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Teaching Assistant: The Next Best Thing to Being a Teacher

July 1, 2013 by Guest Contributor

Teaching Assistants often lead rewarding careers in education.  People who enjoy being around children and helping them learn find that TA jobs can be enriching experiences.  Such positions are also a great way to determine if working in an academic setting is the right life-long career choice.  While entry-level TAs can become valuable supports for classrooms and schools, TAs with advanced experience and training may even garner greater levels of responsibility.

What Does a TA Do?

Teacher assistantA teaching assistant is seldom bored.  Each day may require various tasks that may involve helping the teacher prep for an activity, one-on-one tutoring, supervising children at a task, or any other number of things that come up during the school day.  Both teacher and TA may operate as a team most days; though, TAs rarely must lead lessons and are often subject to the teacher’s direction.  However, this arrangement is often what TAs love so much about their work.  They aren’t responsible for lesson planning or grading so they can focus their attention primarily on their relationships with the students and finding ways to [Read more…] about Teaching Assistant: The Next Best Thing to Being a Teacher

Filed Under: Education, Skills Tagged With: Teacher Assitstant, Teaching

Teaching Assistants: The Next Best Thing to Being a Teacher

June 28, 2013 by Guest Contributor

Teaching Assistants often lead rewarding careers in education.  People who enjoy being around children and helping them learn find that TA jobs can be enriching experiences.  Such positions are also a great way to determine if working in an academic setting is the right life-long career choice.  While entry-level Teaching Assistants can become valuable supports for classrooms and schools, Teaching Assistants (TA) with advanced experience and training may even garner greater levels of responsibility.

What Do Teaching Assistants Do?

Teaching Assistants worth with students, giving much needed support to teachers.A teaching assistant is seldom bored.  Each day may require various tasks that may involve helping the teacher prep for an activity, one-on-one tutoring, supervising children at a task, or any other number of things that come up during the school day.  Both teacher and TA may operate as a team most days; though, TAs rarely must lead lessons and are often subject to the teacher’s direction.  However, this arrangement is often what TAs love so much about their work.  They aren’t responsible for [Read more…] about Teaching Assistants: The Next Best Thing to Being a Teacher

Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: education, teaching assistants

New Unemployment Law and Lawsuits in New York

June 28, 2013 by Guest Contributor

New York City has enacted legislation that would bar employers from discriminating against unemployed job applicants effective June 11, 2013. This legislation has been met with dismay since many believe that it will lead to disruption in the hiring process.

Furthermore, a large number of lawsuits can also be expected under this new law. While the New York City Council which formed the legislation tried to protect the interests of employees, like most legislation it just ends up making the process more complex.

Effects of the New Law

LawsuitThe new law that is in place is definitely going to make hiring a mess. The reason is that unemployed people who get rejected can target the business in expensive lawsuits. No business owner likes being vulnerable to lawsuits especially in the case of employment scenarios.

The main target of the legislation is to prevent and ban employers from discriminating in the case there are unemployed job applicants. The New York City Council had brought forth the law based on [Read more…] about New Unemployment Law and Lawsuits in New York

Filed Under: Job Hunting Tagged With: job hunting, Lawsuits, unemployment

How to Deal with a Challenging Personality on Your Project

June 22, 2013 by Guest Contributor

As a Project Management Professional (PMP), it is extremely rare to come across a perfect set of people who work cohesively within your team all the time. There will always be someone who doesn’t quite fit, their performance is problematic, or their personality clashes with one or more within the group. It is important to effectively handle these challenges to minimize any negative impact on your team and the project. In general, PMP training courses do not cover the human aspects of how to deal with difficult people, so below are a few tips to consider:

Maintain Professionalism

ID-100100140You might be extremely irritated with this difficult individual, however, it is important to not act inappropriately or awkwardly toward them, or express your annoyance through your words or actions. When dealing with a difficult person, it is best to maintain all conversations in a calm and professional manner. Who knows, your problematic team member may take cues from your exemplary behavior and performance.

Have a Private Talk

If this individual continues to remain uncooperative and problematic, you should talk to them and address the issues behind closed doors. Be honest, but not abrasive. It is vital to clearly explain the gravity of the project, making them realize how important they are within the process, and that everyone’s contribution in a team-driven project is important and necessary for the team’s success. Through frank discussion, you might discover [Read more…] about How to Deal with a Challenging Personality on Your Project

Filed Under: Success Tagged With: Project management

Training and Certifications: A Leg Up in a Tough Market

June 21, 2013 by Guest Contributor

The job market is tough. Even though the unemployment rates are slowly improving, there are still hundreds of applicants clamoring for every available job opening. Thousands of people who were unemployed one month are still unemployed the next.

