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Monday, June 2. 2008
Are you unhappy with your current lot in your professional life? If you're less than satisfied with your job, you're not alone. According to a recent online jobsite survey, 86% of employees are not happy with their current position. The number one reason cited--management. Managers should take note: An even higher number of employees said they plan to look for new jobs within the next six months. Whether employees will decide to act on their impulses, or decide to take a sit-and-wait approach has yet to be determined. Read more...
Thursday, March 13. 2008
With all the options open to future careers for students, it takes parents, teachers, counselors and administrators to be organized and be able to communicate together to find the right career for each individual. Read more...
Tuesday, March 11. 2008
Though changing careers can be a scary thing, many people do it successfully and enjoy the rewards of new challenges and better pay. My dad, Harry Tolles, is one person who found happiness in a different industry. Midway through the nineties, my dad started on his path to a career change by going back to school to earn his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Consequently, my forty-something father joined the growing numbers of non-traditional students. Read more...
Monday, February 11. 2008
More people than ever want a new career. I have no official survey to prove this. Just a ton more e-mail than the usual first-of-the-year-I-want-to-change-my-life barrage I get each January and February. They really mean it, these determined-to-change workers declare in their e-mails. "I am fed up feeling like I'm not using my skills," or "This year I want to be energized by what I do," they write. But when I answer their questions about what it will take to figure out what they want to do and how long that will be, their determination heads south. Read more
Tuesday, February 5. 2008
Have you always wanted to pursue a particular career but felt you couldn t take the time to train for it? If you are at a crossroads in your life, making a career change can be both scary and exciting. Experts say changing careers is becoming much more common as people live longer. Instead of staying with one career for 25 or 30 years, most people can expect to have two or more careers before they retire. Read more...
Wednesday, January 9. 2008
A decade ago, Chris Eldredge was an electrical engineer who was the victim of downsizing. He was a professional without a company to work for. Today, Eldredge teaches math and geometry to Kate Collins Middle School students. Read More...
Saturday, January 5. 2008
With the start of a new year, you may be among the millions of people thinking of making an important change in your life. If one of the changes you are considering is your career, here is some advice to help you decide whether to make the move. Read More...
Friday, January 4. 2008
For most people, New Year’s resolutions are merely something to talk about as the clock strikes midnight on December 31. By the first week of January, however, most of these life promises are long forgotten. But that’s rarely the case for individuals who make the big decision to change their lives by changing careers. Read More.
Thursday, January 3. 2008
Downsized and depressed, Leigh Hoes was approaching 50 and wondering what to do with the rest of her work life. Then one day, as she leafed through a course catalog that had arrived in the mail from Richland College in Dallas, the idea came to her. Why not work in a pharmacy, dispensing prescriptions? After all, she thought, a health care career had always appealed to her, the job was fairly recession-proof, and she could train for it in just one year. Read More...
Sunday, October 28. 2007
Each year, thousands of people in the United States decide to pursue career education. Their reasons are as varied as their backgrounds. Some have already found careers that they love but find they need more education to move up the corporate ladder. Others are unhappy in their current fields and see career education as a way to gain a fresh start. Still others are interested in increasing their earning potential. They are on the right track.
Continue reading "How to Get the Training You Need to Land a Job You Love: A Six-Step Guide to Career Education"
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