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About Us
Memo from the Editor
| To: | Colleague |
| From: | Jone Meyer, Editor-in-Chief and Former Teacher |
| Re:: | Why Vocational Biographies is unique |
"What does a sanitation inspector do?"
1. Sanitation inspectors inspect community land and investigate complaints concerning neglect of property and illegal dumping of refuse to ensure compliance with municipal code.
2. Arriving at the address, Karen immediately saw why several citizens had complained. A rusting car roof protruded above waist-high weeds. Accidentally, she bumped into a tattered leather chair thick with mold. Rats scampered out and over her feet. Rainwater-turned-to-slime had collected in bent cans, old car parts, and even a once-white tennis shoe. "I cited the owner for over two dozen sanitation violations, but," she admits, "the experience was gross."
Paragraph 1 comes from a respected career reference book.
Paragraph 2 comes from a Vocational Biographies career biography. They provide the same information. Which will you remember?
Each career biography in Vocational Biographies creates lasting impressions. For example, tell students they need writing skills for most occupations. They might not believe you — until they read the story of the auto mechanic who wishes he had learned to write more clearly because he constantly is writing estimates, diagnoses, and repair instructions.
Or tell adults to look outside the box for a new career. They are clueless — until they read about the crime scene cleaner who has more work than he can handle or the woman who drives children where they need to go when their parents are working or the bat remover who's in great demand for ridding homes of bats without killing them.
Whomever you guide, Vocational Biographies will make your job easier. In our files, we have hundreds of letters, all saying the same thing: "Where were you when I was in school?" We're here. Give us a try.
