Posts Tagged ‘Employment’

Career Transition: Considering a Real Estate Career? Go For It!

February 27th, 2012

By Davida Willner

Some people are afraid to start a career in real estate due to the bad economy. However, you have to remember that while houses aren’t selling as quickly, there are still people out there buying homes. In fact, it’s a buyer’s market right now and working as a buyer’s agent can lead to some profitable sales. In other words, if you want to be a real estate agent, go for it.

Ability to Work Two Jobs
The great thing about working in real estate is that you can continue to work a second job until your career becomes profitable. For example, you might work your full-time job through the week from 9-5 and choose to work your real estate career a few hours in the evening and on the weekends. Once your real estate career takes off, you can opt to work part-time hours at your other job or quit completely. » Read more: Career Transition: Considering a Real Estate Career? Go For It!

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Career Transition: 5 of the Quickest Growing Careers in Healthcare

February 23rd, 2012

By Zackary Buerk

With a growing population of aging baby boomers to deal with, healthcare careers have enjoyed steady growth for quite a while and are projected to continue growing for years to come. Working in healthcare is a noble and potentially lucrative career choice. If you are looking for one of the quickest growing healthcare career paths, here are five you should consider.

Home Health/Personal Care Aides
Personal care aides often work in the homes of elderly and disabled people. Home health care aides often perform relatively simple, but important tasks for patients like housekeeping, preparing meals and helping schedule their medication. Becoming a personal care aide requires no secondary education and it is a great entry-level career for people » Read more: Career Transition: 5 of the Quickest Growing Careers in Healthcare

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Job Search Tips: Building the New Dream after Graduation

February 22nd, 2012

By Todd Singleton

The Dream: When you were a child, you were sold a dream. This dream was a cookie cutter plan for your life and the direction that it would take you. The plan was to graduate both high school and college and in return you would be rewarded with the job of your dreams. This job would naturally be high paying, with great hours, in a location you loved, doing what you loved, and served on a silver platter. Unfortunately the bubble has burst on that dream and all you have been left with is a reality which sees highly qualified college graduates working in restaurants and in retail for minimum wage. This begs the question, where can one possibly go from here?

Take a Seat: It may seem counter-intuitive, but the first thing you need to do, is take a seat. Take the time to figure out what you are truly passionate about and what it is that you want your life to » Read more: Job Search Tips: Building the New Dream after Graduation

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