Is it time to upgrade your career skills?

According to a MSNBC news article new job creation slowed down in July and didn’t meet the expectations predicted in January by economists. Construction, manufacturing, retailing and government jobs seemed to have the most job loses. However, Edward Lazear, chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, said businesses are still eager to hire and the want of new employees “is still very strong.”

One of the potential reasons for the loss of jobs and weak hiring outcome is said to be directly tied to the decline of the housing market, seesawing economic activity and high energy prices.

The bad news in July

• Construction companies slashed 12,000 jobs
• Manufacturers shed 2,000
• Retailers cut a thousand.
• Approximately 28,000 government jobs were eliminated.

The good news in July

• Education and health care added 39,000 jobs
• Leisure and hospitality expanded employment by 22,000
• Professional and business services added 26,000 new positions.

Hiring new employees has cooled off in July and has pushed the nation’s unemployment up to 4.6 percent, a six-month high. The average time unemployed people spent in their job searches was 17 weeks in July, which is up from 16 weeks in June.

So wile the employment news is pretty ad there is anther side that many unemployed people don’t know about. The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers and has many programs they may assist you in advancing, strengthen or even changing careers if eligible. In addition, many states have Federal-State funded career centers (in California their called One-Stop Career Centers) which has a big kiddie box of career tools that will help you locate a job, build career skills and prepare you for your new job.

One-Stop Career Centers are sort of a one shopping mall for all career needs. Most centers offer assistance in

• Job search assistance
• Job listings
• Access to phones, Internet, printers, fax machines, copy machines
• Career & job workshops
• Information on wages and trends
• Community resources
• Referrals to other services

Unemployment offices offer benefits such as

• One-on-one specialists to identify your skills and help find a job
• Veterans with disabilities program
• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

If you qualify for WIA you can receive assistance in / with

• Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction leading to completion of secondary school
• Alternative school services
• Job & education mentoring
• Locating internships, apprenticeships, and job shadowing
• Occupational skills training
• Leadership development
• Guidance counseling
• Supportive services and follow up

Unemployment also has what is called Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits

Unemployment Insurance Extended Benefits

“Extended Benefits are available to workers who have exhausted regular unemployment insurance benefits during periods of high unemployment. The basic Extended Benefits program provides up to 13 additional weeks of benefits when a State is experiencing high unemployment.”

Other U.S. Department of Labor programs include

Disaster Unemployment Assistance

Special programs for individuals in disaster areas declared by the President.

Trade Readjustment Allowances

Federal program for workers unemployed because of U.S. trade policies.

Self Employment Assistance

Special voluntary state programs in a few states for workers starting a business

Look up your states Employment Development Department website and see what your state has to offer. They’re your benefits, you’ve earned it!

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Career One Stop: Provides a suite of tools for people to use at any stage in their career

It's NEVER too late - 94-year-old woman has earned her masters degree

A 94-year-old woman has earned herself a masters degree in medical science from the University of Adelaide.

Great-great-grandmother Phyllis Turner left school at 12 years old to help raise her 9 siblings but always wanted to go back to school.

After marrying and raising her own family she finally took the time to fulfil an ambition at the grand old age of 90.

Hot Markets Hot Careers

ORLANDO, FL

Hottest jobs:

Senior mechanical engineer ($80,400), physician's assistant ($76,000), IT project manager ($75,200), construction project manager ($71,200), electrical engineer ($64,900)

LAS VEGAS, NV

Hottest jobs:

Construction project manager ($78,800), IT project manager ($74,600), construction superintendent ($71,900), civil engineer ($70,000), executive chef ($65,500)

RALEIGH, NC

Hottest jobs:

Senior software develeoper ($91,000), software project manager ($87,300), senior network engineer ($84,100), IT project manager ($83,300), pharmaceuticals project manager ($82,300), biotech research scientist ($75,300)

CHARLOTTE, NC

Hottest jobs:

IT project manager ($83,000), senior software developer ($82,900), regional sales manager ($80,500), senior financial analyst ($72,900), construction project manager ($71,200)

