Archive for August, 2009
Career Description Guides Three great career guides selected from Amazon The System Administrator Job Description Handbook and Career Guide: The Complete Knowledge Guide you need to Start or Advance your Career as System Administrator. Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. This System Administrator edition has been completely revised and rewritten and is designed to work [...]
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August 26th, 2009 | Posted in General | No Comments
Review Author Nicholas Lore uses the techniques of his career-guidance network, the Rockport Institute, to make The Pathfinder a substitute for a great job counselor. Through goal setting, list making, and other techniques, the book leads readers though the process of deciding exactly what they want to do for a living and finding a way [...]
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August 26th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 12 Comments
Choosing Careers :Where Have You Been, and Where Are You Going? Choosing careers can be difficult so spending a bit of time on career planning is a great idea. It is perhaps not surprising that often people need help in choosing a career. You can go off and conduct some career research and review countless [...]
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August 24th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 1 Comment
Careers in demand According to the bureau of labor statistics, half of the fastest growing jobs rights now are healthcare jobs. 27 news reporter Mari Fagel has more on why this industry has a promising future, desp… Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: careers in demand, fastest growing jobs, free career [...]
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August 18th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
Career Description Informatics I’m going back for my second degree. My first was in art history, the second will be informatics. Considering the market (nearly 10% unemployment at present), is this a good career move? What are some hot careers in this field? Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: career description, [...]
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August 18th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 1 Comment
Career Descriptions Medical Assistants Medical assistants perform clerical and clinical duties in order to maintain efficiency in offices of physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists, and others, according to Career and Job Search Resources. Medical assistants are different than physicians’ assistants. A physician assistant?s job requires examining, diagnosing, and treating patients under the direction of a physician. Not [...]
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August 16th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
From Library Journal For job hunters, career changers, and vocational counselors the compilers have created a useful, new occupational resource in one volume by improving The Guide for Occupational Exploration (U.S. GPO, 1979). First, they eliminate the bulk–10,000 highly specialized job titles representing five percent of the workforce–and then add job descriptions based on updated [...]
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August 16th, 2009 | Posted in Career Research | No Comments
Careers In Demand Dental Assistants Dental Assistants are essential to the area of dentistry. They work very hard to make sure all the tools are disinfected properly,making the patients feel relaxed, and they assist the Dentists and Hygienists with all the different dental procedures. In addition, they help with lab work and are trained in [...]
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August 16th, 2009 | Posted in Career Research | 1 Comment
Managing Your Career Reputation In this challenging business climate, we must all master certain skills to manage our career reputation and this is an important partof any career development plan. Being proactive in this gives us increased job stability as well as an internal sense of security. In an era when communications is key, first [...]
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August 15th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
Careers in demand A pharmacists job isn’t limited to a pharmacy. A pharmacist career might entail working with doctors in a hospital or with researchers in a pharmaceuticals company. For a full pharmacist job descri… Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: careers in demand, free career planning
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August 14th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 4 Comments
From School Library Journal Adult/High School An introduction to 23 jobs in health care, architecture, the law, financial services, education, the social sciences, information technology, sales, media, and more. Gregory dedicates a separate chapter to each one, opening with its history and background and describing the current status of the field (including statistics on employment [...]
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August 14th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 8 Comments
link : http://education.yahoo.net/degrees/articles/featured_top_10_jobs.html Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: top 10 hot careers
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August 14th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 3 Comments
If you are searching for a new career or are trying to decide what major to take up in college, you will need to learn a bit about what type of jobs are available. The best way to do this is by finding career descriptions in the fields that you are most interested. If [...]
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August 13th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
Electrical Engineers Career Description Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: career description, free career planning
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August 13th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 10 Comments
I’ve been trying to do a little research on what are the best-high demand careers or jobs today and for the future with a good salary. Back to free career planning Mail this post Technorati Tags: free career planning, high demand careers
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August 13th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 3 Comments
Review "A fascinating account of career and network mechanics, superbly documented…. Faulkner has done a wonderful job of bringing into visible social traces this invisible profession." – Harrison White, Giddings Professor of Sociology, Columbia University "Music on Demand is a very impressive piece of multi-method research…. The book promises to be an important contribution to [...]
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August 13th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
Career Search This is a new Slideshare on interview tips Job Interview Tips View more presentations from lucyrangel. Back to Career Choices hopfeed_template=”"; hopfeed_align=’LEFT’; hopfeed_type=’IFRAME’; hopfeed_affiliate_tid=’slideshare’; hopfeed_affiliate=’phoenix62′; hopfeed_fill_slots=’true’; hopfeed_height=120; hopfeed_width=468; hopfeed_cellpadding=5; hopfeed_rows=1; hopfeed_cols=2; hopfeed_font=’Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif’; hopfeed_font_size=’9pt’; hopfeed_font_color=’#000000′; hopfeed_border_color=’#FFFFFF’; hopfeed_link_font_color=’#3300FF’; hopfeed_link_font_hover_color=’#3300FF’; hopfeed_background_color=’#FFFFFF’; hopfeed_keywords=’resume, interviews’; hopfeed_path=’http://phoenix62.hopfeed.com’; hopfeed_link_target=’_blank’; Mail this post Technorati Tags: career [...]
