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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more education means higher earning power and lower unemployment rates. Earning a bachelor’s degree increases average weekly earnings by 62% over settling for a high school diploma. Do earnings just keep skyrocketing the more education a student pursues?
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February 17th, 2009
According to the Department of Labor, health care is one of the largest and most financially rewarding career fields for professionals who have earned a campus-based health associate degree or an online health associate degree. Employers actually prefer to hire workers with an associate health care administration degree, due to [...]
February 17th, 2009
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more education means more earnings and lower rates of unemployment. Earning a bachelor’s degree increases weekly earnings by 62%, and a graduate degree increases weekly earnings by another 21%. Going all the way to earn a PhD can increase earnings still further. [...]
February 14th, 2009
A criminal justice career can be started with credentials that range anywhere from a high school diploma to a four-year college criminal justice degree. However, the Department of Labor reports that more education means higher earnings, lower rates of unemployment, and access to a wider range of career options. Students [...]
February 13th, 2009
According to the Department of Labor, professionals with more education make more money, experience lower rates of unemployment, and have access to a wider range of occupations. The Department of Labor also predicts that the fastest growing jobs through the year 2010 will be those that most often require an [...]
February 13th, 2009
Accounting technicians, along with bookkeeping and auditing clerks, occupied over 2 million positions in 2004. They are employed in almost every industry. Positions in this field provide part-time and temporary work opportunities for those who are unable to keep a full-time work schedule. Working as an accounting technician is one [...]
February 12th, 2009
Entering the field of criminal justice can be done with credentials that range from a high school diploma to a four-year college degree. Many local police and detective positions require only a high school diploma and relevant work experience, while state and federal jobs in criminal justice field occupations typically [...]
February 12th, 2009
Obtaining a job as a real estate sales agent can be relatively easy. Real estate sales agents must have a high school diploma and pass a written examination in order to become licensed for practice. However, minimal beginning earnings and competition with more experienced agents can make establishing a [...]
February 8th, 2009
Looking for an alternative to counseling, Meredith Silvia accepted a job as a usability engineer after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in psychology and government. She seeks to understand the ways in which people learn and remember knowledge and applies that information towards making hardware, software, and websites more user-friendly. [...]
January 27th, 2009
As of 2003, 27% of U.S. adults had earned at least a bachelor’s degree within their cumulative education. The total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded jumped nearly 50% from 1992 to 2004. Meanwhile, the average cost of tuition has been rising faster than the rate of inflation. The most [...]
January 25th, 2009
The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed healthcare as the largest industry in the U.S. The healthcare industry employed over 13. million workers in 2004 and currently includes 8 of the 20 occupations that are expected to experience the fastest growth through the year 2014. Students wishing [...]
January 19th, 2009
The academic field of criminal justice officially emerged in 1920 with only 1,000 students by the year 1950. The number of students pursuing a degree in criminal justice has since grown to 350,000, according to 1998 figures. Students currently intending to enter a career with criminal justice degree credentials are prepared to serve [...]
January 19th, 2009
Few can forget the hype that surrounded the release of Stephen Lundin’s Fish! in 2000. The revolutionary book became an addition to nearly every manager’s library. Large corporations, such as Sodexho, made Fish! required reading for all company managers. The effective advice from the book stemmed from a fish [...]
January 19th, 2009
The number of inmates in the nation’s jails and prisons is skyrocketing, according to a report in the New York Times. The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported 1. million state and federal inmates in 2001, up from 488,000 in 1985. The cost of convicting and incarcerating offenders reached an [...]
December 23rd, 2008
With a background consisting of just a few college courses and a long history of playing with model cars as a teenager, Derek Sanders has landed a successful, fulfilling career as a model maker. He was recently profiled in a popular career journal for his unique occupation. Designers consult Sanders with ideas sketched on [...] 
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