The introduction of the Common Core Standards across the U.S., one would normally get very excited about a reference book about getting ready for a career since that is at the center of Obama’s Race to the Top program. Not so in this slim volume. Burnett seems to be writing a career guide from the 1980’s perspective. That time no longer exists. So many young people are going to college to prepare for non-existent jobs – the kind where we select a profession and prepare for a slot that is going to open up for an entire career. Perhaps some of the old ideas still apply, but we are given list after list of top jobs that are out there waiting for us with no evidence that Burnett has done any substantial research to back up those lists, particularly in view of global competition. Where is the entrepreneur in this book? Where is the critical thinker, the creative thinker, or the problem solver? Where is the idea of being prepared for collaborative teams where we meld our individual expertise with that of others? Not in this book. And, it is not really written for student to use with its dense and uninteresting text. Perhaps there are a few straightforward ideas that some young people and can use in this traditional view, but teacher librarians should be able to locate much better information sources than this one. Pass this one by.