Working in Parks and Recreation (Careers in Your Community)

Working in Parks and Recreation (Careers in Your Community)
by: Carol Hand (Author)
Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
Publication Date: 2018/12/30
Language: English
Print Length: 80 pages
ISBN-10: 1499467397
ISBN-13: 9781499467390
Book Description
Working outdoors, getting exercise, playing games, and serving your community, all while earning a salary, what could be better? This comprehensive guide to the field of parks and recreation prepares readers for three individual career paths: recreation worker, park maintenance worker, and park ranger. It offers several day-in-the-life stories from these careers, stressing the great variation of jobs available in this career and the range of education, from high school diploma to graduate degrees, required for different jobs. Readers can also learn about education, job-hunting, and advancement, and a few part-time jobs that can help them break into the field.
About the Author
Working outdoors, getting exercise, playing games, and serving your community, all while earning a salary, what could be better? This comprehensive guide to the field of parks and recreation prepares readers for three individual career paths: recreation worker, park maintenance worker, and park ranger. It offers several day-in-the-life stories from these careers, stressing the great variation of jobs available in this career and the range of education, from high school diploma to graduate degrees, required for different jobs. Readers can also learn about education, job-hunting, and advancement, and a few part-time jobs that can help them break into the field. Read more