Occupations

"What do you really want to accomplish in the next month, the next year, the next decade? Is your career on track?
Are your relationships developing correctly? Do you really even know?..." 071204

CNN Money: The next job boom "New studies say everyone's out looking. The latest data says
everyone's hiring. Here's what workers (and their bosses) need to know..." 071124

Yahoo hotjobs: Some Hot Professions Face Lukewarm Prospects "Some professions enjoy an
of-the-moment popularity. Perhaps it's because a new television show thrusts a certain vocation into the
spotlight or because people realize they can make a living doing something they love. Whatever the case,
some of these hot occupations exist in cooler job markets than you might anticipate..." 071029

The Riley Guide: Networking & Your Job Search "Networking is the art of building alliances. It's not
contacting everyone you know when you are looking for a new job and asking if they know of any job
openings. Networking starts long before a job search..." 071028

Career Voyages: Top 50 In-Demand Occupations "The Top 50 Occupations were selected in the
following way: * A "Top 50 rating" was created by multiplying the Projected Need for Employees times the
Median Hourly Wage. * Occupations whose Median Wage is less than $20/hr were eliminated. * Of the
remaining occupations, only the top 50 were selected. Initially, all of the occupations are displayed in
descending order using the Top 50 rating (most desirable to least desirable). You may resort the
occupations by clicking on a "Sort by" link in the table header..." 071021

rootsweb.com: Colonial Occupations "Our early American colonists did not have quite the same
employment opportunities as we do today. There were no TV producers, car salesmen, rocket scientists,
and certainly no computer programmers. The first emigrants to America had occupations concerned
primarily with simple, basic survival in the New World. They were, for the most part, skilled laborers, who
could make things most of us now only dabble in as hobbies..."

Career Ramblings: Simple Steps On How To Write A Resume "In this post, I want to write out some
simple steps on how to write a resume. It is much easier than most people think, but you must approach it
in an organized manner. All your thoughts must be clear in your mind or on scratch paper before you begin
writing..."