Career World for November - December 2007 Pg# 5-6

A Pass on Grades
Instead of traditional letter grades, students receive written evaluations of their performance. a few colleges such as, Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, and the University of California, Santa Cruz, are just a few of the schools that use the system. This system emphasizes a one-one-one relationship between professors and students.
Without the pressure of maintaining grade point averages, students are free to focus on learning for learning's sake.
Actually, I'm an Actuary
An actuary is someone who specializes in risks-not taking them, but evaluating them. Actuaries use mathematical models to determine the possible financial consequences of future events.
Jobs Rated Almanac consistently ranks actuary as one of the top five jobs in the United States. because they are in high demand, the job tends to pay well-the average salary is more than $80,000
Simply the Best
The National Engineering Design Challenge (NEDC) is an annual contest that invites students to create products that will help people with disabilities succeed in the workplace.
Bite Your Tongue
36% of recruiters say the most common mistake candidates make during interviews is talking too much. Good communication is a two-way street, and big talkers are often not very good listeners.

Where Do I Go With Speech and Debate?

Degree Key
H = high school diploma
A = associate degree
B = bachelor's degree
M = master's degree
D = doctoral degree

You may take them everywhere. Such as the government, acting, sales, broadcasting, the law, speechwriting, counseling, library, public relations, and corporate trainers.

Setting Her Sites

Robin Liss, 23, did not have to buy a good suit, pound the pavement, and sit through interview after interview to land a job. that's because she already had a job - as the chief executive office (CEO) of her own company, Reviewed.com. It's a job the 2006 graduate of Tufts University had throughout her high school and college years.

Working on the Railroad

Sharon Carlquist's is a conductor for Metro-North Railroad, a passenger line used daily by thousands of commuters in New York and Connecticut. She works four hours in the morning and than has four hours off. She might go to a park, see a movie, read,nap, or do whatever strikers her fancy. Then she puts her final hours before heading home.
Carlquist was conducting a southbound train headed to New York City on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

E-Learning: The Anytime, Anywhere Option

There are some people who like to earn their college credits without leaving their houses. A visual communications major at Georgia's Savannah College of Art and Design has taken several speech and computer courses online along with his regular classroom studies.
Even though take online classes seems easy, these students are working hard. These students are earning credits at their own pace, on a schedule and in a setting that works for them.
E-classes fall into two categories:
- Synchronous classes allows the instructor and students to log on at a prearranged time and conduct class through chat rooms or streaming video.
- Asynchronous classes allow students to log on anytime within an assigned time frame to trn in and receive assignments, take tests, or post to message boards.
"E-LEARNING IS ON THE RISE."

Remote Access

The beginning of this reading, I read about 32 year old Jacqueline Colligan; she has a very busy schedule everyday because of her job and the traffic that delays her schedule back 20 minutes. She is a part time telecommuter, working from her townhouse in Weymouth, Massachusetts, several days each month.
More Companies Step Up
Telecommuting has grown steadily since the 1980's, when the idea originated in response to the energy crisis, transportation issues, and environmental concerns. today, those same issues, as well as work life balance issues, drives workers to choose telecommuting, even if just part of the time.

Building Pages

Career World explores a day in life of a Web site producer.

Today we are using various resources to help us find facts about our topic. However, we are mainly using the Internet because that is the first resource that we think about when we are asked what are we going to use. There are also numerous websites that we are able to look at to find out about the topic. So basically what I am saying is we are dependent on resources because they help us with what we want.

WEB SITE PRODUCER: THE FACTS Training: Bachelor’s degree; computer skills, including HTML, Photo shop, and experience with a content management system. Salary range: $30,000 - $90,000, depending on experience and size of company. Outlook: Good, with the Internet growing bigger and more important every day. Dress code: Varies by company: casual to business casual Walsh’s advice: “Always pay attention to Internet news and cool new sites and technologies. Things are changing so fast that if you stay current, you can know as much as people who have studied and worked for years! Also, it’s not that hard to learn HTML, Photoshop, and other popular programs by playing around with them. That will give you a big head start in school. Try to get an internship in order to get office experience.”