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Whether students dream of pursuing a singing career or becoming a big music producer, Ferguson Career Coach: Managing Your Career in the Music Industry offers practical tips for success in this highly competitive business. Author Shelly Field provides her own insider knowledge from years of experience in this field, as well as basic advice, industry secrets, and tips for readers looking to enter and excel in the exciting music industry. Personal experiences of successful professionals complete this extensive guide. Chapters include: Plan for Success in the Music Industry Job Search Strategies Tools for Success Getting Your Foot in the Door Marketing Yourself for Success Succeeding in the Workplace Succeeding in the Talent End of the Industry.
Each industry specific resource helps young job seekers get their foot in the door of the featured industry and navigate a career path once in, with basic advice, industry secrets, and tips from successful professionals in the field.
Presents a guide to preparing a résumé and conducting a job search, including information on looking beyond classified ads, creating a résumé, writing cover letters, and interviewing for positions.
Essential Tips and Advice from Your Very Own Career Coach!With practical advice on making contacts, self-marketing, interviewing, career strategies, and much more, the indispensable books in the Ferguson Career Coach series are essential resources for readers looking to enter--and excel in--the workforce. Each industry-specific guidebook acts as a personal coach, helping them get their foot in the door of the featured industry and navigate their chosen career paths once in--with basic advice, industry secrets, and tips from the personal experiences of successful professionals in the field. The volumes are packed with invaluable insider tips for career success in exciting but competitive fields ranging from health care and sports to music and theater and more.Special features and sidebars include:
Features sound advice from successful professionals, as well as basic tips and industry secrets, for readers interested in succeeding in the health care industry.
Careers in Sports management and administration enable those who love sports to work with athletes, sports teams, and sporting events up closethese positions often provide excellent salaries and benefits. There are a vast number of sports management jobs at professional, college, and high school levels. This lively text enable readers to gain a solid overview of the positions involved in performing the activities necessary for running a team, sports facility, or event. They learn about the types of jobs that relate to players, business, or media functions, and those that work with the public or behind the scenes. Some of the exciting job opportunities covered in this book include: general manager, athletic director, coach, trainer, business manager, agent, facility manager, security manager, ticket sales manager, and public relations manager, among many others. This book will guide readers in developing the skills, knowledge, and training necessary to land a job in this thriving area of the sports industry. Sidebars offer intriguing information about such topics as extreme sports, mentoring, and crisis management at sports facilities. A list of college and university programs in sports management and administration, an At a Glance section about possible career paths and their descriptions, and helpful Bureau of Labor Statistics information will support readers in researching many sports career opportunities.
With the importance of computers and mobile devices in every business and industry, the demand for computer support professionals is greater than ever before. As a result, those with strong skills in computer support have a relatively secure career path and the ability to apply their knowledge in a wide variety of environments. This title presents a number of different careers in computer support, including their typical work settings, responsibilities, and demands. Information is provided on education and training--starting with preparation at the high school level--and practical advice is given on how to land a job.