PHOENIX, AZ

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($84,800), IT project manager ($78,600), semiconductor process engineer ($78,000), physician's assistant ($76,200), construction project manager ($74,000)

WEST PALM BEACH, FL

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($86,100), senior mechanical engineer ($81,800), IT project manager ($80,400), construction project manager ($73,200), construction superintendent ($73,000)

TAMPA, FL

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($80,900), senior IT systems engineer ($75,500), IT project manager ($75,000), nurse practitioner ($70,200), construction project manager ($67,400)

RIVERSIDE, CA

Hottest jobs:

Physician's assistant ($78,800), construction project manager ($77,600), manufacturing plant manager ($77,200), construction superintendent ($75,800), construction estimator ($68,600)

AUSTIN, TX

Hottest jobs:

Senior software engineer ($97,800), senior electronics design engineer ($97,500), senior software developer ($92,700), computer hardware engineer ($83,600), semiconductor process engineer ($81,600)

ATLANTA, GA

Hottest jobs:

Regional sales manager ($86,400), senior software developer ($84,900), IT project manager ($83,000), business process/management consultant ($76,500), senior financial analyst ($72,100), construction project manager ($70,300)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($81,600), electrical engineer ($73,800), IT project manager ($69,200), financial controller ($67,200), construction project manager ($65,800)

JACKSONVILLE, FL

Hottest jobs:

IT project manager ($79,400), senior software developer ($77,800), financial controller ($76,800), physician's assistant ($75,900), construction project manager ($74,600)

DALLAS, TX

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($88,500), operations director ($84,800), IT project manager ($84,500), regional sales manager ($84,300), financial controller ($83,200)

SAN ANTONIO, TX

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($83,900), physician's assistant ($78,400), IT project manager ($76,800), human resources director ($75,800), construction project manager ($66,300)

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

Hottest jobs:

Senior software developer ($84,600), financial controller ($78,600), IT project manager ($75,700), HR director ($73,500), construction project manager ($72,700)

Source: CNN Money - America's best jobs in the hottest markets

Top 50 Military Friendly Companies in America

1. Union Pacific

Transportation - Railroad

2. The Home Depot

Home Improvement Retailer

3. Johnson Controls

Automotive & Electronics

4. BNSF Railway

Transportation - Railroad

5. USAA

Insurance & Financial Services

6. General Electric

Aerospace, Defense, Energy, Finance, Healthcare

7. ITT Corporation

Industrial Manufacturing, Defense, Electronics

8. BellSouth

Telecommunications

9. ManTech International Corporation

Computer Services

10. Sears Holdings

Retail

11. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.

Transportation - Logistics

12. Kellogg, Brown and Root

Construction & Logistics

13. Applied Materials

Nanomanufacturing Technology

14. Cintas

Business Services

15. Sprint Nextel

Telecommunications

16. Georgia-Pacific

Packaging and Building Products

17. Schneider National

Transportation - Trucking

18. Brinks

Security Production & Services

19. Coca-Cola Enterprises

Beverages

20. Lockheed Martin

Aerospace & Defense

21. State Farm

Insurance & Financial Services

22. Morgan Stanley

Financial Services

23. Fluor Corporation

Construction & Design Services

24.Werner Enterprises

Transportation - Trucking

25. Sunbelt Rentals

Contruction Equipment Rentals

26. Booz Allen Hamilton

Business Services

27. American Electric Power

Energy & Utilities

28.Southern California Edison

Energy & Utilities

29.Merrill Lynch

Financial Services

30.Norfolk Southern

Transportation - Railroad

31. Honeywell

Aerospace & Defense

32. Progress Energy

Energy & Utilities

33. American Express

Financial Services

34. Westinghouse

Energy

35. 7-Eleven

Retail

36. NVR , Inc. (NV Homes/Ryan Homes)

Residential Construction

37.Southwest Airlines

Transportation - Airlines

38. The Vanguard Group

Financial Services

39. CDW Corporation

Computer & Software Sales

40.Smurfit-Stone Container

Packaging & Container Manufacturing

41.Phelps Dodge

Mining

42.Correction Corporation of America

Corrections

43.FMC Technologies

Energy

44. Bank of America

Banking & Financial Services

45.CSX Transportation

Transportation - Railroad

46.AT&T

Telecommunications

47.Merck & Company, Inc.

