Your Career as a Respiratory Therapist

Once you land a new job, you’ll be able to breathe a little easier. But if you land a career as a respiratory therapist, the people you serve will also be able to breathe easier.  And the good news is that respiratory therapy is a growing career field–meaning you just might find it easier landing [...]

Career as an Ultra Sound Technician

Ultra sound is a procedure which makes use of high frequency sound waves that help in viewing internal organs in a body and also acquire the images for diagnosis. This helps doctors in diagnosing various internal organ problems that cannot be detected by an external check up. In the case of a pregnant woman, its [...]

Your Career as a Laboratory Technician

The curious of the world, take note:  A career as a laboratory technician not only will fulfill your desire to find out what makes the world work, it will also involve you in solving problems that will make a direct impact on people’s lives. And in the process, you’ll bring home a pretty good paycheck [...]

Your Career as a Dentist

Your Career as a Dentist

For the person interested in a medical  career, the combination of high salary, a growing job market and ability to work with many patients in one day makes the dentist an attractive career field.  But before you make the decision to pursue this avocation, let’s take a closer look at who the dentist is–and how [...]

Animal Acupuncture? Chiropractics for Cats and Canines?

Complementary and alternative therapies are moving into the realm of veterinary medicine as they have with human medicine. If you plan a career as a vet and hope to truly compete, you would be wise to learn about the most common of these techniques, their underlying philosophies, and, as feasible, how to make them available [...]

American Social Workers Working Abroad

Social work is not only a growing field in North America, but in countries throughout the world.  This is because so many nations are finding it difficult to recruit new workers or hold onto the oens they have.  To turn around this trend, many nations have begun recruiting social workers from across the globe.  This [...]

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Technology in Social Work Practice

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Technology in Social Work Practice

Social work is a field that focuses on obtaining and providing resources to people that need them. These professionals can be found in many settings such as hospitals, mental health institutions and educational facilities. 

Mental Health Counselors in a Down Economy

Mental Health Counselors in a Down Economy

While roughly 10% of Americans are currently unemployed, those in mental health professions are working harder than ever. Although there is no denying the impact the recession has had on Wall Street’s wealth, it’s easy to overlook the effects this time of economic instability is having on Main Street’s mental health. And it’s not just [...]

Is Computer Science Still a Good Career Opportunity?

Is Computer Science Still a Good Career Opportunity?

In the crazy Dot Com years computer science engineers were the wave of the future and were being scooped up by employers as fast as the universities could produce them. So – is this a wise career choice today? Absolutely – because computers are not going away. If anything, they are becoming more and more [...]

Getting Specific with Your Forensic Science Career

Getting Specific with Your Forensic Science Career

Careers in forensic science have become popular in recent years due television shows such as C.S.I., Bones and Forensic Files.  However, many people seem to think that there is one all-encompassing position of the “forensic scientist.“  In fact, because there are many types of evidence, there also exist many types of forensic science techniques to [...]