Product Description

A much-needed guide to animal-related professions, Careers with Animals is a vital resource for the animal lover looking to plan his or her future. Author Ellen Shenk provides straightforward and accurate introductions to a wide range of potential careers--everything from familiar jobs such as veterinarian and zookeeper to cat breeder, animal chiropractor, dog show judge, and other more unusual pursuits. Also included are numerous fascinating profiles of real-life professionals, who give honest looks at the many challenges and unique rewards of working with animals. Includes in-depth profiles of individuals who work with animals every day and provides current information on salaries, educational requirements, and job outlook, along with job information resources.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149349 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 214 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780811729628
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Ellen Shenk is the author of Outdoor Careers (0811728730). Her experience in the career field includes writing articles and presenting seminars on the topics of the creative job search, interviewing, and writing resumes. She is a past editor of the national newsletter of the Career Information Resource Advisory Group and currently lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Customer Reviews

Career options range from breeding and treating animals to being a show judge or working for a zoo or aquarium
Readers who are animal lovers and who dream of working with animals often stop at the idea of being a vet: in actuality, there's so much more available, as Careers With Animals: Exploring Occupations Involving Dogs, Horses, Cats, Birds, Wildlife And Exotics demonstrates. Career options range from breeding and treating animals to being a show judge or working for a zoo or aquarium. An organization by animal type - marine, horses, birds, wild animals - makes it easy to hone in more specifically to careers with particular types of animals. Very highly recommended.

If You Can Talk to the Animals ...
Ellen Shenk, author of Outdoor Careers, follows up with Careers With Animals, and it is every bit as accessible and readable. All the lists and specific information you will need for planning and executing your search are here--sources, possibilities, definitions, salary ranges. But aside from the practical, the author shines her best light: she makes you think about intangibles--your suitability, your personality, the realities you might encounter with your choice, and the like. As with Outdoor Careers, she includes interviews with "real people" who give their first-person accounts of their everyday vocational experiences.

Not Bad...
The book was a little brief, meaning that it did not really include a lot of careers. Most of them were the more obvious, highly sought after jobs. On the other hand, the information included was extremely well organized and helpful. I would recommend renting this from the library rather than buying it.