McGraw-Hill Workforce's Career Companion series provides up to date career information and contextualized skill practice to help learners succeed in the 21st century workforce. Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security introduces readers to this career cluster by exploring career pathways and jobs, education and training requirements, work environments, and current industry trends. Preparation for career readiness and success is provided through applied workplace skills practice using real-world scenarios set in the law, public safety, corrections, and security industry. Features: Brief description of current high-growth jobs, with projections of changes in the industry over time Industry-specific education and training resources to prepare for careers Tips and techniques for finding employment within the industry Identification of the key academic skills needed to be successful within the industry Opportunities to practice and apply key career-readiness skills in reading, mathematics, and locating information, contextualized to industry-specific careers

Whether people are inspired by events such as 9/11 or the simple desire to help others, or they want to start in on a meaningful career without going to a four-year college, vo-tech careers in law, public safety, corrections, and security are more popular than ever. This volume offers readers an overview of some of the major career options in these fields, as well as the vo-tech training available. Interviews with people working in these fields offer realistic insight and frank descriptions of the work's pros and cons. Readers will also learn about different job qualifications, training, and other preparation they should consider.

Law & Public Safety in the World of Work series provides an age-appropriate and interactive introduction to the nationally recognized Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security career pathway using informal self-assessment elements, career profiles, informative sidebar features, and back matter activities.

Provides the most current information available on the job market in the United States and Canada. Each volume presents the many details involved in the job search and describes specifically what it's like to work at a given job. Entries include job profiles, career issues, sample application letters, resumes, and workers' rights.

Introduces the nationally recognized law, public safety, corrections, and security career pathway using informal self-assessment elements and career profiles.

This guide covers law-related careers at the federal, state, and local level.

Offers detailed profiles of law enforcement, security, and protective services careers, providing information on salary ranges, employment trends, unions and associations, job requirements, and advancement prospects.

Teaching for Democracy in an Age of Economic Disparity addresses the intersections between democratic education and economic inequality in American society. Drawing upon well-established theoretical constructs in the literature on democratic citizenship as well as recent events, this volume outlines the ways in which students can not only be educated about democracy, but become actively engaged in the social issues of their time. The collection begins with an examination of how the confluence of capitalism and education have problematized the current model of democratic education, before transitioning into discussions of how teachers can confront economic disparity both economically and civically in the classroom. The authors then introduce a variety of ways in which teachers can engage and empower students’ civic action at all grade levels. As a final component, the volume explores new avenues for civic action, including the use of social media for democratic engagement in schools and opportunities for critical reflection and cross-cultural dialogue. This book is a valuable resource for both scholars interested in the research on democratic education and practicing teachers wishing to turn their students into critical, active citizens.

An interactive companion to the world’s most popular job-search book, updated for 2021, that helps you translate your personal interests into marketable job skills. This fill-in workbook for the career classic What Color Is Your Parachute? is a helpful tool for recent grads, workers laid off mid-career, and anyone searching for an inspiring work-life change. Featuring • New information that addresses the job-market in the pandemic era • The Flower Exercise that gets everything about your skills and preferences in one place • The Party Exercise to help you discover who you work best with • The Transferable Skills Grid that helps you discover your most valuable skills and more of Richard N. Bolles's helpful charts and activities, this workbook allows job-hunters to roll up their sleeves and discover how their unique interests, passions, and dreams will give them, once completed, a picture of their dream job.