One way to learn about a career is to shadow or follow a worker who has that career
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A labor or trade union is a group of workers who organize around and negotiate for work interests such as salaries, benefits, hours, and working conditions
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U.S. utilities jobs are projected to decrease over the next 10 years
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A career that is expected to have one of the fastest job growth rates over the next 10 years is nurse practitioner (an advanced practice registered nurse)
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Most actors and actresses earn millions of dollars per year
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A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in treating cancer
Fiction. n A cardiologist specializes in treating heart conditions while an oncologist specializes in cancer.
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The likelihood a person is employed increases with the amount of formal education obtained
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The U.S. military employs accountants, lawyers, reporters, and social workers
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An internship enables a person to preview a career and gain work experience
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The minimum educational requirement for an entrepreneur to start a company is a bachelor’s degree in business
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Engineering careers include nuclear biomedical, aerospace, and environmental
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Toni Morrison, Isabel Allende, Edith Wharton, and Amy Tan are all famous biologists
