Whether you’re an animal lover, a math master, a science whiz, a tech expert, a fashion fiend, a planet protector, a music marvel, an amazing artist, a born performer, or a sports fan – you can turn your passion into a profession!
In this book, you’ll discover jaw-dropping jobs that put the WOW into the world of work. The careers are arranged by interest, to make the content engaging and easy to navigate, with exciting ‘jobs of the future’ in cutting-edge areas like AI and the environment.
Why not become a space psychologist? Or an in-vitro meat scientist? How about a coral reef gardener? Find out what’s involved in these incredible careers, why they’re so important, and the skills you need to land the role. Plus, meet the real people who followed their dreams and are doing these jobs today – with photographs of them at work to challenge stereotypes and bring the jobs to life.
This beautifully illustrated, inspiring book is an ideal gift for children aged 9+ to encourage creative thinking, big dreaming, and buckets of ambition.---from the publisher
144 pages 978-0008653712 Ages 9 and up
Keywords: careers, jobs, creative thinking, finding yourself, being yourself, individuality, choices, dreams, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old
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It's a question asked of students all through their schooldays. In Kindy they are asked what they want to be when they grow up. In Year 6 they are asked so they can make appropriate choices for courses to take at high school. And again in Year 12 as the end of their formal, compulsory education draws to a close.
Often the responses are pretty predictable, but in this collation possible careers are viewed through the lens of the student's interests whether that be something like being passionate about animals, loving sport, being a music maniac or any of a number of possible pathways.
Just 40 years ago the introduction of computers that were sized for home use, then able to be connected to the internet meant that the world of work changed, and now experts predict that within the next 15 years 40% of jobs will be done by robots and AI machine-learning. But not everyone will be in one of those that require a human such as teaching, law, health and so on so dipping and delving into this book can bring up all sorts of ideas such as being a tyre-changer for Formula 1 cars or a music therapist or a bioplastic engineer. As well as an explanation of what the job entails, there are also profiles of those already undertaking them - all in an easy to read, illustrated format. With one in Year 12 who has no idea, and another in Year 8 who was born to perform perhaps this should be under the tree for my granddaughters!
Recommended by: Barbara Braxton, Teacher Librarian, New South Wales AUSTRALIA
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