Training and certifications could give you the edge in the job market
Training and certifications could give you the edge in the job market

In such a competitive market, job seekers need to do whatever they can to make themselves stand out to employers. For some, this could mean bolstering their resumes with additional training and certifications.

But many of these certification programs are not cheap. There’s an old saying: “You have to spend money to make money.” But if you’re living on unemployment and you’re savings are gone, is it really worth it to spend money you need to live, on additional training? [Read more…] about Training and Certifications: A Leg Up in a Tough Market

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: certifications, resume, training

What “IT” Skills Pay Most for Undergraduate and Experienced Developers?

June 1, 2013 by Guest Contributor

The IT field has blossomed over the last few decades, with the UK labour force climbing from a few thousand developers thirty years ago to more than one million today. The skills available for an IT student to learn have also proliferated with the development of new programming, scripting and markup languages, which appears to give those hoping for a career in IT more choice—except that all of those skills do not pay the same or offer the same earnings prospects for the future. The following is a summary of what skills IT students should seek  in order to launch their careers and enjoy success and greater earnings as their careers progress.

Junior Salaries
Data source: workcircle.co.uk

Right After Graduation

The more money IT graduates earn right out of uni, the faster they can be rid of their student loans, so a decent earnings rate early in your career is important. In this regard, Java is widely taught by IT schools, and many study it, but the market for Java developers has become oversaturated with candidates, and rates at which employers hire new Java developers has not kept pace. Similarly, PHP is relatively new and exciting and everyone is jumping on the PHP bandwagon, but that serves to oversaturate the employment market and make obtaining a PHP job directly out of school more difficult.

For new graduates, the market is particularly attractive in older, more basic languages such as C++ and .net. More than half of junior developers use their C++, .net and related skills in the early stages of their careers, so having them is attractive to prospective employers and increases the chance of quality remuneration to begin with. Jobs requiring Perl tend to pay better than jobs requiring PHP.

Junior vs Graduate Roles
Data source: workcircle.co.uk

In a Progressive Career

The type of initial IT job makes a difference to career progress, as does the industry. For example, testers are far less regarded than first-instance developers, so that a job in testing often means lower initial pay and much lower prospects for career advancement—which greatly affects future pay rises. Also, while the game industry seems to be rich with opportunities, the rates of pay in game development are comparatively low and the hours long and taxing, with some game development work even being outsourced to other countries such as India, where the cost of living is much lower and programmers work for much lower wages.

One nugget of gold for progressive careers is Oracle. Although beginner jobs rarely use Oracle skills, developers with solid experience and facility with Oracle tend to make among the best salaries available to developers today.

With so many IT students graduating today, and so many working IT professionals already in the market, a wise choice of skills to learn in school, as well as a wise choice of job types and industries to join, pays off in both the short term and the long term.

Increase in Salary over Junior
Data source: workcircle.co.uk

 

About the Author:

Tim Aldiss writes on behalf of workcircle.co.uk who search the UK’s top job boards, employers and agencies so you don’t have to!

 

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Filed Under: Education, Skills Tagged With: computer skills, IT, Job Skills

How Receiving an Inheritance Can Boost Your Job Prospects

May 24, 2013 by Guest Contributor

The vast majority of unemployed people are desperate to get back in the job market and get their career on track. However, depending on the opportunities and services available in your area, this can be easier said than done.

There are a few things that can really help to kick-start your career, and receiving an inheritance is one of them. According to a recent Gallop poll 8% of current retirees rely on an inheritance for a major portion of their retirement income. So if you’ve recently become a beneficiary in someone’s will, but aren’t ready to retire yet, here are four ways that it can help you to get back into the job market and improve your career prospects.

Taking the strain off your finances

InheritanceThe first and most obvious benefit is that, depending on the amount that you receive, it can really take the strain off of your finances, allowing you to breathe a little easier.

Removing the day-to-day emphasis on income should help you to see the bigger picture, put your finances in order and make yourself ready for employment.

Opening up new career options

Inheritance can come in a lot of different forms, and sometimes this can mean you’re exposed to new career options.

For example, if you inherit part of a business, you can step straight into a role in that company. Alternatively, if you’ve inherited a property you could renovate it, and then rent it out or sell it on. This can give you a leg up on to the property ladder and a potential new career in property development.

