Careers Out There

Being a Journalist: With the LA Times’ Maria Elena Fernandez (Interview)

Being a journalist is a great career if you want to be a writer, apply your analytical skills to a topic you’re passionate about and want the rewarding feeling of connecting with people and touching their lives. If you’re thinking “I want to be a journalist“, you’ll enjoy today’s videos which are full of journalism ...

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Healthcare IT Consulting Jobs: Business Analyst Roles (Interview)

Healthcare IT consulting jobs are a great way to take part in the fastest growing industries in America: technical consulting and healthcare! Project management and IT analyst jobs are excellent roles to play in this exploding field. These consultants are focused on making work flow as efficiently and effectively as possible at healthcare facilities

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Career Articles of the Week: Career Shmeer 9/10/10

Welcome to the 7th installment of the Career Shmeer, where you’ll find links to great career articles from the past week (or so). Careers Out There is 9 years old today! Well, kind of. In the summer of 2001, I returned home to Chicago to take care of my mom when she was diagnosed with ...

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How To Build Your Network Before You Need It (Interview)

Michigan career center commmunity manager Scott Tsuchiyama

Networking is an essential element to finding a job and building your career. In fact, it’s one of the 15 career development topics that will follow you through life. Today’s guest tells us that you’ll find the most success with networking if you build your network before you need it. Our guest is Scott Tsuchiyama, ...

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Sports Coaching Jobs: Careers For Those With Iron Stomachs (Interview)

Football coaching jobs are rewarding, demanding and stressful! Sports coaching jobs share many things in common regardless of the sport or the level of play: a good coach will have a passion for the sport and know the game well, will have a strategic mind, good communication skills and people skills, as well as the ...

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How To Maximize Business Networking Calls

Networking is something we all need to do whether we’re looking for a job and searching for a career path or trying to develop or enhance business. That’s why it’s one of the 15 career development topics that will follow you through life. Social networking sites online have made the process much easier for everyone ...

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Career Articles of the Week: Career Shmeer 9/3/10

Welcome to the 6th installment of the Career Shmeer, where you’ll find links to great career articles from the past week (or so). Posting has been slow the past few weeks: during that time the site got a facelift via Matt Chevy and I took a summer vacation to Chicago to see family, friends, Lollapalooza ...

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Advocacy Careers – Changing the World (Interview with PJ Wilson)

Advocacy careers are a great way for you to fight for the things you’re passionate about in life – like today’s guest, environmental advocate PJ Wilson of Renew Missouri. We’ve all heard the famous quote from Ghandi, “you must be the change you want to see in the world”. If you want to be the ...

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Animator Jobs: Odd Todd Talks Freelance Animation Careers

Animation careers are growing in popularity and demand. As today’s media landscape expands, so does the use of animation and computer graphics….and with that comes animation careers. Just ask today’s guest, Odd Todd Rosenberg, who launched a freelance computer animation career when his video about an unemployed cartoon character went viral in 2001. SHORT VERSION ...

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Green Home Building Careers

Green home building is a growing movement here in America. Green jobs and green careers are on the rise as our government does some serious green investing, entrepreneurs search for new business ideas and the public’s environmental awareness grows. Almost a quarter of America’s energy consumption comes from our homes. Odds are that your energy ...

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