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- Multiple Options for the RN to MSN Degree - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Bob HartzellNursing schools across the country have gone to some lengths to make advanced practice nursing an option for just about any RN who has successfully completed the licensing exam and is currently working. It is no longer necessary to have a bachelor’s degree in order to apply for most masters ...
Views: 938 - Sell Yourself on a Marketing Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellMarketing is one of those jobs with an elusive description. It is part sales, part promotion, part advertising and part public relations. Actually, marketing combines all of those elements into a plan and a marketing professional is in charge of executing that plan. Marketers don’t often ...
Views: 1171(4 votes) - Eleven Certification Options for Accounting Professionals - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellMost accountants obtain their professional status by completing a bachelor’s degree in accounting. This confers the status of public accountant upon the graduate, who is free to hang out a shingle and open a business as an accountant, preparing tax returns and handling accounting chores for ...
Views: 1608(2 votes) - Pursuing a Fashion Design Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThe fashion design business is an interesting mix of showmanship and industry, of the art of design and the science of production and sales. There is much that happens behind the runway. It is important to understand that in the United States, the fashion industry is based in two locations: ...
Views: 3336(1 vote) - Medical Billing and Coding Careers - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Bob HartzellMedical billing and coding can be two separate job functions, but increasingly the medical codes used for insurance companies are used for patient’s medical records as well. In many offices, the billing and coding function contributes diagnostic and treatment information to the patient’s file; ...
Views: 1525(1 vote) - Becoming a Massage Therapist - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Bob HartzellMassage therapy has become a popular, mainstream form of relaxation. It is the most lucrative service provided in day spas, and almost two thirds of the practicing massage therapists today are self employed. A significant number work at the profession part time or as a second job. Federal ...
Views: 1187(2 votes) - Making HVAC Your Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThere are about 300,000 Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) professionals working in this country today, so if you are thinking about a career in the field it’s a big pool to jump into. Retirements and average job growth should result in consistent job opportunities. A little over ...
Views: 1299(1 vote) - Animation and Multimedia Careers in a Digital World - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThe rapidly growing use of animation and multimedia in our advertising and communications universe begins in the graphic design field. In theory that is still the case, although as the basic communications tools all have video capability today; many communications companies utilize animators ...
Views: 1480(1 vote) - The Paralegal Profession can be Career Choice or Career Change - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellParalegals have become fixtures in law offices across this country for two reasons. The profession evolved, to a degree, from the increasing responsibilities that legal secretaries took on, to the point where it made sense for non-lawyers working in law offices to have some training in specific ...
Views: 2817(2 votes) - Surgical Technician is an Exploding Medical Profession - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Bob HartzellThe surgical technician or surgical technologist is an indispensable, though junior member of a medical operating team. They put in their working hours either in the operating room or in an adjacent area prepping patients. They perform a variety of roles during the course of a day in the ...
Views: 1159(1 vote) - Five Careers you can Launch with a Medical Assistant Degree - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellThere are close to 450,000 people working as medical assistants today, and they are scattered through a remarkable number of workplaces, job descriptions and responsibilities. The term ‘medical assistant’ is a catchall for trained personnel that assist in doctor’s offices, hospitals, clinics, ...
Views: 1220(2 votes) - Dental Hygienist School is a Two Year Track to a Great Career - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellAccording to the United States Department of Employment, over the next several years the dental hygiene profession is projected to grow at nearly three times the average rate for job growth overall. It is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States, it provides a good income and ...
Views: 1668(3 votes) - Criminal Justice Degrees have Multiple Uses - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Bob HartzellCriminal Justice Education Today The criminal justice field in general has gotten more complex as have all businesses with the advent of technology. A quick look through the job openings listed within the Department of Homeland Security recruiting site lists positions for chemists, IT ...
Views: 1039(1 vote) - Two College Degrees for the Global Economy - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Bob HartzellThe so-called global economy has matured over the past ten years into a true marketplace. The emergence of India, Brazil and China as major economic powers is the most public evidence of the changing economic climate around the world; there are dozens of less visible nations that are exporting ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Does a Computer Repair Job Require Training? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Bob HartzellThere is an assortment of computer repair professions, and a variety of ways to get into one. There are a lot of help desk jobs for computer assistance; many of these jobs are overseas these days however, and many of those assistants are working out of a manual. Technical support specialists ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - Three Paths to a Management Analyst Career - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Bob HartzellAbout 27% of all management analysts are self employed, according to the Department of Labor. Also in the federal statistics is the fact that as of 2006, over 675,000 professionals were working as management analysts. Taken together, those two facts tell us that it’s a profession with a large ...
Views: 751 - Electrical Engineering Today - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Bob HartzellOver the past ten or fifteen years a distinct division has fallen into place between the profession of electrical engineer and that of an electronic engineer. Professionals who are electrical engineers generally are involved with the macro side of electrical transmission and use: they are ...
Views: 2660 - How Can I Become a Physical Therapist? - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Bob HartzellA physical therapist begins the first session with a patient by going through a diagnostic procedure. A patient may be referred to a physical therapist after surgery, after an injury or as the result of disease. The physical difficulty that the therapist is to treat may simply be caused by ...
Views: 974(1 vote) - Health Care Career? Here's Nine Can't Miss Options - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Bob HartzellHealth care is the largest industry in the United States, contributing over fourteen million jobs to the workforce. It's an industry that is not going to be growing smaller any time soon - if ever - because of the aginig of our population and the increasing demands our seniors will be putting ...
Views: 1023 - Engineering Technology can be a Quick Career Change - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Bob HartzellEngineering technicians are professionals that act as a first mate to engineers, in all fields of that profession. There are electrical/electronic engineering technicians, civil engineering technicians, environmental engineering technicians, industrial engineering technicians, mechanical ...
Views: 1729 - Work Your Way to an Accounting Career - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Bob HartzellThere is nothing that requires more courage than a situation where you are unemployed and want to make a career change at the same time, so that you are never again in a position to be laid off. If you need to be working and starting from scratch on training again, you might look at the ...
Views: 799 - In Social Work, Your Education and Career Grow Side by Side - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2009 from Bob HartzellAnyone considering a career in social work should understand the breadth of the professional operations now incorporated into the field. People who have earned a degree in social work might find themselves working in a health clinic, a school, in one of many child and family support agencies, ...
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