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August 12th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
How You Can Get A Better Job In This Competitive World How strong is the connection between social and professional networking and job search? In today’s world…well, they are indispensable! Given the current job market scene, social networking and professional networking has become an integral part of the entire career search process. Be it searching [...]
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August 10th, 2009 | Posted in Career Search | No Comments
What Should Be in The Perfect Resume (CV)? A good resume is one that gets you interviews it is as simple as that. Writing a good resume is a key career search skill and the secret to developing the prefect resume for you is to spend a little time thinking about who is going to [...]
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August 9th, 2009 | Posted in Career Search | 1 Comment
Career Search: Selected blogs on Interviews Career Tips: Why you should do informational interviews | Sports … What is an informational interview? It’s a way for you to learn from someone with firsthand knowledge about the industry. It is not a place for you to hand over a resume and ask for a job or [...]
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August 8th, 2009 | Posted in Career Search | No Comments
References Can Make Or Break Your Job Search Career Coaching References are golden assets as you travel your career path. Nurture them with great care. They may be personal or professional. The personal ones can speak to your stability and character. On the professional side, references should address your qualifications to handle the job. A [...]
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August 8th, 2009 | Posted in General | No Comments
Video on Career Advice from the BBC covering career search, Back to home hopfeed_template=”"; hopfeed_align=’LEFT’; hopfeed_type=’IFRAME’; hopfeed_affiliate_tid=”; hopfeed_affiliate=’phoenix62′; hopfeed_fill_slots=’true’; hopfeed_height=120; hopfeed_width=468; hopfeed_cellpadding=5; hopfeed_rows=1; hopfeed_cols=2; hopfeed_font=’Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif’; hopfeed_font_size=’9pt’; hopfeed_font_color=’#000000′; hopfeed_border_color=’#FFFFFF’; hopfeed_link_font_color=’#3300FF’; hopfeed_link_font_hover_color=’#3300FF’; hopfeed_background_color=’#FFFFFF’; hopfeed_keywords=’career, resume, interview’; hopfeed_path=’http://phoenix62.hopfeed.com’; hopfeed_link_target=’_blank’; Mail this post Technorati Tags: career advice, Career Search, career tips
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August 7th, 2009 | Posted in Career Search | 1 Comment
Careers Assessment: Skills Analysis 2 of 3 Analysing your skills is an essential career planning activity. After all if you don’t know your skills how can you let potential employers know about the skills that they are looking for . Here we are looking at Self Management Skills and Special knowledge and Work Content Skills. [...]
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August 7th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
What To Bring To A Job Interview A job interview is one of the most important part in your career search strategy. One must take it seriously, as it alters your life. A successful interview for a particular job can make your career plans come true. If not taken seriously, you may loose a good [...]
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August 7th, 2009 | Posted in General | No Comments
Career Research Choosing a Management Career A management career path is not a straight line. Nor is it the same for everyone. Yet all management career paths have a starting point.A guide to help you find what you need, based on where you are in your management career All have milestones along the four paths [...]
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August 6th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | No Comments
Career Research On UK Workers Current Attitudes To Careers The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) have recently released their employee attitudes survey of some 185,000 respondants. The area of career development appears to have been hit particularly hard by the recession, with just 24% of employees agreeing they are learning new skills as a [...]
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August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Career Research | No Comments
Career Research Handling Redundancy Redundancy is always a big blow, especially when it isn’t expected. But even when we know it’s coming it can still be overwhelming. The way we respond to redundancy is what makes all the difference. Notice the word "respond" and not "react." When we react to a situation we act in [...]
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August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Career Research | 1 Comment
Career Search and Handling Redundancy As the number of new redundancies increases, it’s natural for a person to feel under enormous pressure to find work as fast as possible. While this sense of urgency is perfectly natural, it’s also counter productive. In particular, it doesn’t allow a person to comes to terms with their redundancy. [...]
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August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 1 Comment
Career Research: 10 Hot Tips On Coping With Redundancy. It used to be the case that people could get a job and expect to stay there for as long as they wished. That is no longer the case and we should realistically anticipate 3 or 4 job changes in our working lives. When we are [...]
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August 5th, 2009 | Posted in Career Research | No Comments
Career Assessment: Skills Analysis 1 of 3 We all have talents and skills, which we use in our daily lives. By talent we mean a natural gift or ability. Skills are those capabilities you have learned. What do you say when you are asked these questions – • Tell me, what are your strengths? • [...]
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August 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Career Planning | 3 Comments