Monthly Archives: October 2011



How to Find a Job After Years of Unemployment

By: Amy Myer on Oct 31st, 2011

A while back you may have had to quit a job due to illness or for the fact you wanted to stay home and take care of your kids. Whatever the reason, you may now be wanting to join other job seekers and try and find a job again. You may however; in your quest for employment might discover that the work force and the industry that you were once in may have changed.

Six Degrees of Opportunity: Connecting Knowledge in All Directions

By: Donald Mitchell on Oct 31st, 2011

This article describes how re-forming your business model can allow your take knowledge and provide and receive more value from it.

Nursing Career Information - Three Things You Should Know Before Getting Started

By: John Purfield on Oct 31st, 2011

With nursing careers on the rise, it seems like a no brainer to become a nurse. However, there are a few things you need to know before you get started.

Achieving More with Less

By: Andy Newell on Oct 30th, 2011

The educational landscape is changing and, given the current financial constraints, new practices must have real impact and be cost effective. We have to rigorously evaluate traditional activities and consider innovative ways of working. In short, we have to achieve more with less.

Audio Visual Jobs: Tremendous Career Opportunities Beckon

By: Lawrence White on Oct 30th, 2011

If one has to name industries that are relatively insulated from any kind of recession, the food and entertainment industries come to mind immediately. When was the last time one heard of nobody going to a restaurant to eat, or not going to the theatre or cinema to seek some entertainment.

Enjoy Accomplishing Bigger and Better Things in Business

By: Donald Mitchell on Oct 27th, 2011

Many people are satisfied with what they know and can do now in business. Regardless of what they have accomplished, they could do a great deal more, have fun gaining competitive and achievement, and have more self-respect by continually aiming to accomplish bigger and better things.

Career Advice - Coping With the Behavior of Difficult Co-Workers

By: Amy Myer on Oct 26th, 2011

It is not always easy for any of us when we are working to get a long with all of the different personalities that we work with on a daily basis. Face it, people can be difficult and they can be strange at times with the different strange habits or behaviors they might have.

How an Event Management Course Can Benefit You or Your Company

By: Lawrence White on Oct 24th, 2011

Planning a rather large event on your own can be very demanding and is often overwhelming. There are so many details to attend to, that often things get out of hand and this can happen very quickly. If you or your company hold events quite often, you may wish to consider taking an events management course.

Keep Life in Balance: A Devoted Father Juggles His Way Up Mount Everest

By: Donald Mitchell on Oct 22nd, 2011

A father finds a way to improve his relationship with his son while adding the education he needs to advance his career by using a flexible online MBA program.

How Social Media Can Get You a Job

By: Tracy Gold on Oct 22nd, 2011

Using social media in the job search: best practices and new ideas. Looking for a job, and feeling like you're shooting your resume into a black hole? That's sure how I felt when I graduated from Duke University this past May. Over the summer, I lost track of how many searches I did on craigslist, CareerBuilder, Idealist (and so on), and how many cover letters I labored over.

Types of Audio Visual Jobs

By: Lawrence White on Oct 19th, 2011

Even in the face of the economic downturn there are still some career fields that are growing in popularity, and one of these fields includes the entertainment business. In particular, there has been a big growth in the amount of people taking on audio visual jobs as these jobs make up a large portion of the entertainment industry.

When One Career Door Closes, Another Career Door Opens

By: Donald Mitchell on Oct 16th, 2011

This career-building article looks at how more learning expands personal development, allows people with little business background to gain senior positions, and permits entrepreneurial choices at almost any age.

The SSSTS Course - An Essential for Site Supervisors

By: Trevor Healey on Oct 15th, 2011

SSSTS is one of a number of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) courses, which is run by a network of approved training providers. There is a group of courses often referred to as the Cskills courses (construction skills courses) and sometimes referred to as Site Safety Plus courses.

Could You Benefit From A Nebosh Construction Certificate?

By: Trevor Healey on Oct 9th, 2011

First of all, before we discuss the importance and application of the NEBOSH construction certificate, we think its important to establish who NEBOSH are, just so there is some context.

AV Jobs For A Bright Future

By: Lawrence White on Oct 4th, 2011

Colleges and universities have plenty of opportunities for learning among the many fine arts categories in use today. Whether the student chooses to get into movie making or audio visual presentations like PowerPoint for office conference use, there is much to be learned in regard to AV jobs that are currently in demand.

Job Descriptions in A Startup Biotech Company

By: Johnny Touperin on Oct 4th, 2011

Biotech startups all have a few things in common when it comes to the kind of people they hire and what makes them successful; whether you're considering entering into a new job with a startup, or starting your own business, it's important to be aware that, unless a lot of responsibilities are outsourced, you are likely to end up playing a variety of roles.