Pharmaceuticals

48.Southern Company

Energy & Utilities

49. ExxonMobil

Energy

50.Allstate Insurance Company

Insurance & Financial Services

Source: GI Jobs

Bad Business - Changing Your Truth

Change your truth and you'll change your world.

"I'm in a slump, do I belong here?"

That's one of the most common things employees say to themselves. From time to time, everyone feels stuck. You may not realize that your professional life is having a negative influence on your personal life. Perhaps, your manager just isn't very motivating. Or maybe you've turned your backs on too many customers that you knew deserved better. Almost everyone has said at one point or anther "If this was my business..."

The feeling of being stuck is familiar to most people, especially when our lives seem to be in motion, but doesn't move us forward. As if the wheels of our cars just continue to spin on an icy road, we need to take care in how we get ourselves out of the dangerous situation.

Here are five of the most common Bad Business actions that hold us back from our professional goals and a happy life.

Believing What You Think, Not What You Know

Studies say that the average brain has more than 50,000 thoughts a day and that most people believe about 99 percent of what we think. Some of our thoughts are the product of our mind manufacturing observations about the world we live in. Other thoughts are stalks that started in our upbringing and grew throughout the culture in which we live.

Our thoughts are what help us make sense of a world that often doesn't make sense. It's only logical that we hold our thoughts to be the Truth and those truths often become our beliefs. We sometimes cling to beliefs whether they make sense of not. Have you ever told someone that you are not good at sports? By saying it, you have made it your belief and so doing, in your mind it is Truth. What beliefs have you anchorage that may be keeping you in a consistent spinning effect?

Ask yourself: What do you think you could never do?

For me, it was surfing. I've never done anything in the ocean other than swim a little at the beach. One day, I took surfing lessons and conquered the belief that I couldn't do any more.

What things do you believe as Truth and what things are actual truth?

Unless you sprout wings you can't fly, but you can fly with a hang guilder or as a pilot in an airplane. Aviation Maintenance Careers

Blaming Others for the Circumstances of Our Life

"The manager is so cheap, I'm never going to have a good life with the money I'm making."

"It's not my fault, I just work here." - This is an actual quote I received from a Shift Manager at a local grocery store last night.

Life will always throw you a curveball. If it didn't, life would be boring and I would be out of a job. The best way to hit a home run is to figure out what the best way to deal with them is. Sometimes the best strategy in winning a game is to make it to first base and wait for the next hit. Some people decide to sidestep the curveballs and choose to wait for a pitch they like better. This isn't reality based view of the world and how it works. It's also not how baseball games are won. You need to see the truth in your life and waiting in the player's dug out won't get you a home run. If you're not good at something, practice, learn how to use your skills or learn new ones.

Determination and lots of practice is what wins the game.

Taking Life Too Seriously & Not Taking Life Teasingly

More than eight years of education teaches us that the key to success is hard work and in today's business world we may as well add, long days and a two hour commute. Just as T comes after S, so should our play time. Follow the old adage: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull person." And we all know what happened to Jack in The Shining...

In order to stay healthy, we need to have fun, laugh a little and remember that life isn't or shouldn't be all about serious matters. A once a year, one week vacation isn't enough for most of us. We need time to charge our batteries and learn new things that may have absolutely nothing to do with business. At these non business events could be the occurrence when we meet that hugely successful professional contact See Networking In Today's World»»

Life a beach; either you can sit back and watch everyone else or you can jump in and have some fun...Maybe meet the person who will introduce you to your dream job.

