This is a summer when students who find any kind of job – like decorating cupcakes or cleaning gutters - are pretty doggone lucky.
Yet don’t give up hope. As a student, you have some advantages that other job-seekers don’t. Here are some ways to put those pluses to work . . .
Interested in criminal justice? Considering a job in corrections? As population grows and mandatory sentencing requirements become more common, there will be an increasing need for detention officers. Check out these facts from the Bureau of Labor Management about the exciting career of a detention officer.
Photo by Tim Pearce, Los Gatos
As our connections to the world become increasingly far-reaching and globalized, it’s more important than ever to provide education on issues from a broad perspective. Health is definitely one of those issues, and in response, more and more colleges are seeing the need to offer programs in Public Health to undergraduate students.
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Ever since Al Gore made An Inconvenient Truth, “going green” has been the topic of discussion. It’s sad that a film had to be the one thing to make us see that our planet isn’t disposable, but nevertheless, some colleges and universities are finally jumping on the green wagon to offer green degrees for students looking to make a difference environmentally and globally.
With a looming recession in the news, you might be wondering: Will I be able to get a job after college? Or, if you are already working, will I loose my job in this economy? Well, you probably better start thinking about what skills you’ll need for the 21st Century. (more…)