Learning new skills

If you were fed up with your previous career, [Read more…] about How Receiving an Inheritance Can Boost Your Job Prospects

Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: Inheritance, Will, Windfall

Make a Difference: 3 Most Rewarding Careers

April 22, 2013 by Guest Contributor

A rewarding career allows a person to enjoy both professional and personal benefits. The following outlines three rewarding careers that allow a person to be of service to others while making a real difference in their lives.

A Special Education Teacher

Rewarding CareersThe work of a special education teacher is rewarding because this type of teacher instructs students with a variety of learning delays and challenges. Special education teachers can instruct students from elementary school through high school. The person has to find creative and effective ways to guide his or her students in understanding various topics. For instance, a special education teacher may have to rework a traditional science lesson on photosynthesis in order to give his or her students a clear understanding of the topic. A special education teacher has the opportunity to be a positive, encouraging influence on students during an especially important time in their lives. In short, a student’s level of confidence can be raised or lowered depending on the skills and approach of a special education teacher. A special education teacher with dedication to the profession can be proud of his or her influence on students.

A Traveling Nurse

Unlike a nurse who works in a hospital or a clinic, a traveling nurse visits a variety of patients in their homes each day. These patients aren’t able to travel, but need regular medical attention from a professional. The work of a traveling nurse is rewarding in that he or she provides necessary care to people of all ages and income levels. The nurse is using his or her training to dress a patient’s wounds, check vital signs, and even to instruct the person on taking medications at the proper time. Aside from these practical services, a traveling nurse can provide encouragement to a person who may feel isolated in his or her home. A traveling nurse has the opportunity to let his or her patients know that they are important and deserve proper care. There are also different jobs within the travel nurse community such as a pediatric icu nurse or a geriatric nurse.

An Interpreter for the Deaf

Finally, the work of an interpreter for the deaf is very rewarding in that the person provides a basic service to a deaf person. He or she helps the person to communicate with others in a fundamental way. Whether the interpreter works in a hospital, a courtroom, a social services agency or a school, he or she is providing an invaluable service to both the deaf person and the public.

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Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: Rewarding Careers

Tutor Others While Between Jobs

March 4, 2013 by Guest Contributor

Searching for a job can be frustrating as you put in application after application. If you’re looking for something to do while you are between jobs, then you should definitely consider becoming a tutor. Here are a handful of benefits that you can gain from being a tutor.

A Reliable Source of Income

TutorThe amount of money that you will make as a tutor can vary, but you can potentially make enough money to cover your bills. In fact, you may be able to get a full-time job as a tutor. A full-time tutor can make anywhere from $10 to upward of $80 per hour, but again, the pay is contingent upon many factors including the subject you tutor, the location and the affluence of your students.

Flexible Hours

If you become a tutor, then you will generally have the opportunity to set your own hours. Many tutors only work during the evenings and weekends. Because school is out during the holidays, you may have students who need to “catch up” during this time or conversely they may have no assignments and you will get the chance to have several days off. Furthermore, you may have the opportunity to set your own hours and work whenever you please if you become an online tutor.

 

Travel

There is a high demand for native English speaking tutors overseas. So even if you have no training or certifications it is possible to [Read more…] about Tutor Others While Between Jobs

Filed Under: Careers, Skills Tagged With: Tutor, Tutoring

Intense Experiences: Working to Make Them Reality

February 20, 2013 by Guest Contributor

What if you had the opportunity to work for a company that makes people’s dreams come true? This type of business really exists and it is called an experience company. Essentially, these companies sell wish-fulfillment. These are special gift packages that allows people to experience interesting and even exotic activities.  If you are someone who likes customer service or marketing and want to do something extraordinary and unique, this business may be the perfect fit as a career choice.

General Logistics

For the most part the job of a gift experience company is to organize the logistics of the event. It’s pretty similar to how a travel agent organizes transportation and lodgings for a trip. People at experience companies contact different partner companies and groups that offer the opportunity to do the experience event. For example, a company that trains security staff in SWAT tactics would be contacted by the Experience company to set up a partnership. The two companies then work out the details such as compensation, revenue sharing, and details for specific event packages. The company then markets these packages to the public. Here are some examples:

Driving Experiences

Extreme ExperiencesSay an experience company wants to include a stock car driving experience as one of its gift experience packages. It would contact a racing company or association like NASCAR. NASCAR has sales staff that would coordinate with the sales person from the experience company to see what services they offer and how both businesses can benefit. Further details like available driving schools, tracks, and teachers then get settled. The average customer would be [Read more…] about Intense Experiences: Working to Make Them Reality

Filed Under: Careers Tagged With: Adventure Jobs, Intense Experiences

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