Living Life In Average

I don't know what's worse, being recognized as the bad employee or being known as average. Average employees stay mediocre, nothing too special. They're like a favorite chair. Not too bad looking but doesn't stand out, it's functional.

One of the most common ways people get stuck is by living their lives as average. They don't stand out, they don't do anything extra and they don't take chances. Rather than taking chances, they prefer to stay in they're comfort zone: by doing things the same way and avoiding change. Unfortunately, as boring as this may sound, it is the way the majority of people live. We don't always recognize it, but the average employees are an extremely crowded assemblage and it's easy to fall into believe that this is all there is.

Get out of that dull room and take some small steps towards the edge. As you start taking steps towards the edge, you'll start new things, see new perspectives and you will begin to recognize the possibilities and opportunities. Once you figure out that Average isn't for you, you'll find that life is much happier and more fulfilling.

You may even have time to pay some baseball and hit a home run.

Fear of the Unknown

Definitions of Fear: Fear is an unpleasant feeling of perceived risk or danger, real or not.

Fear is a powerful emotion. Fear will protect you and sway your decision to walk away from something that could have turned into a deadly incident. Fear is what makes millions of dollars for movie makers. However, fear can also keep us from doing new and wonderful things. Nevertheless, sometimes getting our life on the road that we want takes a leap of faith and we must see that Fear is nothing more than a superficial illusion.

Have you always dreamed about becoming a teacher, or a chef in a four star restaurant? To give those dreams any chance of materializing, you must conquer your fear and genuinely know that you are the only one holding yourself back and your dreams. Do you want to own business, become an artist, or simply get your high school diploma»»? You can do it. You will be successful just by putting forth the effort. If you stop at the door, without ever opening it because of thoughts of failure... you will always be that Average employee.

Don't be left with the question "What if I had tried?"

From Online to Offline - How Things Spread

A survey released by the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA) of more than 15,200 shoppers looked at the most common ways that people spread the word about interesting products. It also looked at what types of offline channels were most likely to send people online for further research.

Here's a summary of the findings.

After some online research, consumers are mostly likely to share the information with others in the following ways:

Face to face communications - 68.9%

Sending e-mails - 53.1%

By telephone - 50.9%

By cell phone - 30%

Young adults (18-24)

Instant Message - 37.5%

Text messages - 23.7%

Online communities - 20.6%

The survey does shows that traditional forms of media often send people online in order to find more information about a product or service. 92.5% of adults go online "regularly or occasionally" in order to do more research before making a purchase.

Magazine ads - 47.2%

Reading articles - 43.7%

Newspapers - 42.3%

Television - 42.8%

Traditional advertising isn’t dead, it shows that this product is available. Companies need to interlock their offline marketing with online advertising along with product / service information in order to capture people's attention and loyalty.

10 Things They Don’t Teach In College

Inspired by Michael McDonough's The Top 10 Things They Never Taught Me in Design School

1. Do not rely on talent alone

Talent is only one-third of success. While talent is important in any profession, it is not a guarantee of success. Only a combination of hard work, talent and luck (in that order) will create success. Hard work means self-discipline and sacrifice. Luck means, networking, working hard, social contacts and timing.

2. Be willing to start at the bottom and earn your way to the top

“95 percent of any creative profession is shit work.” Michael McDonough

College will teach you the creative aspects, the legal expectations and summary of what to expect. However, most of the career opportunities boring grunt work, drafting, research, negotiating, sales and collecting and stupid parts of your profession and perform them with diligence, you will never succeed.

3. Not everything is equally important

You must decide what is important. Everything is important, yes but not everything is equally important.

4. Don’t over-think a problem.

Give yourself 20 minutes on something completely different and than return to the problem with a fresh look. If you can improve upon it, make it a “pet” project.

5. Separate the known from the unknown.

Begin at the beginning. Make a list comparing what you do know or think you know compared to what you don’t know. Then work on each unknown, solving and removing them one at a time. In Zen it is expressed as “Be where you are.”

6. Remind yourself of what your goals are

Never forget why you are working on a specific project. Keep your goals near by so you an always read them at a glance.

