Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors

A foreign language degree translates into success!
You've worked hard for that foreign language degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options.
Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal, professional, and practical needs.
Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors will help you:

• Determine the occupation that's best suited for you
• Craft a résumé and cover letter that stand out from the rest
• Learn from practicing professionals about everyday life on the job
• Become familiar with current statistics on salaries and trends within the profession

Go from foreign language major to:
hotel manager * tour director * foreign student advisor * hospital staff interpreter * ESL teacher * undercover agent * librarian * travel agent * customer service manager

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McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Summary

It isn't always obvious what a college major can offer to the workplace. This title helps you to explore the possibilities in your major and provides: guidance on how to present a major as a workplace asset during an interview; a primer for new college grads on how to conduct a job search; and, ways to use a college major in the real world.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Degalan, DeGalan Julie, Stephen Lambert, Stephen E. Lambert, Lambert Stephen
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2007
• EAN: 9780071476140
• ISBN: 978-0-07-147614-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 224 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 273 g
• Series: Great Jobs for ... Majors (Pap; Great Jobs For...Series; Great Jobs for ... Majors (Pap; Great Jobs For…Series
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Advice on careers & achieving success, Language teaching and learning, Advice on careers and achieving success, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)