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Advanced Education

Make the Most Out of Your College Career Fair

Tweet Face to face meetings help you get acquainted. Most high schools have them — these are usually one-day events where recruiting staff from local colleges and universities show up,

Career Planning

The Average Salary of Automotive Engineers

Tweet Where the jobs are! For college students majoring in engineering, the job prospects have brightened considerably in recent months. That’s because car manufacturers are looking for students who are

College Training

Should Internships Pay?

Tweet To pay or not…that is the question. This is where internships come in. Thousands of employers retain interns who are typically young, college-aged students who are seeking to gain

Career Planning

Career Choice: Dental Hygienist

Tweet Duties Today’s dental hygienists have expanded job responsibilities, handling tasks previously performed only by the dentist. Hygienists examine and review patient medical histories, examine gums for evidence of periodontal

Career Planning

Career Choice: Mortician

Tweet Seriously, working with the deceased isn’t for everyone. You need to have certain people skills — compassion, empathy and sympathy — that not everyone has. You’ll also need to

Career Planning

Career Choice: Medical Appliance Technician

Tweet This professional is sometimes known as a prosthetics technician, an ocularist or an orthopaedic technician. Duties Missing a limb, an eye or having a disability requiring the use of

Career Planning

Career Choice: Accountant

Tweet These professionals, who sometimes work as auditors, will encounter a wide variety of job duties depending on which of the four major fields of accounting and auditing selected: public

Career Planning

Career Choice: Meteorologist

Tweet Most meteorologists work for the federal government, but citizens are likely to encounter these professionals when watching television news stations. Every meteorologist has at least a bachelor’s degree, with

Career Planning

Career Choice: Urban Planner

Tweet Years of carefully planning has enabled some towns to become major cities, the joint handiwork of city administrators and urban planners who put their ideas on a blueprint, formalizing

Book Reviews

Book Review: Panicked Student’s Guide

Tweet Choosing a College Major. Get it right and you can lay the foundation for career success and happiness. College Majors Choosing a college major isn’t that easy for some

Career Planning

Career Choice: Training and Development Specialist

Tweet These professionals design and conduct training sessions based on training requirements, in a bid to help people improve their performance. Specialists use a variety of printed and visual aids,

Career Planning

Career Choice: Actuary

Tweet Actuaries analyze statistical data including information desired by insurance companies: mortality, accident, disability and retirement rates that are calculated, assigned a risk and a forecast made for future liability.