No careers within the construction industry require 4-year college degrees
Fiction. Some construction-related careers, such as architects and civil engineers, require 4-year college degrees.
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An internship enables a person to preview a career and gain work experience
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The number of U.S. healthcare jobs is expected to decrease over the next 10 years
Fiction. Employment within the healthcare industry is expected to grow in the next 10 years.
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Engineering careers include nuclear biomedical, aerospace, and environmental
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The likelihood a person is employed increases with the amount of formal education obtained
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The median (middlemost) wage for lawyers is approximately $136,000 per year
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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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The U.S. military employs accountants, lawyers, reporters, and social workers
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The minimum educational requirement for an entrepreneur to start a company is a bachelorâs degree in business
Fiction. There is no minimum educational requirement for a person to start a company.
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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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One way to learn about a career is to shadow or follow a worker who has that career
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The U.S. Department of Commerce is the federal agency tasked with protecting the welfare of workers, improving working conditions, and ensuring work-related rights and benefits
Fiction. The U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for these tasks.