By Emma Riley Sutton
Knowing what you want to be when you grow up isn't a decision to take lightly. You must take into consideration several factors before making this life-altering decision. Not only do you need to think about your financial future, but you also need to realize that whatever you decide on you will be doing for 40 hours a week for decades. Changing careers is always an option. However, making the ...
By Hannah Rice Myers
If you like to travel, love the open sea and are looking for a career, then a job in the Navy might just be for you. Not only are you given the opportunity to proudly serve your country, you are given the chance to learn virtually anything you want to learn, from cooking to engineering. The perk to Navy jobs is that the training you receive can lead to exciting careers as a civilian once you have ...
By Brendan O'brien
Criminal lawyers defend or prosecute people who are charged with crimes. A defense lawyer may own her own practice or be part of a larger firm. Prosecutors work for some level of government---local, state or federal. Salaries of criminal lawyers are determined by factors including experience, clientele, employer, education and specialty. If the criminal lawyer works as a prosecutor, the size of...
By Stacy Herlihy
Traveling nurses travel to different places of employment in order meet staffing shortages. A traveling nurse may work in one area for a week and another for two months. She may work in a hospital taking care of newborns, or she may work in a nursing home helping elderly patients get proper nutrition. Travel nurses are paid in many ways. This may include a contract, per diem wages or an hourly...
By Shani Valdez
Licensed vocational and licensed practical nurses (LVNs/LPNs) are viewed by many states as comparable due to similar coursework requirements. Typically, nursing candidates complete an LVN program to quickly get into the health field and then later become registered nurses. Many LVNs opt to become RNs to further specialize and earn more money, causing high replacement needs in this vocation....
By Cyn Vela
The job of a wet nurse is to breast feed another woman's child. Historically, wet nurses were hired by royalty and aristocrats, because these women did not want to do the job of feeding their infants themselves. In modern days, wet nurses breast feed the children of women who can't breast feed--for reasons of inability, illness, work or implants--or the infants of single men. If...
By Rebecca Sweeney
Radiologists are medical doctors whose focus is primarily on producing images of the body to detect problems and treat disease. They work closely with primary care physicians to determine the best examination and treatment for the patient. Radiologists use X-ray machines to produce 2-D images of certain parts of the body. They diagnose the results, looking for muscle and bone problems. CT scans ...
By A. B. Kelsey
A specialty career devoted to the health-care needs of newborns, neonatal nurses work in hospital nurseries tending to healthy newborns or care for premature and critically ill babies in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Learn more about the requirements for neonatal nursing. Aspiring neonatal nurses must first graduate from an accredited two- or four-year general nursing program. No...
By Merrimackian
The health care industry is the largest industry in the United States, providing 14 million jobs. Between the years of 2006 and 2016, the health care industry is expected to grow at a rate faster than any other industry and will continue to generate employment opportunities in all its different segments. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the median hourly earnings of health care workers...
By Hala Dodhia
With schools becoming battlegrounds with increasing incidence of violence, the role of the school counselor has gone beyond mere career guidance. It is a sophisticated post that is stressful and yet essential for the management of the various problems students face in their school and home environments. The guidance counselor is responsible for ensuring that students choose the best possible...
By Shelley Moore
The phrase "locum tenens" is commonly used to signify temporary employment for physicians. A Latin phrase, it means "placeholder" or "one who holds the place," and designates a doctor who carries on the practice of an absent physician for a limited time frame. The organizations typically need someone to work a position until they fill it permanently. People who...