A Career With Meaning: Recreation, Parks, Sport Management, Hospitality, And Tourism
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A Career with Meaning is a tailor-made journey that enables individuals to match their core core beliefs and values with numerous professional opportunities within the leisure industry. Leading experts provide detailed discussion and insight of 11 primary area related to recreation, parks, sport management, hospitality, and tourism. Once you have identified and matched your values with a specific area, you will start planning your personal roadmap to a successful and rewarding career.

Paperback: 425 pages

Publisher: Sagamore Publishing LLC; 10/13/10 edition (August 16, 2010)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1571675264

ISBN-13: 978-1571675262

Product Dimensions: 10 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Best Sellers Rank: #661,249 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #60 in Books > Business & Money > Industries > Sports & Entertainment > Park & Recreation #165 in Books > Business & Money > Industries > Sports & Entertainment > Sports #1078 in Books > Business & Money > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism

Feeling what you do actually matters is a major morale boost. The cooperative work of Cheryl A. Stevens, James F. Murphy, Lawrence R. Allen, and Emilyn A. Sheffield, "A Career With Meaning: Recreation, Parks, Sport Management, Hospitality, and Tourism" is a guide to the career possibilities in this various fields and how to use them to find a very fulfilling place in the world. Outlining how to determine if these jobs are for you, what comes with the territories, plenty of resources and discussion of each, the staff behind this volume provide an excellent resource. For any library careers collection or anyone considering a profession in any of the titular fields, "A Career with Meaning: Recreation, Parks, Sport Management, Hospitality, and Tourism" is an invaluable resource.

This was a required textbook for my son in a college class he had taken. Must have learned something as he did ok.

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