7. Don’t be overconfident

Some people have said that overconfidence is no confidence. Be humble in approaching problems. Realize others who are older or younger may have a fresh look that you never thought of. Accept your moments of ignorance and work diligently to educate yourself out of it. Ask questions.

8. No good deed goes unpunished.

Good deeds and brilliant ideas go against the grain of the social contract almost by definition. They will be challenged and will require enormous effort to smile beyond other’s ignorance and selfishness. Through self confidence is where you will succeed. Work hard, expect to fail a few times, and expect to be rejected.

9. It all comes down marketing

Get out in the world and show people what you have. This is the time to be a bit egoistical, because no matter how fabulous your creation is, if you don’t get it out there for people to see (and buy), it doesn’t exist.

10. The rest of the world counts.

A suit and a ivy league education doesn’t make you a genius nor does it make you an instant success. No matter how good you are, somebody has to construct or manufacture it. Somebody has to buy it. Respect people and you will succeed.

What Are They Famous For?

Google = Search
Their brand? Finding the information you want
Career Opportunities »»

10 Internet Businesses You Can Start With Very Little Money

The internet has become as common as a Drive Thru Coffee joint. Almost everyone has been through one, many people use them daily and yet they still have a lot of room for growth. Don’t feel as though you may have missed the first dotcom wave. Even if you didn’t have enough money for a first or even second wave net fever catch, there are still valuable career opportunities to be found online. You don’t have to be rich to be an entrepreneur in this new age of Web 2.0 applications.

1. Affiliate Marketer
2. Answer Questions
3. Apparel Store
4. Ebay Business
5. Make Videos
6. Photo Retouching
7. Podcast
8. Sell your own service
9. Start a blog
10. Web Design

Affiliate Marketer

Startup Costs: None.

Details: Join another company’s affiliate program like Amazon Affiliates. Earn a commission each time someone you’ve referred makes a purchase. Affiliate programs vary on commission so shop around for the best deal.

Answer Questions / Give Advice

Startup Expenses: Free or the cost for a personal domain and website hosting.

Details: Do you almost always see the solutions to problems? If so, you can start a blog based on reader questions and general Why Did This Happen occurrences and use web affiliates to bring in the $$. Also if your able to find a Cha Cha guide sponor and your great at answering questions you can make between $5-10/hr answering questions.

Apparel Store

Startup Expenses: As little as $6 per shirt or gas money & posting fees

Details: There are several ways to start an online apparel store. A lot of people will garage hunt and sell found clothing on the net. You can also think of some witty slogans and use online businesses such as Café Press to handle all of your printing and ordering process.

eBay Business

Startup Costs: $120 for a compact digital camera.

Details: That pile of stuff in your garage and cool little nick nacks you find in everyday life could be a goldmine. Snap a photo and list it on eBay.

Make Videos

Startup Costs: App $100

Details: Create funny videos and post them online. Video sharing sites like Revver share 50% of their ad revenue with you. The guys that made the Mentos + Diet Coke videos made over $30,000!

Photo Retouching

Startup Expenses: $100 for photo-editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Details: Remove unwanted red-eye and strangers from photos or bring old photos back to life. Photoshop Elements makes this super simple with their magic tools. Start with your friends and family, and the word about your service will spread like wildfire.

Podcast

Startup Costs: $50 for a microphone.

Details: Don’t keep your opinions to yourself, voice them to the world by recording and broadcasting them to others via podcasting. If enough folks listen to your podcast, you can sign up with an advertising service like Podtrac and earn some nice money.

Sell Your Own Service

Startup Costs: Nothing more than what you already pay.

Detail: Whether you’re a photographer, legal consultant, real estate agent, tutor or anything in between, you can make money by selling your services online. It’s an easy way to increase the your market share and revenue. Start by creating an online ad of what you can offer on free classified listing sites like Craigslist, which receives over 14 million visitors a month.

Start a Blog

Startup Expenses: Free or the cost for a personal domain and website hosting.

