This book describes the different job opportunities and requirements for the corrections system, designed to help administer the punishment process securely, humanely, effectively, and with a view toward someday returning the criminal to a productive life in society.

This book explains some organizational skills for locating a job, writing a resume, completing an application, and preparing for an interview.

A guide for criminal justice students to plan, pursue, and realize their career goals, from the planning stage through the hiring process, covering over forty careers in policing, courts, corrections, and victim services.

Offers career guidance to Ph.D. degree holders, addressing such issues as publishing, interviews, CVs, cultivating references, avoiding career path mistakes, and transitioning to non-academic work.

A guide to careers in criminal justice that offers information on job tasks, outlook, and salaries. Includes advice on job hunting.

Ryden Malby has a master plan. Graduate college, get a great job, hang out with her best friend and find the perfect guy. But her plan spins out of control when she's forced to move back home with her eccentric family. By the time she lands her dream job, Ryden realizes it's meaningless without the man of her dreams, and the people she loves.

Overview: With a focus on the interdisciplinary nature of social work, the book describes both traditional careers and those that are off the beaten path in such arenas as forensic social work, social entrepreneurship, working in political systems, international careers, and community practice. Well organized and written in a conversational tone, each chapter describes a particular social work domain, illustrating specific careers within that field...

"How this book works. First take a self-assessment to discover your top three career skills. Then browse the best jobs list for your top skills. Finally, look at the job descriptions for details on earnings, growth, job tasks, education and training needed, and much more. Simple."--from cover, p. [4]

"Helps job searchers integrate the Internet into an efficient job-hunting strategy"--Provided by publisher.