Archive for January, 2009

Technical schools a hands-on, low-cost choice

By Michele Chamberlin
Technical and career schools offer programs that run from two months to two years and focus on using "real world" equipment to simulate the work environment …
For some students, attending a traditional four-year university or community college after high school may not be a fruitful choice.
But for this generation, continuing education [...]

Jobs Could Be a Click Away

What is someone to do when your employer gives you the pink slip? The folks over at Career Link can help. [ NBCPhiladelphia.com ]
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College Career Center Pioneers Twitter Use

University of California – Santa Barbara (UCSB) answers the question : Why Use Twitter?
In today’s demanding economic times, being connected is integral to maintaining a competitive edge. Twitter allows you to stay connected to and receive timely updates from Career Services so that you can know what we’re up to. Best of all, Twitter integrates [...]

College Student Traffic to their Campus Career Centers Up Dramatically …

Employer Traffic … Not so much
Last week, NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers ) conducted a “quick poll” of select career center members (chosen to reflect a cross-section of the membership) to measure student and employer activity levels on campus relative to last year, and to identify actions taken by career centers to address [...]

Careers.Org Creates Facebook Group

Let’s talk about your career and exchange ideas, new web resources, online colleges and other educational opportunities, current events affecting your career. A *Career* is much more than simply a *JOB* … it’s also about work from home businesses, resume advice, interviewing, employer information. The group will hopefully bring people from all over the world.
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Online sources may cure job-search blues

The Virginian-Pilot – Norfolk,VA,USA By Joyce Lain Kennedy
I followed up on your recent mention that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is flush with jobs. .
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Kaplan College’s Denver Campus Launches New Medical Billing and Coding Diploma Program

Kaplan College in Denver has opened enrollment for the new medical billing and coding diploma program. The campus will begin classes Jan. 20.
Kaplan’s Denver Campus

Ethics – Do I Have to Sacrifice My Values to Succeed in Business?

Corporate scandals have shaken the public’s confidence in business leadership, so maybe you’re asking yourself—do I have to sacrifice my values to succeed in business?

Managing Job Offers

You’ve just been made an offer by a company, and you’re interested in the position and the organization…but you’re still waiting to hear from your first-choice organization about another job. What do you do?

Three Keys to Successful Interviewing

Fall recruiting season means job interview time. And you can’t get a job offer without an interview. Your success comes down to answering this question: Do you have the right tools, resources, and attitude?

Career Education Lures Top Students

Kinea White Epps, Staff Writer for Districtadministration.comCourses under the CTE umbrella have been revamped, tailored to the modern workplace.An honors student at Athens Drive High School, Monica Matthai had her heart set on becoming an orthodontist, a

Student Loans are Getting Harder to Find

Harris Miller on Politico said this week … “This sector’s 2 million students are usually older, working adults, often living independently and arising from a less affluent socioeconomic cohort. These students require higher education programs with mo

Which College?

What Matters to You?What’s important to you may not necessarily be what’s important to your best friend, siblings or parents. You’ve got to find the college that’s the best fit for you. The happier you are at the college you choose, the more likel

Career or Academic Education – Does it Matter?

Not only is career and technical education nothing to laugh at, it’s a way to replace the unrealistic “college for all” bias of public schooling with a greater degree of practical preparation for lucrative and rewarding careers in fields like nursing, des

Healthcare jobs still plentiful

As reported today in San Diego Union …
Health care and medical technology. Over the past year, the county added 1,500 jobs in health care. Employment agencies expect the hiring to continue next year.
“No matter how bad the economy is doing, people are still getting sick. They still need surgeries,” said Phil Blair, who co-manages [...]

10 Signs That You Need a New Job

By Henry Neils (assessment.com)

10. You’re outgo exceeds your income.
9. The most rewarding thing you did this week was sharpen all twelve of your pencils to the same length.
8. You’re reluctant to be a Career Day speaker at your kid’s fourth-grade class.
7. Everyone in your work group got a raise except you. [...]

Career myths and how to debunk them

Most people make assumptions about careers. Often, these assumptions are based on impressions they get from their relatives and friends, from television drama and reality shows, and from workers and jobs that they see in their daily lives.
Impressions are a good place to start because they help people identify possible careers. [...]

Identity Theft and Your Online Job Search

By Sharon Davis
While identity theft is nothing new, the Web has opened up whole new world of opportunity for identity thieves.
According to the FBI, identity theft is the top online fraud. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission says that identity theft is it’s number one source of consumer complaints – 42 percent of all complaints, [...]

Winning Ways At Interviews

Marketing communications copywriter Charlie Trumpess takes a
humorous look at how best to tackle that age old terror, the job
interview.

Hot Industries: Popular Jobs Through 2016

As our economy continues a decades-long shift from goods-based to service-based, some employment sectors are expected to perform substantially better than others.

From 2006-16, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the U.S.civilian noninstitutional population will increase by 21.8 million.[1] Americans will age, with baby boomers representing the largest segment of the population and the pool of younger adults in the workforce shrinking due to lower birth rates in later generations.