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10 Best College Majors for Your Personality by Laurence ShatkinBy choosing a major that fits their personality, college students may improve their career certainty, graduation rates, and even school involvement and satisfaction, according to research. With this new book, students discover their personality type and the 10 best majors that relate to it. A self-assessment helps readers determine their personality type: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Next, more than 90 "best majors" lists reveal the 10 best majors overall for each personality type plus many must-know facts and figures not found elsewhere. Other "best majors" lists for each personality type include the best majors ranked by potential pay and growth of their related occupations; best majors at the bachelor's and higher degree vels≤ and best majors for men, for women, for part-time jobs, or for self-employment. Extensive descriptions of each major include information on typical sequences of high school and college courses, specializations in the major, related Classification of Instructional Programs, full descriptions of related jobs with two- or three-level personality code, work tasks, earnings, growth, openings, verbal and math skill ratings, and other helpful details.
Call Number: LB2361.5 .S528 2008
ISBN: 9781593575472
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance by Ferguson Publishing StaffNow in its 14th edition, this comprehensive career reference contains career information on 93 industries, including details of salaries, employment trends, on-the-job interviews, industry jargon, and additional reading on industry issues and history.