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Dream Job: Hairstylist
October 31, 2007 by sarah ennengaGood Hair Day
Every morning, Ronnie Affsa and Bonnie Seifert wake up knowing they’re going to make someone’s day. Simply put, they get paid to make people look and feel beautiful. Working their magic with scissors and gel, these stylists – and many others like them – shape limp strands of hair into well-styled coifs. They sharpen their creativity through formal up-dos and inspired color treatments, making clients feel like the most important person on the planet. “When people leave my salon, the smiles on their faces are just great,” said Seifert, proprietor of Hair Depot Salon in Charlton, Mass.
A snip off the old block
“My father opened this establishment 51 years ago,” said Affsa of his salon, Hairplace One in downtown Quincy, Mass. “I’ve been working here after school for as long as I can remember ‚Äì it’s the only business I’ve ever known.” -
Top Transferable Skills Web Sites
by sarah ennengaTo be successful in the workplace, employees have to possess transferable skills. Knowing about these skills will help teens and adults prepare to be successful in the workplace. Transferable skills are a product of our talents, traits and knowledge. These skills determine how you respond to new activities, work situations or jobs.
Transferable skills are non-job specific skills that you have acquired during any activity or life experiences. Student activities and experiences include campus and community activities, class projects, and assignments, hobbies, athletic activities, internships and summer part-time jobs. -
‘Watch’ My Resume – Pros and Cons of Video Resumes
by joel cheesmanTired of the same old antics for the job search? Posting resumes online, mailing dozens of resumes through “snail mail,” searching sites on the internet, and cold calling companies? Is there a better way?
Maybe there is! How about the newest technology with video resumes?
Actually, video resumes have been around for quite some time, but they are just beginning to gain attention in the job search arena. Several online companies are developing a business around this new concept. Wireless broadband, digital photography, and a myriad of new technology advances make video resumes much easier to produce and inexpensive to create. They’re one more tool in the job search cache. -
Tips on How to Deal with Boredom on the Job
by sarah ennengaWhen does work become routine? Well, work can become routine for many reasons, but the real question is what to do when work so becomes. In the article referenced below, a person was passed over for a promotion because she had no more passion for her work. The article gave few tips to help her get back on track.
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Dream Job: Funeral Director
by sarah ennengaThe Remains of the Day
It’s midnight on a crisp October night in New England, and Fred Skinner, funeral director at Levine Chapels in Brookline, Mass., is just getting in to the office. “I kid people that I work in a bloody environment,” said Skinner. “But actually, my role is much more comparable to that of a butler in a large country home: I organize several different service providers to ensure that an event crucial to a large group of people goes smoothly.” -
The Class System: A Look into the Uneven Attempt of College
by Candice A
Provided By: Associated Content, Inc.America’s education system is great. With government interventions like Federal Aide (FAFSA) any student regardless if they are rich or poor has a chance to go to college. For example, I am able to get my college education completely paid for off of scholarships and federal Pell Grants due to my lower income bracket I fall in.
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Education Funding for Latino Students
by Candice A
Provided By: Associated Content, Inc.There are constant rumors spread that Latino students, on the whole, are under-achievers. Racist and biased as this allegation is, one reason that there may be some truth to it is that there are fewer funds to assist Latino students, not merely to bring them into the mainstream, but to encourage them to continue their studies and prepare them for a brighter future than many of their parents may have had to look forward to.
A recent LA Times article told about Federal funds granted to Ventura College’s Santa Paula campus which claimed that the money was to be used to “boost” the educational performance of Latino students with new programs.
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Careers for Graduates with a Degree in Economics
by Candice AGetting a Good Return on Your Education
Provided By: Associated Content, Inc.
Thousands of graduates with a degree in economics must have applauded when in a recent presidential campaign gurus introduced the slogan”It’s the economy, stupid”. By highlighting the importance of economics to national and personal well being , this statement may have encouraged some students to continue their studies to prepare for important careers waiting for graduates with a degree in economics and simultaneously opened up more potential careers for those same graduates with a degree in economics. For today’s graduates the result of having pursued a degree in economics is not dull or boring employment, but instead a degree in economics can provide graduates with a key to exciting, creative and lucrative career opportunities.
Jobs in Secondary Schools
Our private, parochial and public schools have certainly responded to the call to better prepare our young people in the area of social studies by expanding the number of economics related courses to their curriculum, courses taught best by graduates with a degree in economics. There are more opportunities for graduates with a degree in economics who coincidentally enjoy and are credentialed in teaching to direct new high school curriculum offerings in macro and micro economics, U. -
Why You Shouldn’t Go to Law School
by Candice A
Provided By: Associated Content, Inc.Congratulations! You have just completed your four year degree at that prestigious University. At some point someone told you the big lie: “College is a time for intellectual exploration” and you believed them.
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Looking Beyond Law School
by Candice AGraduate School for the Creative Soul
Provided By: Associated Content, Inc.
Growing up in my family, there was a firm belief that only a few career options existed in life. These were: teaching, business and sales, medicine, and law. The former two were my parents’ careers, and the latter two the only acceptable alternatives.
