Professional Santas entertain children and adults during the holiday season at all types of events. They work at shopping malls or stores; entertain crowds at parades and tree lightings; and make appearances at holiday parties, charity events, and people's homes. Most Santas work during the Christmas holiday season, which usually lasts from late…

Purpose: The primary purpose of this study is to assess the predicting role of job characteristics on job performance. Dimensions in the job characteristics construct are skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback. Further, work involvement is tested as a mediator in the hypothesized link. Design/methodology/approach: A…

Many people experience hardship and need help. This help is provided by a network of agencies and organizations, both public and private. Staffed by human service workers, this network, and the kinds of help it offers, is as varied as the clients it serves. Human service workers help clients become more self-sufficient. The first section of this…

Provides an overview of the Job Corps, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps including purpose, individual qualifications for entry, program highlights, and advantages and disadvantages of serving in one of them. (JOW)

Describes the retail sales, hospitality, and tourism occupations and what they involve and how to get into them. Includes salary information. (JOW)

Social Security Administration determines existence and prevalence of 125 sedentary, unskilled occupations in making decisions about disability awards. Surveyed manufacturing and service industries in Chicago to determine extent to which sedentary and light, unskilled jobs and those with sit-stand options actually exist. Found that more light than…

The duties, training, qualifications, advancement, and employment outlook of correction officers are described. (EA)

Describes what nurse practitioners do, where they work, benefits and drawbacks to the job, and educational requirements. Lists additional sources of information. (JOW)

Thousands of job openings are expected yearly through the 1980's. Although earnings are not high, part-time jobs in this field will continue to be plentiful in the years ahead. (MW)

This guide, prepared by the Canadian Office of Manpower and Immigration, intends to inform secondary students of many alternative employment possibilities and educate the students as to qualifications required. Interviews with workers in various fields of the protective services careers detail what students can expect and what is expected of them…

A new system for classifying occupations was introduced in 1998, reflecting changes to the world of work in recent decades, especially the shift towards more service-oriented and high-technology jobs. (Author)

This guide, prepared by the Canadian office of Manpower and Immigration, informs secondary students of many alternative employment possibilities, and educates the students as to qualifications required. Interviews with workers in various fields of the personal services careers detail what students can expect and what is expected of them for each…

The duties, training, qualifications, job outlook, salary, and working conditions of emergency medical technicians are described. (EA)

One of four teaching guides published by the Houston Independent School District for teacher use in developing career education units in the classroom, this document provides a teaching unit for five career areas: environmental control, public service, health, hospitality/recreation, and personal services. In each area, the behavioral objectives,…