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TwitterToday’s students and career-changers have access to more career planning information than ever before. Researching careers, taking career assessments, and even career counseling can be done online. With all of the information on the Internet and the thousands of career options available, choosing a career can be overwhelming. For reliable career planning tools and resources, [...]
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Career Interests: People, Things, Facts, and Ideas
January 22nd, 2010 
Andrea One important factor to consider when deciding on a career is interests. Four main categories of career interests are people, things, facts, and ideas. Interests may be partially determined by one’s personality. For example, a very introverted person might not be interested in working with people while extroverts might prefer working with people. Most of us have at least two interest areas, one primary interest area and one secondary interest area. Fortunately, most careers combine two or three interest areas.
The Best Online Career Tests
January 9th, 2010 Andrea You can find plenty of career tests online, some more accurate than others. The best career tests are written by psychologists and take more than one factor into account. Generally, you’ll have to pay for the better career tests. And although a test may be accurate for some, it may not be for you. Therefore, [...]
Career Options for Journalism Majors
December 30th, 2009 Andrea It’s an exciting career option if you have the drive and energy to obtain, analyze and deliver the news as it is to the world, even in these times when newspapers are closing and the media is becoming more active on the Internet. Journalism graduates are still in demand, especially with television media still holding [...]
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Tags: careers, editor, journalism, journalist, majors, news, reporter, tv 
Comments OffCareer Planning: The Earlier the Better
December 19th, 2009 Andrea Difficulty in choosing the right major is a common problem among college students. Many students spend extra time (and money) in college after changing majors several times. This isn’t surprising since few high schools offer career counseling and college career centers often focus more on job hunting rather than career planning. Unfortunately, choosing the wrong [...]
Top Ten Most Flexible Degree Choices
November 3rd, 2009 Andrea The following guest post was contributed by Christine Howell who frequently writes about Accredited Online Degrees and college related topics for Online College Guru, an online college directory and comparison website.
Recent economic conditions have reinforced the importance of flexibility in the employment marketplace. Selecting a degree program that allows a wide range of employment [...]
Posted in academic, career planning, college, economy, education, guest post, majors, school Tags: academic, college, degree, education, employment, majors 3 Comments »When and How to Choose a Major
October 8th, 2009 Andrea Choosing a college major is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make. Although many people don’t work in a field related to their college majors, your major can determine what careers you’ll be qualified for after college.
When to choose a major.
Some colleges force students to choose a major at some [...]
Posted in academic, advice, career planning, college, education, liberal arts, majors, school Tags: career choice, career planning, college, majors 1 Comment »What Does a Benthic Ecologist Do?
October 2nd, 2009 Andrea When we think science, we think academic; the word however, refers not just to the subject but to so much more. And when we look at careers in science, most of us assume it has to be stodgy and staid, most probably in stale and sterile research labs. But science and the careers it offers [...]
Posted in career, career planning, guest post, science Tags: ecology, guest post, science Comments OffGuest Post: Consider a Career in Geographic Information Systems
August 24th, 2009 Andrea It’s not a subject that most people are aware of when they are looking for majors in college, but it is one that offers a great deal of scope and potential, both as a money spinner and as a personal development tool. A career in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is not only exciting, it also [...]
Spying 101: Will Colleges Start Offering Intelligence Officer Training Programs?
July 30th, 2009 Andrea According to The Washington Post, as part of the 2010 intelligence authorization bill, the Obama administration has proposed that colleges and universities begin intelligence officer training programs that would prepare “first- and second-generation Americans, who already have critical language and cultural knowledge” for government careers.
The proposal sent to Congress by Director of National Intelligence Dennis [...]
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