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The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in . . . explores a vast range of professions.
Each book offers:
| Foreword | ix | |
| 1 | Love of Languages: The Foreign Language Field | 1 |
| Employment opportunities | ||
| Career potential | ||
| Level of language skill | ||
| Cultural understanding | ||
| Which language will you need? | ||
| Choosing a college or graduate school | ||
| Autonomous improvement and maintenance | ||
| What are the realities? | ||
| Isn't English enough? | ||
| 2 | Importance of Foreign Languages | 19 |
| The want ads | ||
| Comments of business and professional people | ||
| Salaries | ||
| Personal attributes for success | ||
| 3 | Educational Training | 29 |
| Secondary school | ||
| College | ||
| Choice of a foreign language | ||
| Your decision | ||
| Getting practice | ||
| Special training | ||
| Bilingual office job training | ||
| Planning your courses | ||
| Government service | ||
| International careers | ||
| 4 | World Trade Opportunities | 51 |
| Importance of linguistic training | ||
| Advertising | ||
| Exports | ||
| Overseas opportunities | ||
| Foreign trade | ||
| Overseas assignments | ||
| 5 | Government Positions | 71 |
| Civil service | ||
| Department of State | ||
| Foreign Service | ||
| Central Intelligence Agency | ||
| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | ||
| Department of Defense | ||
| National Security Agency | ||
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | ||
| Drug Enforcement Administration | ||
| United Nations | ||
| Peace Corps | ||
| 6 | Special Vocations | 107 |
| Advertising | ||
| Airlines | ||
| Auto industry | ||
| Banking | ||
| Broadcasting | ||
| Film industry | ||
| Foreign missionary work | ||
| Health services | ||
| International relations | ||
| Journalism | ||
| Library science | ||
| Museum work | ||
| Publishing | ||
| Secretarial work | ||
| Social work | ||
| Translation | ||
| Travel and tourism | ||
| 7 | Teaching Languages | 129 |
| Historical background | ||
| Current situation in the United States | ||
| Foreign language teaching in the United States | ||
| Bilingual education and TESOL | ||
| Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools (FLES) | ||
| College teaching | ||
| 8 | The Job Search | 155 |
| Letter of application | ||
| Resume preparation | ||
| Personal interview | ||
| Employment abroad | ||
| Securing a job in South America | ||
| Business opportunities | ||
| Government positions | ||
| Analyzing job offers | ||
| Appendix A | Professional Associations | 163 |
| Appendix B | Government Agencies | 171 |
| Appendix C | Periodicals | 177 |
| Appendix D | Travel, Study, and Exchange Programs | 183 |
| Bibliography | 191 |
Overview
The most comprehensive career book series available, Opportunities in . . . explores a vast range of professions.
Each book offers: