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Essential Jobs That Are in High Demand During Emergencies

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You may not think about it until it happens but when emergencies hit, there are some essential people that always have to work. Getting a career in these fields is a great way to ensure that you always have a job regardless of what’s going on in the world. When you first think of essential jobs that get kicked into high demand when emergencies occur you might think of firemen or police. But the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to realize that there are a lot of other critical jobs as well.

Who Works at Hospitals

Hospital Staff

One extremely in-demand field when emergencies happen is hospital staff. When emergencies happen, the demand for health services increases greatly. Not just Doctors, and Nurses, but Nursing Assistants and Orderlies, X-ray technicians, EMT personnel and even maintenance people are in high demand during an emergency.

Utility Personnel

During natural disasters infrastructure often gets damaged and people are without electricity, water, gas, internet and phone services. This requires Line Installers and Repairers, Power Plant Operators, Distributors, and Dispatchers, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians among many others.

Inventory Management

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Dealing With Temporary Disability After a Workplace Injury

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Since 1970, workplace deaths have been reduced by more than 60%, and occupational injuries have declined by 40%.

Although workplaces are safer than ever before, many jobs still carry a significant risk of injury and even death. After experiencing an injury on the job, many workers become temporarily disabled and unfit to work.

This type of sidelining from the job can cause a number of hardships. Many people find making ends meet difficult, especially if they have families, and mental health is frequently also negatively impacted. Here is a quick guide on strategies that can help you recover faster and get your life back on track.

Mental Health

Understanding why many injured workers slip into depression is easy. Unable to work, with nothing to occupy their time, workers often fall into the trap of repetitive thinking, obsessive thoughts, deflated morale, and lower self-confidence. Staying connected with friends and family is crucial for maintaining your mental health throughout the recovery process. In addition, many professional therapists specialize in treating injured workers who are experiencing a difficult recovery.

Stay on Top of Physical Therapy

For the fastest, most complete recovery possible, consult with a physical therapist who is trained to help patients with your particular injury. A good physical therapy regimen is medically proven to improve results by restoring your function closer to what it was prior to the accident than without the therapy. [Read more…] about Dealing With Temporary Disability After a Workplace Injury

5 Jobs Every Company Needs and How You Can Get One

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There are hundreds of job titles out there, but many are specific only to a certain field or industry. There are some, however, that are needed in every single company. Here are some of the most common and how you can get hired to these positions.

Accountants

Every company needs accountants to keep their financial records in order, send invoices to their clients, pay their bills on time and handle their tax filings. To become an accountant, you will need a degree in accounting. Earning a Certified Public Accountant designation can increase job prospects. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the median annual wage for accountants and auditors was $70,500 in May 2018.

Human Resources

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Other Jobs That Require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)

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Getting a new job can be a fun adventure. If you’ve considered getting your commercial driver’s license to open up your pool of available jobs, you’re in luck. Here are four jobs you can consider.

Heavy Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Service Technicians

If you like having a CDL but don’t want to spend all day driving on the road, there are other jobs out there for you to choose from. A great one is a heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service, technician. When there are highway projects underway, a maintenance technician is available to repair larger vehicles and perform maintenance on them. This includes everything from skid steers to concrete mixers and paint trucks. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), most heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians have a high school diploma or equivalent. Because vehicle and equipment technology is increasingly sophisticated and computerized, some employers prefer to hire service technicians who have completed a training program at a postsecondary institution. The median annual wage for heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians was $50,320 in May 2018.

Garbage Truck Operator

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5 Success Strategies to Get Your Small Business the Attention It Needs

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You came up with a great idea and decided to open a business. You’ve thought about the pros and cons, tallied the figures and are ready to jump in with both feet.

But when you’re just starting out, you may not know how to promote your business to make the cash register ring. Understanding how to market your business, whether it’s online or it has a brick-and-mortar location, is the key to success.

Know Your Audience

Before you invest in marketing, you really need to know your audience. Although you might be tempted to say “everyone needs my product or service” even if that is true you will do better by choosing a smaller niche and conquering it first. So, while marketing to the masses is the goal, small business owners need to segment their target audience. Dig deep into the market and segment consumers into groups. You can then segment them into primary and secondary groups, which will allow you to then create a marketing strategy targeted directly to that group.

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Go Local

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The 10 Highest Paying Jobs in the Oil & Gas Industry

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Make no mistake: Oil and gas companies may be doing some serious cost-cutting and slimming-and-trimming to stay competitive after the shale boom binge, but when it comes to employment, it’s still one of the best industries to hit up for a job.

Jobs are booming, just as much as U.S. oil and gas production is.

US oil production has increased from 11.7 million Barrels per Day (BPD) at the start of 2019 to 12.6 million by the end of October, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas production has risen as well, to 99.1 Bcf/d at the end of October—95 Bcf/d of which is from dry natural gas—up from 91.3 Bcf/d this time last year for total US natural gas production.

