U.S. utilities jobs are projected to decrease over the next 10 years
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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 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.
The U.S. military employs accountants, lawyers, reporters, and social workers
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The number of U.S. construction jobs is projected to increase in the next decade
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Engineering careers include nuclear biomedical, aerospace, and environmental
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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.
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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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.
The likelihood a person is employed increases with the amount of formal education obtained
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The minimum educational requirement for an entrepreneur to start a company is a bachelor’s degree in business
Fiction. There is no minimum educational requirement for a person to start a company.
An internship enables a person to preview a career and gain work experience
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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.
Most actors and actresses earn millions of dollars per year
Fiction. The median (middlemost) wage for an actor or actress is about $17.94 per hour (about $37,300 per year for full-time employment)
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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Toni Morrison, Isabel Allende, Edith Wharton, and Amy Tan are all famous biologists
Fiction They are all famous writers
The median (middlemost) wage for lawyers is approximately $136,000 per year
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