Career World, a Weekly Reader publication articles from January 2009

Career World, a Weekly Reader publication archives from January 2009

The dog's dinner.(at work)(food technologists)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How are consumers to know whether Fido's dinner is yummy enough? That's the job of Simon Allison, who tastes pet food for a living. He's a food technologist for the British company Marks & Spencer. Campfire jerky...

Blind ambition.(career world 411)(Brookfield High School)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Brookfield High School in Brookfield, Conn., opened its Braille classes to sighted students in January of 2007. "When we launched the program, we didn't know if anyone would be interested," teacher Kathy Sudol told Career World. But the courses...

Sun trouble.(career world 411)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... People who work in occupations such as farming, fishing, forestry, and construction have the advantage of working in the great outdoors with natural light from the sun, rather than under fluorescent lights in cubicles. But the sun also radiates...

My dad is my employee!(career world 411)(Streamside Publications LLC)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the past two years, 16-year-old Molly Parsons has owned the company her dad works for. Molly owns 51 percent of Streamside Publications LLC, which publishes maps and fly-fishing guides for visitors to the Yampa...

Art apprentices.(career world 411)(Boomerang Press)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Teenage artists in St. Louis are making their mark--and making money--with their design skills. Thanks to a program called Boomerang Press run by St. Louis ArtWorks, talented high school students create logos for banks, community organizations,...

Vending machine Queen: Kailyn Cage leads a double life: college student and candy caterer.(be your own boss)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Between classes, studying, and R exams, Kailyn Cage makes big bucks from candy. The 20-year-old student, known to some as "Candy Girl," owns the Catering Group, a vending machine business in the Washington, D.C.,...

Job myths: busted! Career World clears up a few misconceptions about teens and work.(get the gig)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Teens can only make minimum wage." "It's OK to mess up on the job; it's expected of teens." "You won't need a resume until you're an adult." Ever heard any of those? Believe them? Don't, They're all untrue. Here we...

Two careers one life: meet four people devoted to pursuing more than one career path.(focus)(Cover story)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are 7.7 million people nationwide working more than one job, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Many people take second jobs for financial reasons: to pay the bills, to get health Insurance. But there...

Telling their stories: a museum curator brings the past back to life.(career spotlight)(Sojin Kim)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sojin Kim wanted to tell a story. It was a story of friendship and of war; a story of cultures blending and cultures being torn apart. The setting was the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights in the days leading...

On your mark: fewer ink-stained shirts and more high-tech computers are the hallmarks of today's printers.(school to work)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Print is everywhere in our lives. Start your day by pouring a glass of orange juice. That logo of the colorful ray of sunshine you see on the carton came from a press. Put on your T-shirt from last summer's concert....

Working in the wind: a job in the wind industry can have you seeing green--in more ways than one.(tech talk)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where can you find a career that offers excitement, good pay, and a chance to help save the planet? The answer may be blowing in the wind. Global demand for all forms of energy is expected to grow more than 50...

Tough call: ethics in the workplace: as these three professionals show, working people make ethical decisions all the time.(groundwork)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you know anything about ethics, you most likely know this: Ethical decision making, no matter where it happens, requires thought. When you make a judgment based on ethics, you weigh what seems right against what...

Destination: avalanche forecaster: here's how Craig Gordon went from being a business student to exploding avalanches in Utah's mountains.(career map)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] START First Ski Trips As a kid, Craig Gordon always enjoyed skiing small ii slopes on the East Coast, but a family trip to Utah opened his eyes to a whole new world. "I saw the ski patrol out knocking down...

Safety first.(Career World Looks Back)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In today's printing world, you would not usually see a person this close to open printing machinery. This photo was taken in 1944 at a newspaper printing operation in California. Today's printing professionals--and...

National career development standards.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... 1. Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span. 2. Students will complete school with the academic preparation that is essential to choose from a wide...

Behind the scenes at the museum.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Directions: After reading "Telling Their Stories" (page 16), complete the following chart. Few museum curators work alone. You'll also find other professionals behind the scenes. Using the Internet and other sources, fill in the...

Wind working: worksheet A.(Chart)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Directions: Read the article "Working in the Wind" (page 23). Then study the diagram and charts below to answer the questions on Worksheet B. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Top States for WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL ...

Wind working: worksheet B.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Directions: Read the article "Working in the Wind" (page 23). Then study the diagram and charts on Worksheet A to answer the questions below. 1. Which state will have the most wind power installed after current construction projects are...

Ethics on the job.(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Directions: Read the article "Tough Call" (page 26). Then write your answers to the questions. 1. You work in a clothing store. Your friend asks you to buy him a shirt using your employee discount. What would you do? Why? How do...