The average person spends anywhere from 40 to 50 years in the workforce. That's a long time to commit to a single career path. While workers in many professions experience natural changes in the direction of their career every so often -- a marketing coordinator may go on to be a manager or executive; a lawyer may progress from associate to partner -- those in education often stick to the same job function for long periods of time. Teachers may get pay raises every so often, but the scope of their job doesn't necessarily change with their salary increases. If you're a teacher looking to take your profession in a new direction, the following jobs will allow you to put your e....
Author : Kaitlin Madden, CareerBuilder Writer
Would you be surprised to learn that the United States is one of the countries with the least generous amount of regulated paid holidays? That's because there is no "national" vacation policy, per se. While some countries mandate time off for all workers, the U.S. has no federal law that requires employers to pay workers for time not worked. However, employers often make up for it in flexible schedules and allotted time off.
Consulting and outsourcing company Mercer has released a report titled 12 jobs requiring short-term on-the-job training
If you're looking to change careers, but you want to avoid going back to school or enduring lengthy preparation, you should consider jobs that offer short-term on-the-job training. In his recently released book, "Best Jobs for the 21st Century," career information expert Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., shares the best jobs requiring short-term, on-the-job training. These jobs are classified as such because, "It is possible to work in these occupations and achieve an average level of performance within a few days or weeks through on-the-job training." Shatkin compiled these lists by sorting jobs in several categories from highest to lowest in terms of median annual earnings, growth r....
Author : Debra Auerbach, CareerBuilder Writer
All jobs require varying degrees of communication. An information technology position, for example, may involve little external communication throughout the day, but customer-oriented workers may talk with clients from the minute they arrive to the minute they leave. Not everyone is cut out to be -- or wants to be -- "on" all day. Dianna Booher, author of "Communicate with Confidence" and "Creating Personal Presence: Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader," says that many top communicators have similar traits that help them succeed. "Some people pride themselves on 'telling it like it is,'" Booher says. "Ac....
Author : Justin Thompson, CareerBuilder Writer
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