Those gains have translated into more oil and gas industry jobs.

US Oil and Gas Employment

The United States Traditional Energy and Energy Efficiency Sectors in 2018 employed 6.7 million Americans in 2018, according to the US Energy and Employment Report 2019, with nearly 1.5 million directly employed by the oil and gas industry, and another 1.2 million workers employed by the power generation sector, which includes all types of power generation, including oil and gas.

Mining Employment

Employment in the oil and gas extraction and support services, specifically, was at its highest level in 2018 since the fall of 2014—the next most recent high.

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Certifications to Consider for Making the Job Hunt Easier

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There’s no question that getting a high-quality job isn’t easy. However, there are many ways you can make yourself more marketable to various companies. One example is by becoming 1 of the 4 Americans who are certified in some field.

There are a variety of different types of certifications that can ultimately help you get hired. Here are four such examples.

Human Resources Certifications

Of the various certifications listed here, this is the most industry-specific. Human Resource Certifications, such as Professional or Senior Professional, are basically requirements to work in the Human Resources field. In that sense, they won’t just help you get a job in this area: They are essential if Human Resources is your field of choice.

Google Certifications

A Google certification can be very helpful when it comes to getting you high-quality tech jobs. There are many different types of Google Certifications that you can get, including certification in AdWords, Google Analytics, Publisher and more.

The best thing about such a certification is that there are countless industries and fields which a Google Certification can be useful in. As such, this is a very broad certification which can be extremely helpful in the future. [Read more…] about Certifications to Consider for Making the Job Hunt Easier

How Losing Your Car Can Impact Your Job Prospects

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When used properly, your car can provide a convenient and important method of transportation that allows you to quickly and easily complete tasks and get to where you need to go on time. There are a variety of reasons you can lose your car whether it be through an accident or loss of driving privileges because of speeding tickets or a DUI.

If you lose your car, then, it can be difficult to impossible to get to interviews, meetings or even work itself on time. To help you understand this potential impact, here are a few insights into how losing your car affects your job prospects.

Interviews

A solid interview is an important first step to gaining almost any job. Unless your future employer allows for remote interviews, you’ll need to have some form of transportation to take you to the site of the interview. If you lose your car, you will have to schedule your interview around the sometimes-unpredictable schedules of public transportation, which could cause you to be late for your interview and lose your job opportunity.

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4 Well-Paying Jobs for Self-Starters

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Some people are naturally self-starters, with the innate ability to work well independently and get work done without being asked. If you are one of these people and prefer working alone, it is logical to choose a career that lets you self-start. Here are four options.

Social Media Manager/Public Relations Specialists

Social media manager is a good job for a self-starter interested in tech. This job can easily be done remotely and is in high demand due to businesses increasingly using social media platforms as a primary method of marketing and outreach. These professionals manage a brand’s social media channels by creating posts, responding to comments and replying to instant messages. They must understand and keep up with changes to the algorithms social media platforms use. According to Indeed.com “The average salary for a Social Media Manager is $49,055 per year in the United States. Salary estimates are based on 1,299 salaries submitted anonymously to Indeed by Social Media Manager employees, users, and collected from past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months. The typical tenure for a Social Media Manager is less than 1 year.” 

A closely related profession is Public Relations Specialist and according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Public relations specialists create and maintain a favorable public image for the organization they represent… typically need a bachelor’s degree in public relations, journalism, communications, English, or business… The median annual wage for public relations specialists was $60,000 in May 2018.”

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Workplace Rights in 2020

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Your Workplace Rights: Tips for Workers in 2020

When you’re working hard to earn a living and raise a family, you need to be on top form if you’re to make the career progressions you wish to, in order to be successful in your career. Nonetheless, while you also concentrate hard on your work, you should also be aware of the rights that the country and your state bestow you with when you’re working within an organization that you trust. Sometimes, knowing these rights can be incredibly useful.

Redundancy (Lay-Offs)

In the U.K. “redundancy” refers to “no longer employed because there is no more work available” in the U.S. this is often referred to as a “Layoff”. People are made redundant for a variety of reasons. Perhaps your company is shrinking, and cannot afford to maintain your role within the organization. You may be seeing your company automate, and leave you out of a job. Or, you may be being unfairly sacked for an offense that you’re not responsible for. Whatever the reason, it’s important to remain abreast of redundancy packages, and what you can expect from your employer if they tell you they need or want to let you go. Normally, this will mean you’re due a payment package and support for a period of time in order to be able to find a new job – an adequate period of transition to avoid worst-case debt-building scenarios. If you are laid off through no fault of your own you will usually be eligible to collect under your state’s unemployment insurance.

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