Career and life planning resources for college students, recent grads, and career-changers.
If you’re struggling to find a job, it may not be your interview skills or lack of experience hindering your search. It might be where you’re looking. As with real estate, location is key in the job search. Some jobs are more regional than others, so you may need to expand your search – and Read More …
Job security and continual growth have been attracting college students and career-changers to the healthcare field for decades. Due to cultural and technological, it’s crucial that job-seekers in the medical industry develop the skills needed to remain competitive. Dr. William Riley of Arizona State University’s School for the Science of Healthcare Delivery answered some questions Read More …
From the forthcoming book, Women Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders, by the Apollo Research Institute (Lang, January 2013). Healthcare Leadership: Now Hiring The dynamic healthcare sector will provide many of the future’s most exciting and challenging jobs. It’s the fastest-growing industry in the nation, projected to grow by 29% and add 3.5 million jobs Read More …
Successful career planning requires an understanding of employment trends, including which occupations are growing and which are declining. Several great websites offer statistics on job growth, layoffs, and hiring. A few of the best sites for tracking employment trends and statistics: Vault.com Employment Tracker Vault’s employment tracker lists significant layoffs and hires from small and Read More …
With changes in technology and culture come shifts in career trends. Some of the jobs that exist today will be obsolete in a few decades, while many future jobs don’t exist yet. Entire industries die and new ones develop. This is all good news if you’ve identified a good career in an up-and-coming field. But Read More …