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TABLE OF CONTENTS Hello World of Work 4 Take a Hike 6 WoW Up Close 7 Animal Trainer 8 Chef 10 Environmental Engineer 12 Food Scientist 14 Forest Ranger 16 Green Entrepreneur 18 Landscape Architect 20 Urban Farmer 22 WoW Big List 24 Take Your Pick 26 Explore Some More 27 My WoW 30 Glossary 31 Index 32
O L L E H This is you Right now your job is to go to school and learn all you can This is the world of work It’s where people earn a living find purpose in their lives and make the world a better place Sooner or later you’ll have to find your way from HERE to THERE 4
To get started take all the jobs in the incredibly enormous world of work and organize them into an imaginary pile It’s a big pile isn’t it It would be pretty tricky to find the perfect job for you among so many options No worries Some very smart career experts have made it easier to figure out They sorted jobs and industries into groups by the types of skills and products they share These groups are called career clusters They provide pathways that will make it easier for you to find career options that match your interests Architecture Construction Human Services Arts Communications Information Technology Business Administration Law Public Safety Education Training Finance Food Natural Resources Government Health Sciences Hospitality Tourism Manufacturing Marketing Science Technology Engineering Mathematics STEM Transportation Good thing you are still a kid You have lots of time to explore ideas and imagine yourself doing all kinds of amazing things The World of Work WoW for short series of books will help you get started 5
