Job Basics: Getting the Job You Need

Building maintenance workers are engaged in operating and maintaining computerized power plant systems, and light plumbing and electrical work in various types of buildings. This valuable guide instructs readers in how to parlay their handyman skills into a stable, secure, varied, and never boring career in a variety of buildings and institutions. The skills required for each specialty and type of building are presented, and proven job search and interview strategies are shared. Invaluable advice concerning workplace dynamics and etiquette, interactions with the public, relations with bosses and coworkers, and employee benefits is offered. This is an eye-opening look at all of the great employment possibilities available behind the scenes of nearly every building we pass every day.