Review MTV meets Monster.com in this fast-moving 30-volume series that introduces junior high and high school students to 120 (!) careers, ranging from sportscaster and life sciences engineer to plumber and film and theater set welder. This series will be very useful in introducing students to far more work and career options ( disability activist, fish farm technician, cake decorator ) than are found in most career guidance programs. Plus, the cool quotient will ensure the interest of teen viewers. Recommended. --Video LibrarianThe Get a Life video series is an excellent, step-by-step approach to introducing young people to the career-search process. It is filled with real world examples and helpful ideas. --Peter G. Ulrich, Director of Guidance, Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell, NJInspiring Youth-Employment Show Gets New Life... ingenious... ...dishes out practical job-counseling advice in a way that seduces its teen audience...The series real genius is that instead of lecturing young people on how to get unglamorous jobs flipping hamburgers or flogging Gap jeans, or spelling out the arduous job to professional life, it spotlights folks who have landed the kinds of jobs kids dream about, almost always on their own terms. Each half-hour episode features profiles of young TV reporters, professional rock bands, puppeteers, internet designers, and TV producers. Almost none, it turns out, followed conventional paths to their employment... They made it on drive, determination, and an ability to sell themselves. The series emphasis is on entrepreneurship, and making your own opportunities. But and here s the sneaky part in raising its viewer s expectations about the job market, it is also passing on information that would help them get any job, even the ones that require you to wear a funny hat and say Have a nice day! The message of the profiles is that keenness and consistency are keys to success in any career. Between these inspirational features are a variety of briefer elements that provide more practical advice. ...These suggestions are reinforced by segments called rants, strolling editorials by teens and twenty somethings... --Tony Atherton, The Ottawa Citizen