Details: Choose a niche you’re passionate about and write about it daily. Place contextual ads from Google or Yahoo on it to reap in the money. Services like Blogger and Typepad are free, but you don’t get your own custom domain. Shell out a little cash and get your own domain for a more professional look.

Web Design

Startup Costs: $100 for web design software like Microsoft Frontpage

Details: Every business needs a web presence. Although there a many free templates available on the web, most are difficult or look like bad McDonald clones. You can make anywhere from $100 to $1000 just by making a simple websites for the local mom and pop shop down the street.

There are several career opportunities on the web if you open your mind and eyes and use some imagination mixed with god old fashioned hard work. The act of running a business over the Internet offers many rewards. You literally have a global store when you operate an e-business. Additional considerations

• Educational courses tutoring
• Data entry services
• Telephone answering service
• Independent wine consultant

Remember, for your web development needs there are tons of free applications available.

Roughing It: College Below the Poverty Line

What is a professional?

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Professional


1 a: of, relating to, or characteristic of a profession b: engaged in one of the learned professions c (1): characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession (2): exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace


Being a professional can mean different things to different people. However, I believe that most people can agree that being a professional means you are confident and responsible. A professional can be trusted and has respect for other professionals and you have taken the time to learn valuable skills and experience in your chosen field. In addition, the best professionals (in my opinion) are the ones that keep an open mind towards the future of new and advancing business concepts and ideas.


In the words of Guy Le Boterf, a French expert on the development of competencies, "A Professional is a person who possesses a personal body of knowledge and of know-how which is recognized and valued by the market.

Is it time for a career over haul?

Five Things I learned Last Week

1) I love having female friends

2) I need to remember to stop, think, consider the variables and if I genuinely do not like something, I need to say no. Treating yourself like dirt

3) Sunday night is (normally) an extension of my online persona

4) I was funnier before I hermited and found morality – need to change that.

5) Don't compare your success and definition of to others - Cs Are Not Acceptable

Economy added 97,000 payroll jobs in February

Reuters

The U.S. economy added a modest 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was stronger than first thought and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday, easing fears over economic weakness.

Also, the unemployment rate edged down to 4.5 percent from 4.6 percent, helping allay mounting concern that softening was spreading beyond the struggling manufacturing and housing sectors.

Analysts polled by Reuters were expecting the economy to add 100,000 jobs outside of the farming sector in February and for the jobless rate to hold steady at 4.6 percent.

Construction employment fell 62,000 in February, probably prompted by cold and stormy weather in much of the country, the government said.

Manufacturing employment shed 14,000 positions.

Average hourly earnings rose by 6 cents, or 0.4 percent, in February.

A separate report from the Commerce Department showed a narrowing of the trade gap after it set an annual record for the fifth straight year in 2006.

Health care, which accounted for one in six jobs added to U.S. payrolls in the last 12 months, added 33,000 jobs in February, the government said.

Technology Helps Unburden Medical Work Loads

Future Telecommuting Positions For College Grads

You don’t have to wait twenty or even ten years to be eligible for telecommuting work. If you want to know some of the fields that allow telecommuting, look at the careers that are growing. The less a company is able to fill a job vacancy the more a company may consider tele-working for an employee. The company may negotiate the position into a freelance position but the freedom to work at home can offer bonuses that Traditional on location jobs can not.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2004-2014 Job Outlook for College Graduates numerous occupations with significant future openings will include telecommuting.

For more information on what jobs have the best telecommuting chances go to the article source

Gothic Mayor Candidate response to Pasadena Star-News endorsing Bogaard

As a candidate for Mayor in the Crown City, I must point out some issues I have with your endorsement of Mr. Bogaard. I normally think endorsements are "for the birds" - because it should be up to the people who decide, not some newspaper or political action group.

To quote the endorsement: "Does any city in the nation have a more well-respected, energetic, indispensable Mayor than Pasadena's Bill Bogaard? Not one we've heard of."

