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What can I do when I grow up? : a young person's guide to careers, money - and the future

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It's impossible for a child to spend too long around adults without one of them coming up and asking, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" They mean for this to be a relatively simple question; the idea is that you'll quite easily be able to say something like, "A teacher" or "A doctor" and then the adult will move on--and bother someone else. But the truth can be a lot more complicated, and if you've ever felt confused or annoyed by the question, you have every right: Knowing what you might want to do with your working life is one of the biggest, oddest, and hardest questions of all. It might take many decades to find a good answer to it--and it's one that most adults are still grappling with... This is a unique book about careers and the world of work written expressly for children. It takes us on a journey around some of the most essential questions within the topic: How can one discover one's passions?, what should a "good" job involve?, what is a good amount of money to try to make?, how does the economy function?--and acknowledges that the job you might do one day probably doesn't even exist now. The result is a book that should spark some exceptionally fruitful conversations and help children look to their future work life with positivity and anticipation
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
175 pages
Contents
  • Introduction : what can I do when I grow up?
  • What is a job?
  • Why some jobs can be a bit boring
  • Good and bad jobs
  • Why it's hard to know what you want to do
  • Why are there so many different jobs
  • How do jobs get invented?
  • Why adverts matter
  • Visible and invisible jobs
  • How important is money?
  • What do you really enjoy?
  • Why do people end up in jobs they don't like?
  • Why do some people get paid more than others?
  • What makes a job enjoyable?
  • How is work like school?
  • How to answer people who ask you what you are going to do
Isbn
9781912891207
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What can I do when I grow up? : a young person's guide to careers, money - and the future
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What can I do when I grow up?
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a young person's guide to careers, money - and the future
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What can I do when I grow up?
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a young persons guide to careers, money - and the future
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Language
eng
Summary
It's impossible for a child to spend too long around adults without one of them coming up and asking, as if it were the most normal thing in the world, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" They mean for this to be a relatively simple question; the idea is that you'll quite easily be able to say something like, "A teacher" or "A doctor" and then the adult will move on--and bother someone else. But the truth can be a lot more complicated, and if you've ever felt confused or annoyed by the question, you have every right: Knowing what you might want to do with your working life is one of the biggest, oddest, and hardest questions of all. It might take many decades to find a good answer to it--and it's one that most adults are still grappling with... This is a unique book about careers and the world of work written expressly for children. It takes us on a journey around some of the most essential questions within the topic: How can one discover one's passions?, what should a "good" job involve?, what is a good amount of money to try to make?, how does the economy function?--and acknowledges that the job you might do one day probably doesn't even exist now. The result is a book that should spark some exceptionally fruitful conversations and help children look to their future work life with positivity and anticipation
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Illustration
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AU@
Dewey number
331.702
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
HF5381.2
LC item number
.W46 2019
Literary form
non fiction
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  • 9
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  • Vocational guidance
  • Occupations
  • Job satisfaction
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  • Vocational guidance
  • Occupations
  • Job satisfaction
  • Work
  • Job satisfaction
  • Occupations
  • Vocational guidance
  • Work
Target audience
juvenile
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a young person's guide to careers, money - and the future
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Contents
Introduction : what can I do when I grow up? -- What is a job? -- Why some jobs can be a bit boring -- Good and bad jobs -- Why it's hard to know what you want to do -- Why are there so many different jobs -- How do jobs get invented? -- Why adverts matter -- Visible and invisible jobs -- How important is money? -- What do you really enjoy? -- Why do people end up in jobs they don't like? -- Why do some people get paid more than others? -- What makes a job enjoyable? -- How is work like school? -- How to answer people who ask you what you are going to do
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on1140936753
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23 cm
Extent
175 pages
Isbn
9781912891207
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illustrations (colour)
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What can I do when I grow up? : a young person's guide to careers, money - and the future
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Contents
Introduction : what can I do when I grow up? -- What is a job? -- Why some jobs can be a bit boring -- Good and bad jobs -- Why it's hard to know what you want to do -- Why are there so many different jobs -- How do jobs get invented? -- Why adverts matter -- Visible and invisible jobs -- How important is money? -- What do you really enjoy? -- Why do people end up in jobs they don't like? -- Why do some people get paid more than others? -- What makes a job enjoyable? -- How is work like school? -- How to answer people who ask you what you are going to do
Control code
on1140936753
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
175 pages
Isbn
9781912891207
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (colour)
System control number
(OCoLC)1140936753

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