Displaying All Posts from December, 2014

How to Make Your Law Career Dreams Come True

Editor 16th December Career Leave a Comment

When most humanities majors eventually make the decision to take the LSAT and go to law school, they imagine a career path that will be easy to travel.

After three short years of schooling — and after more than 16 years, what’s an additional three? — they will graduate with shiny degrees as fully fledged lawyers.

They’ll be primed and ready for firms to snatch them up and start paying them exorbitantly for fulfilling and worthwhile work.

Unfortunately, the field of law isn’t quite what it used to be. Currently, there are more students in law school than there are working lawyers, and law firms still aren’t hiring as voraciously as they did before the Great Recession.

Still, there is no need for hungry humanities students to abandon their law-related dreams; instead, they should reconsider their plans for law school and beyond. Click Here to Read Article …

How to Let Go of Resentment at Work

Mike Martin 15th December Communication Leave a Comment

As we grow in our lives and our careers, we pick up things along the way. Most of these things are positive and useful and allow us to grow into successful people.

But some of the things we hold on to are neither practicable nor of any use to us. In fact they only hold us back.

Two of those things are regrets and resentments, and what we discover is that we can’t get ahead while we are still pulling them along with us.

Regrets and resentments weigh us down and actually produce negative energy that will hinder our success. Until we deal with them. Click Here to Read Article …

6 Tips to Work More Efficiently

Szymon Majdak 12th December Business 2 Comments

Organization: The eternal enemy of employees. Of everyone really. Getting organized would mean extra input of effort and work.

“Why would I do that? I get my work done.”

Efficiency is the answer.

Imposing organizational strategies will make you work more efficiently, prevent headaches and will let you display your work at a glance.

We can’t force everyone into good habits — some have work-load chaos deeply rooted within them — but for those seeking improvement, these tips will be of great value. Click Here to Read Article …

The Wide, Wild World of Nursing School

Editor 11th December Career Leave a Comment

There are a lot of offerings when it comes to nursing school. How do you understand the differences?

A BSN usually takes four years to complete, and the curriculum is much the same as an ADN but with more in-depth study and more hands-on experience.

Nurses with BSN degrees simply have more knowledge about nursing than their lesser-educated co-workers, which makes them substantially more attractive to employers.

Additionally, BSNs have a wider variety of career options after graduation.

Though they may choose to find employment at a hospital or care facility and assume the typical nursing responsibilities, they may also choose to enter the field of public health to aid communities in health initiatives, or they may work as nurse educators to train another generation of hardworking nurses.

Plus, BSNs earn more than $10,000 more in salary than nurses with only associate’s degrees or certificates. Click Here to Read Article …

5 Easy Ways to Promote Your Restaurant

Editor 11th December Business Leave a Comment

Running a successful restaurant involves a lot more than putting good food on a plate.

While the failure rate of new restaurants isn’t quite as bad as the popularly quoted 9 out of 10, the rate still hovers around a formidable 60% according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

We’ve all seen the flurry of television shows revolving around restaurant culture, everything from Restaurant Impossible and Restaurant Stakeout to Restaurant Takeover.

If you’re running a restaurant without the help of a professional TV crew, you might have to take matters into your own hands. Thankfully, marketing your restaurant is easier than you might think.

Here are five easy ways to promote your restaurant, from merchandizing with custom design sweatshirts to generating interest with regular promotions: Click Here to Read Article …

Get Your Career on Track with an M.S. in Accounting

Editor 10th December Career Leave a Comment

The job market is finally seeing some growth since the 2007 recession.

In September, USA Today reported that the unemployment rate fell below 6 percent for the first time since 2008.

The same article also said that experts predict jobs requiring a bachelor’s degree or higher would show the most growth from now through 2022, with those demanding a master’s degree increasing by more than 18 percent.

With these statistics in mind, recent college graduates and working professionals alike should consider furthering their education. Job applicants with graduate degrees will have more opportunities and more job security than their counterparts over the next decade. Click Here to Read Article …

5 Ways to Get More Done At Your Home Office

Rebecca A. Watson 10th December Freelance 2 Comments

When I first started working from home, I was still on someone else’s clock. I was lucky enough to have a boss who would be cool with us occasionally working in our home office.

Of course, at this point, I didn’t have a home office. I had a room. Since my housemates kept odd schedules, they were often home when I was working.

It was then that I learned how to avoid distractions while working at home. I couldn’t do my own thing — I was supposed to be working. Someone was paying me to do it!

Fast-forward a few years: I’d branched out on my own as a freelancer. This is when distractions became more easy to justify and harder on my wallet. If I kept vacuuming and knitting when I was supposed to be working, my paycheck wouldn’t appear. Click Here to Read Article …

A Communications Degree Is No Laughing Matter

Editor 9th December General Leave a Comment

On college campuses around the country, communications majors are marginalized and scoffed, as students in basically every other degree program look down on the field as useless and simple.

Still, every year, more and more graduates enter the job market with degrees in communication, and employers are welcoming them with open arms.

The study of communications may sound vague and worthless — after all, people without degrees appear to communicate just fine — but the material studied in communications is far more complex than most people realize.

In fact, the skills gained in communications classes can be applied to a wide variety of fields. There is certainly more than one reason to earn several degrees in communications. Click Here to Read Article …

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