JOBS TO TAKE YOU PLACES — HERE AND ABROAD.
By Adrian A. Paradis'34. New York: David McKay Company,1968. 276 pp. $4.95.
For young people who are looking for jobs away from their hometowns, Adrian A. Paradis provides an abundance of information in his latest of several books about career planning. Throughout this book he tries to force the reader to consider honestly all aspects of the occupations he describes rather than merely the glamorous or exciting side of careers in strange places. But if after careful consideration, one still wants to strike out in unfamiliar territory, he shows just how to go about getting such a job. His emphasis is on careful planning. In each chapter are lists of suggested readings for the field described and sources from which more detailed information can be obtained. To prove that dreams can be realized, he offers case histories of Americans who do have positions of responsibility abroad.
In the first of five parts, Mr. Paradis considers "Overseas Job Opportunities in Business." Seven chapters explore work abroad in oil companies, international banking, communications, aviation, merchant marine, engineering, and foreign-owned companies. He turns to the service organizations in Part II, "Making a Better World," and the employment opportunities they offer abroad. He points out that today a wide range of vocational experience is represented on the staffs of religious organizations and other voluntary agencies working overseas.
"Government Jobs That Take You Places," Part III, reviews positions of all kinds with the Peace Corps, Department of Defense, USIA, Department of State, CIA, and other government agencies. As in Part II, the author notes the broad range of training and skills required by the programs of these agencies. A short Part IV describes positions with the United Nations both at UN headquarters in New York and around the world.
The final part of the book gives a state-by-state summary of job opportunities in our own country. Using information supplied by state employment agencies, Mr. Paradis describes the major occupations in each state and the trends expected to develop in the future. As when considering a job abroad, he emphasizes investigating thoroughly the area in the United States where you are planning to relocate, and he offers ways in which that can be done.
Throughout Mr. Paradis presents a down- to-earth approach to occupational adventure for young people who are seriously interested in exploring America and the world through their careers.
Before coming to the Magazine, Mrs. Joseph Liddicoat held editorial jobs in Williamsburg (Va.), Boston, Newport (R.I.),and New York City, and traveled extensively in Europe. The wife of a graduatestudent in earth sciences at Dartmouth, sheexpects to live overseas in the years ahead.
