Tag "career"
Grad School: Why Going Makes Sense
You’ve considered attending graduate (grad) school, but are wondering if the investment is worth it. Grad school means about two more years of higher education, but the per credit costs and fees are greater than undergraduate school and your financial aid options are limited.
Finding Work Months After College Graduation
It is a fact that college graduates are finding it difficult to launch their careers. Despite officially lower unemployment numbers, record numbers of Americans are not in the workforce. Moreover, job growth is weak with the best growth occurring in the service sector.
7 Timely Tips for College Seniors
College seniors have much to consider over the next several months as they wind down their collegiate years. Soon, you’ll be walking up on the stage, receiving your degree, and turning your tassel.
7 Life Points for Today’s College Students
College is a big part of many young adults’ lives, but its importance sometimes is magnified at the expense of everything else. The four years or so you spend on campus will soon be over, leaving you prepared for the workforce.
Career Choice: Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Legal practices are not only staffed by attorneys, but also include paralegals and legal assistants, individuals that help gather facts, prepare legal documents and research legal precedent.
Career Choice: Loan Officer
Money makes the world go ’round, right? In some ways that statement is true — if you have the funds, then you can do almost everything that you want to do.
Career Choice: Database Administrator
Ah, computers. They are an essential part of our lives and when they work according to plan, computers are immensely useful. When they cause us trouble, we may curse the manufacturer, programmers or anyone else that has had a hand in development.
Career Choice: Urologists
Urologists are physicians tasked with diagnosing, treating and helping to prevent benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders.
Career Choice: Fuel Cell Engineers
Fuel cells are being used to develop alternate transportation vehicles including hydrogen-powered cars. The industry is in its infancy with the first mass-produced vehicles expected to hit the market by 2015.
Career Choice: Geothermal Production Managers
Employment in environmentally sustainable fields continues to grow with new job titles emerging all the time. Natural heat tapped from the earth can provide an alternate source of energy, a geothermal-derived byproduct that needs to be managed.
What Are the Pros and Cons of Attending College?
If you are considering attending college, you may have some ideas about what you want to study and even have plans in place for life beyond academia.
Career Choice: Anesthesiologists
Anesthesiologists are physicians, people that administer anesthetics to patients before or during surgery or for a medical procedure.
