.

Food service workers have important jobs, and readers learn all about what makes these workers essential in this creative look at community helpers who don't often get their share of the spotlight. Clear and focused text introduces the basics of jobs in the food service industry, inspiring readers to look more deeply into a career in this area if they are interested in food. In addition, the fun and engaging tone encourages readers to show their appreciation...

The world needs transportation workers. They keep us moving, getting us to where we need to go. Even during the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, they often remained hard at work. Early learners discover basic facts about a variety of careers in transportation through short, simple sentences that encourage independent reading. This high-interest look at a special kind of community helper includes vibrant photographs of trains, buses, and more -...

Theme: Hi-Lo, life skills, career, achieve independence, skills, household tasks, Taking on more responsibilities at home or moving into your own place can be both thrilling and intimidating. You may be handling grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, and house cleaning by yourself for the first time. Mastering a few basic skills will make these tasks easy and manageable. Then you'll have time to focus on something more fun-decorating your new place and...

A wildfire rages in a forest, lighting up the tall pines with bright orange flames. As the wind whips the fire, it burns 60 acres (24 hectares)--about the size of 45 football fields--every minute! The giant wildfire is much too large for firefighters to extinguish with water hoses. This is a job for specially trained wildfire firefighters called hotshots. Dramatic, true stories will keep readers turning the pages as they learn firsthand how these...

Are you fascinated by wind, tornadoes, and hurricanes? Do you wish you could chase them? Then maybe a career in weather science is for you! Through interviews and stories of exciting-and terrifying-encounters with actual storms, you'll learn what these storm chasers do, how they study the weather, and what they can learn from it.

Firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians are all essential front-line workers. They work hard to help people in emergency situations, and they need to do their jobs well under a lot of pressure. Readers take a closer look at what it takes to work in the field of emergency services in this exciting guide to a high-interest group of community helpers. Basic facts are presented through clear and concise text, which is paired with...

From rescuing six baby wild turkeys at the bottom of a storm drain to capturing a ten-foot-long (3-m) boa constrictor slithering through a Florida neighborhood, animal control officers are devoted to protecting animals and ensuring the safety of people. In this gripping book, young readers will meet the fearless animal control officers who share a selfless dedication to helping animals that are trapped, abandoned, or abused. Through action-packed...