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By Marina Skegin-Sipes
 You and I are lucky. We live in a world rich in possibilities. We are able to select from an unlimited variety of occupations, and have the right to find happiness and personal fulfillment in our daily work.
The fact that you live in a free society gives you the privilege to decide your own fate. You have as much power in determining where you work as you do in selecting a spouse, a home, a car, or a pet. Your choice of jobs really depends on how much you want to shape your career, and how much effort you're willing to spend to make the necessary improvements in your life.
If you're considering a job change, it's likely related to three reasons :
1 - Personal - You want to change your relationships with others.
For example, you may have discovered that you're incompatible with the people in your company. Perhaps they have different interests than you; or they communicate differently or have different educational backgrounds.
2 - Professional - You've determined the need to advance your career
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By Paul Bowley
 Get ready for an amazing alternative job hunting secret! If you've been in the job market recently, you already know it's tough. Not because there aren't excellent job opportunities out there. But because employers' expectations are so much more demanding.
Employers want you to come in prepared to demonstrate that you've done your homework. They expect you've taken the time to learn about their organization and its goals. They also require that you show very specifically how you can make a contribution to the company's bottom line.
The purpose of an alternative job hunting secret is to come at the job market from a totally different perspective. For example, you learn to see job search from and the employer's point of view. When you do, then you'll also appreciate discovering the huge advantage you have when you do your homework and you come to a face-to-face meeting or interview armed with critical insider information.
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By Tony Jacowski
 Many of us may not be able to pay for a college education. Worse still, we might not have the grades required to get into a college of our choice, or to study in the field we are interested in. But, these factors shouldn't hold us back from pursuing our dreams and a right to good education. In such cases, career and technical schools prove to be a very good option to attending college, whatever the reason may be.
Duration
Career and technical schools provide a certificate, diploma or degree, and trains you for a specific career, trade or profession. Obtaining a degree from a trade school will take two years on an average, as compared to four years in a regular college. This is because they train you only on specific skills. Also, the time spent in the classroom is less than conventional college, which means savings on tuition fees. It also gives you more time to earn, along with your ongoing education.
Cost
While a traditional degree from a public university can cost you starting from $35,000, a degree |
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By Tony Jacowski
 The fact that changing technology and "progress" are creating job opportunities in the most unexpected areas is a plus. This means that marketing or creating a need for your qualifications is crucial.
*Entry level candidates are cheap, plentiful, and easily found. Your resume needs to reflect an aspect that will make you stand out from the crowd and will help create a demand for your profile. You need to highlight a USP (unique selling point), whether it is an internship or professional training. If you worked and paid your way through your training, you will project yourself as a hardworking, committed person. Self discipline and time management are the character traits that will follow from you financing your education.
*Presentation of your qualifications and background is the make or break point. You will have 35 to 60 seconds to pique the interest of the employer - that is how long it will take them to read your resume and decide whether to invest the time in meeting you to decide if you can be groomed for a career |
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By Reginald Curtis
 You know you're destined to be a fashion designer if you: a) spent most of your childhood making clothes for your Barbie dolls instead of playing with your friends; b) read fashion magazines instead of your school books; c) ran a boutique out of your basement at age 10. In other words: if you want to be the next Yves Saint Laurent, it helps to be completely and utterly obsessed with fashion.
However, there are many aspects of the profession. Working as a fashion designer can just as well mean supervising a design team at a sportswear company as producing a label under your own name. Although the former career may not seem as glamorous as the latter, it certainly will make your life less stressful. To create your own label takes a lot of time, dedication and hard work. Not to mention living just above the poverty line for several years.
Choosing a strategy
There are as many different ways to embark upon a fashion career as there are styles of design. Ralph Lauren's Polo empire was founded on a small tie collection |
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By Tony Jacowski
 Actors start as an extra in a movie. There are opportunities for "extras" in every kind of movie and the role of an extra does not require any special talent. Like you, there are thousands of extras who are hoping to make it big, so while the role may not call for any special talent, you have to distinguish yourself from the rest and hope to catch the director's eye. The experience will get you used to the atmosphere of a shooting site, the idiosyncrasies of the actors and other specialists involved - above all, it will open your eyes to all the grunt work that goes into making a film.
In the making of a film there are also more specialized jobs, like those of acting, directing, and even writing roles. These require some amount of professional training. A professional internship in the line will definitely give your career a boost. Then there are the slightly less important but no less crucial jobs, like the grips and assistants to the editors, of both writing and film.
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