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LEGAL JOBS: WHAT’S A LAW PARTNERSHIP ...
Partnerships are the lofty goal of many a legal worker. Sure, there’s big money and prestige, but is it the right career path for you?
Is Partnership A Realistic Goal For Those Working Legal Jobs?
It typically takes 7-10 years to obtain a partnership. You’ll start as a summer associate and work your way up through various legal jobs until you [...]
WHAT EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO OBTAIN AC...
Accounting jobs are the perfect fit for bookish people with a knack for numbers. Yet, your more specific career objectives will determine where you get started with your educational path.
Should I Get An Accounting Certificate?
If you’re looking up entry-level accounting jobs, then a certificate of competency may be all you need. Many student [...]
HUMAN RESOURCES JOBS: GOING BEYOND HI...
There is more to life than hiring and firing in human resources jobs. As you browse the want ads, look for the following job titles:
HR Generalist
HR Generalists often wear many different hats – from negotiating employee benefits packages to helping individuals seek out career development opportunities. The best HR personnel don’t mind changi [...]
NURSING JOBS: WHERE TO WORK
For many people, the decision to begin working nursing jobs comes natural. However, where to work may be another story. Nurses want to find a setting that is comfortable and fits with their career goals. You may choose a hospital, prison, private clinic, a client’s home, a physician’s office, or a school, for example.
Location
Some nursing jo [...]
GETTING BACK INTO NURSING JOBS? GET A...
Maybe you left nursing to pursue motherhood for a little while or you changed career fields and it didn’t quite pan out as you’d expected. For whatever reason, you find yourself longingly looking at nursing jobs again. You may feel like your skills have fallen by the wayside during your time off and you’re not as confident as you once were, e [...]
MANY CUSTOMER SERVICE JOBS FILLED BY ...
National pet specialty retailer PetCo has just announced that they’ll be enhancing their recruitment strategy to ensure that they hire the most passionate people to aid their customers. They’ll be expanding their use of PeopleAnswers’ pre-employment assessment software to more than 1,100 stores across the country, according to Charlie Piscite [...]
CUSTOMER SERVICE JOBS REQUIRE SOCIAL ...
The role of people working customer service jobs is to help customers how they want to be helped. Customer service jobs demand that workers understand social media, which has become a critical channel for communicating with buyers. Author Frank Eliason explains, “Companies started to help customers in this space because customers are yelling” [...]
TO GAIN TECHNOLOGY JOBS, SEEKERS MUST...
“Try it before you buy it” is a popular sales slogan to encourage customers to take a chance on a new product or service. Yet, this slogan is also being used by employers offering lucrative and highly competitive technology jobs. They’re looking to “try out” employees for a trial period before hiring people on full-time, full-benefits. No mat [...]
TECHNOLOGY JOBS: HOW FACEBOOK’S IPO A...
As you may have heard, Facebook recently debuted as an Initial Public Offering on the Stock Market. The anticipation was thick on Wall Street the morning of Friday, May 18th. Within the first 30 seconds, 80 million shares changed hands. Yet, there were “technical errors,” as Nasdaq called it, and shareholders were left with uncertainty as to [...]