Funny. First of all, if Mr. Bogaard is so popular, why didn't the 65,000 registered voters in Pasadena turn out in droves to re-elect him in 2003? Doesn't anyone see he only received 9800 votes - a small fraction of votes for even people that only vote in Presidential elections?

It's not that he's so properly popular that no player on the political scene even considered running against him - it's that people are afraid to lose favor with the Mayor by even disagreeing with him. Enter: Aaron Proctor. A true political outsider who isn't in this race for personal gain. I'm even willing to quit my current job - which pays twice what the Mayor of this City makes - to devote to being a full-time Mayor and a full-time fighter for the real people in this City. It's not the people's fault that nobody knows who Bill Bogaard is, it's Bill Bogaard's fault for keeping it that way.

It's easy to dismiss my campaign as a joke and it's even easier to dismiss me for being young or whatever else you want to point out about me. The fact of the matter is: I truly care about Pasadena and I truly love this City and I truly stand by my convictions on things that need to be changed.

Well written letter - read the entire letter

Medical Lab Technicians Help Discover New Medical Advances

Must of use want to know that something we did made a difference in anther's life.

Some people donate to charity or give what we can no longer use to thrift shops to raise funds. Others are speakers or authors. It can be easy to forget the people working directly in the heart of research. They're not in the limelight of the good causes but they're work is essential. The teams that discover new information can consist of several specialists as well as Assistants.

Everything You Do Can Be A "I Win" Conclusion

Part of the "I Win" mindset seeks shared benefits and is designed to be collaborative. The foundation of which is to listen to what the other people say and want and be honest about what you want and agree on a acceptable compromise.

In addition, the "I Win" foundation is also about learning from your mistakes and learning from projects that are less than successful. Notice that the words used are less than successful - not failure.

First Things First

Doing the things that support your vision

• Prioritize what needs to be done
• One technique that many people use is the A – D method.
• Learn how to say no

Great lessons to build on.

Top Ten Most Popular Careers for 2007

US Top Ten Most Popular Careers for 2007

• Network Systems Analysts: The development of IT has led to an increase in organizations seeking installation and maintenance of networked communications. Systems analysts solve problems related to networked computer technology.

• Physician's Assistant: Physician assistants are trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventative healthcare services, as overseen by a physician. Primary healthcare settings include family medicine and pediatrics.

• Medical Assistants: The growing healthcare sector means more administrative and clinical tasks need to be performed. Other medical assistants can help with clinical tasks. Typically, work takes place in the offices of physicians, chiropractors, podiatrists, ophthalmologists and other health practitioners.

• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians: Case and healthcare records are increasingly used for organizational management and ongoing evaluation of healthcare progress. Records might include patient medical history, symptoms, treatments, tests, outcomes, etc. Medical tests and information management are major growth areas.

• Software Engineers: As IT continues to evolve, so does the work of computer software engineers, who design and develop new computer software systems. The engineer analyses users' needs and designs software or programs to meet these needs.

• Physical Therapist Aides: The number of individuals with disabilities or limited physical function is growing, so the number of assistants who provide services to alleviate the difficulties is set to increase.

• Fitness Trainers: Aerobics instructors and fitness trainers lead groups and individuals in a range of exercise activities. More people are spending time and money on their leisure activities, meaning employment opportunities for fitness instructors will grow.

• Database Administrators: Many organizations now depend on the instant availability of data. Database administrators work with the relevant software to retrieve and present data. They need to understand every aspect of an organization's database system, from its performance to security and the platform it runs on.

• Veterinary Technicians: Expectations for leading edge veterinary care are rising as healthcare in general progresses. Veterinary technicians perform tests, and treat and diagnose medical conditions in animals. Work can take place in domestic pet surgeries, livestock management, wildlife medicine, or pharmaceutical sales or biomedical research.

• Dental Hygienists: As our healthcare involves an increasing emphasis on oral health and retention of natural teeth, work opportunities for dental hygienists are set to grow. Hygienists examine patients' gums and teeth, remove deposits, administer x-rays, and more.