A Career in Customer Service and Tech Support

A Career in Customer Service and Tech Support
Author: Jeff Mapua
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 147777887X

This resource provides information for tech-savvy readers about the ins-and-outs of customer service and technical support, including education requirements, job duties and skills, and how to get started in these fields. This practical guide reveals the best educational and experiential paths to a career and emphasizes the importance of professional networking. It also delves into the statistics most relevant to job-seekers in these fields, examining what the career market looks like long-term and what job-seekers must do to land the career that they want.

Career Guide to Industries, 2000-01

Career Guide to Industries, 2000-01
Author: Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2000
Genre: Corporations
ISBN: 9780160502729

This document provides information on the nature, working conditions, and employment opportunities of 42 industries that accounted for nearly 3 of 4 wage and salary jobs in 1998. The following are among the types of information provided for each industry discussed: (1) nature of the industry (goods produced and services provided, individual segments, production processes, changes occurring in technology and business practices); (2) working conditions (physical environment, hours of work, physical activities essential to successful job performance, proportion of part-time workers, rate of job-related injury and illness, extent and frequency of travel); (3) employment (number of wage and salary jobs, number of self-employed persons, data on workers' age, concentration by state, unusual characteristics of workers); (4) occupations in the industry (job titles in the industry, current and projected wages and salaries by occupation); (5) training requirements and advancement opportunities (formal education, training, and experience required; paths of career advancement; opportunities for self-employment); (6) earnings; and (7) outlook (projected rates of job growth/decline and factors likely to influence them). The industries profiled are as follows: agriculture, mining, and construction; manufacturing; transportation, communications, and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance and insurance; services; and government. A total of 197 tables/figures are included. (MN)

Career Guidance and Public Policy Bridging the Gap

Career Guidance and Public Policy Bridging the Gap
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2004-02-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9264105662

OECD countries are attaching rising importance to lifelong learning and active employment policies as tools of economic growth and social equity. Effective information and guidance systems are essential to support the implementation of these ...

Career Guidance A Handbook for Policy Makers

Career Guidance A Handbook for Policy Makers
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2004-12-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9264015213

This joint publication of the OECD and the EU gives policy makers practical tools to tackle weaknesses in many countries' career guidance systems including limited access, particularly for adults; failure to develop career management skills; inappropriate training; and poor service coordination.

Career Guidance for the High School Graduate Want a Job in Customer Service and Beyond?

Career Guidance for the High School Graduate Want a Job in Customer Service and Beyond?
Author: Yvonne Mitchell
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2023-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1665578971

Career Guidance for the High Graduate: Want a Job in Customer Service and Beyond ? Heartfelt Lessons to Empower YOU is about making yourself employable by learning customer service skills and embracing a positive mindset required for customer service jobs. Overcoming behaviors and understanding the job search process. This book is for those high school graduates with limited resources and for whatever reason or circumstance could not attend higher education immediately after graduation, but must find a skillset to self- support, become a member of the working class. It is also for high school graduates who do not choose to attend college but want to pursue a sustainable career by attending trade, community college or learn on the job. Choosing college is desirable, but sometimes not the best course for everyone for one reason or another. Career guidance classes are essentially not available for high school students. This book is intended to help those who may feel marginalized to empower oneself by stepping out on faith and follow a path of employability starting with learning the customer service skillset. This career guidance is a practical instigator to lead you, make you think, start you on a learning path to skill building. The book speaks to behavior characteristics that may need to be reassessed as well as the practical application of the job search. After reading this guidebook if you are so inclined to going back to school to take remedial classes in reading, writing and math for the purpose of elevating your learning path or take college courses, it is encouraged to do just that. Invest in you and move on to a promising future.

Beyond Sound

Beyond Sound
Author: Scott L. Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-05-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0199996520

Beyond Sound is a must-read for anyone who loves music technology and wants to build a career in this competitive, fast-paced world. Author Scott L. Phillips draws on his seventeen-year career as a technology trainer and educator, and his extensive network of music technology professionals, to present an intimate view of the exciting world of music technology. The book offers an in-depth consideration of music technology education, including looks at specific programs and a clear explanation of different types of degrees. Moreover, it provides practical guidance on career preparation, including how to get a great internship, how to land that first job, and how to make connections and move up in a variety of businesses from recording to television and film to video games. And Phillips brings stories from successful professionals, who share their experiences, advice, and suggestions.

International Handbook of Career Guidance

International Handbook of Career Guidance
Author: James A. Athanasou
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 733
Release: 2008-08-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402062303

This handbook offers a comprehensive review on career guidance, with an emphasis on the applied aspects of guidance together with research methods and perspectives. It features contributions from more than 30 leading authorities in the field from Asia, Africa, America, Australasia and Europe and draws upon a wide range of career guidance paradigms and theoretical perspectives. This handbook covers such subjects as educational and vocational guidance in a social context, theoretical foundations, educational and vocational guidance in practice, specific target groups, testing and assessment, and evaluation.