The Environmental Career Guide: Job Opportunities with the Earth in Mind

By Nicholas Basta

Book Overview

Once it was just a good cause. Now, it's become a good career choice ... The Environmental Career Guide Look at the facts: Manufacturers are racing to develop environmentally safe (a.k.a. "green") products Hiring is up at the U.S. environmental protection agencies Environmental law is one of the hottest new fields in law schools today Would you like to become a part of this exciting, rewarding, and growing industry? This book will show you the way. The Environmental Career Guide shows you what you need to know to find the job of your dreams. You'll find out what key skills are needed, how to find employers engaged in environmental activities, how to package your experience or education to make a compelling case for employment, and much more. You'll get inside information on the different hiring policies of environmental businesses. You'll get lists of key environmental businesses--like manufacturing, government agencies, engineering consulting firms, and waste handling firms. And you'll get lists of key professional careers in environmental conservation--like chemistry, biology, financial analysis, law, and fund raising.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471534137
• ISBN13: 9780471534136
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"