Welcome to your future -- Discover you at work: Who are you? -- What are your interests and strengths? -- What are your work values? -- What is your work personality? -- Explore your options: Air marshal -- Air traffic controller -- Budget analyst -- City manager -- Congressional aide -- Conservationist -- Cryptographer -- Customs and border protection officer -- Development director -- Ecologist -- Economic development director -- Election supervisor -- Emergency services coordinator -- FBI special agent -- Firefighter -- Food and drug scientist -- Foreign service officer -- Immigration agent -- Intelligence analyst -- IRS (Internal Revenue Service) agent -- Lobbyist -- Media relations specialist -- Meteorologist -- Military serviceperson -- Park ranger -- Police officer -- Politician -- Postal service worker -- Public administrator -- Public attorney -- Public health official -- Public policy advisor -- Social worker -- Transportation manager -- Do you have the right skills? -- More career ideas in government and public service -- Are you on the right path? -- Experiment with success: Who knows what you need to know? -- Ask the experts -- How can you find out what a career is really like? -- How do you know when you've made the right choice? -- What's next? -- Final word -- Appendix -- Index.
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Information for each job includes education requirements, relevant Web sites, and median salaries. Teens can explore what type of job best suits them as the authors lead them through the "10 Big Questions" and explore a range of opportunities. Questionnaires, fill-in charts, and lists will help them focus on their strengths/weaknesses and likes/dislikes, clarify their values, and decide on their work personality.