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Career Biographies: what they are and
how many are in a book.
Series: what a series is, what is in a series, and
questions about updating.
The Career Library, Pathways, and More:
basic product information.
Cross Referencing and Filing : how Vocational
Biographies fits into your reference systems.
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What is the reading level? |
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Grade level 7 thru 14, in a lively
short story newspaper style format with colorful photos. |
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How does a career biography let
the reader career-shadow? |
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Each career biography follows one
person through their everyday workday. The career biography mirrors
the real-life,
school-to-work path of each subject, detailing each individual's
career success story from High School to present. It also helps
career information come alive and presents career facts more
effectively (and less boringly) than just job facts and
statistics. |
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What's contained in a biography? |
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Each
career biography shows
- Educational planning and background
- Job progression
- Current Job
- Likes and dislikes about their career
- Lifestyle
- Future Plans
The Data File section gives a universal overview of the career
and shows where to go to get more information about a career. |
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Do you have non-traditional
careers? |
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Yes. We try to do a combination of
career biographies, covering traditional and non-traditional careers as well
as a wide variety of everything in between. |
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Can I use these materials in my
careers classes? |
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Yes. All the biographies can be used in a
number of areas, including your careers class, the library, guidance
office or classroom. The career biographies go beyond facts and
statistics. Because they are entertaining, down-to-earth and fun to read,
career biographies help hold students' interest. |
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How many career biographies are in a book? |
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There are 25 career biographies per
book, 7 books per series for a total of 175 different careers in
each series. Vocational Biographies publishes a completely new
series each year. |
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Are all the careers in Series C "C
Careers"? |
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No. Each series covers a vast array
of traditional careers as well as non-traditional careers.
Using letters to identify the series was started back in 1969 as a
way of tracking, and has carried on ever since. |
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What do those numbers after the
Series' letter mean? |
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When we're talking about just one book, the number shows which of
the seven books it is. For example "G-1," means it's in the first
book of Series G. When referring to an entire series of
seven books,
the number behind the letter is the year in which the series was published. For
example, G-03 is the series completed in the 2002-2003 school
year. |
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What's in a series? |
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Each series contains 7
books and 175 different career biographies. |
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How do you update? |
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Each year we drop off the oldest series in the
Career Library and we add the
most recent series. The editor reviews each career in the series. If
the career is still
pertinent to today's job market, she will put the title back into
the writer's list. We do not update all career biographies, nor do we just
reprint the biography itself. If a career is redone, a new writer in a
different area finds a new subject, and our editorial staff
researches today's career. So, even if you use the older career
biographies
that have been dropped, and they have been redone, you will have
two different perspectives on the same occupation. There are so
many new developing careers that we do not redo all of the dropped
career biographies. That way we can stay abreast of the latest careers
available. |
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What is the Subscription/Updating Series? |
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We used to publish 7 books (one complete
series) throughout the year, and shipped the books, as they were published, to our
subscribers. Vocational Biographies does not offer the Subscription/Updating Series
at this time. Instead, we have an exciting, new, web-based service in
development which will soon provide up-to-date career information.
Questions? Please contact us at
careers@vocbio.com . |
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Do you have an index covering all
the series? |
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Each year, we publish an index for the Comprehensive Career Library.
It contains the 5 current series. If you have a specific request
to cover more than the 5 series, we can create a custom print or
electronic version for a nominal charge. |
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What is a Career Library? |
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It is the most complete career
resource available in print. The
Comprehensive Career Library contains easy-to-read career
biographies that cover most of today's career options. |
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Are the Pathways included in the
Career Library? |
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Yes.
Pathways selections are taken from the
Comprehensive Career Library and assembled in 3-ring binders. |
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What Products are Best? |
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That depends on what you need.
The best, most complete, career information resource you'll find is the
online version of the Comprehensive Career Library,
VocBiosOnline.com, lets you click
your way to any career biography in 10 seconds or less. The
Comprehensive Career Library is also
available in print. You'll find our products listed on the Products
page. |
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Do you cross reference with the
OOH? |
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Yes. A universal overview of each
career is profiled in the DATA FILE Section of the
career biography. This information is similar to career
information found in the OOH. |
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Do you cross reference with the
major cluster areas? |
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Yes. We use the cluster areas
developed by the U.S. Office of Education. Each career biography
is labeled with DOT, O*NET, and Holland Code. Title listings by GOE are available. |
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How would I file career
biographies in my
vertical file system? |
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It would depend on how you use your vertical file system. You can file them
(using information printed on each biography for easy reference) by Cluster, DOT, O*Net,
Holland Code / SOC, or alphabetically by title or by series. The
unbound career biographies are completely
flexible to suit your needs. |
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