CAREERS

DRESS TO IMPRESS

By Brooke Pearl

Ever been on a blind date? The first impression is visual, so you want to look your best, right? Well, the same theory applies when interviewing for a job, internship or scholarship. Here are some tips on how to dress to impress so your date, or possible future employer, won’t run screaming for the door.

“A first impression is generally made within the first three to five seconds,” says Ralph Ferrone, author of Don’t Blow the Interview. Interviewers react to the initial appearance of the interviewee, judging to see if they’d fit into the company structure. To pull off a tasteful professional business appearance, women should wear a black or gray pantsuit or a traditional knee-length skirt or dress.

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STEPS TO CREATING SUCCESSFUL CAREER PATHS

By Carol Christen

Each person leaving high school needs a plan: “How I am going to learn to support myself?” Whether you go on to higher education and where you go for that education will be much affected by what you want to study.

Below are some other steps teens can take to begin assembling a career path that will help them achieve financial independence and build a good first career.

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CAREERS OF THE FUTURE

Looking for a fabulous job that offers a great salary, excellent benefits and lots of fun? On CNNMoney.com, Money Magazine and Salary.com the top 50 best jobs in America complete with salary expectations and job prospects. Each career is graded on stress, flexibility, creativity and difficulty. Average pay, 10-year job growth and a description also accompany each career.

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MILITARY MYTHS AND REALITIES

Contributed by todaysmilitary.com

Many impressions you have of the military may not be grounded in actual fact. You may be surprised to learn what the military is really like. Take a look at a few myths out there—then learn the facts behind some of these misconceptions.

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POSSIBLE CAREERS

Compiled from the Princeton Review (review.com) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)

In the dropdown menu below, you will find 11 cool careers from The Princeton Review. The articles will give you an idea of what each professional does and how they got there, along with salary expectations. If any of the following jobs strikes your fancy, get more details at review.com or elsewhere.

JOB SEARCH

All In

Everyone goes through soul-searching after college graduation. Some get a steady job nearby. Others go to grad school. Some put all their chips on the table and go for the life they’ve always wanted.

By Marissa Stephenson

New York City.

I thought if I could make it here — get an apartment, find a solid job, live a semi-glamorous fast-paced life sprinkled with fascinating “you’ll never believe what happened today” stories — I could make it anywhere...

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SALARY COMPARISIONS

Compiled from the Princeton Review (review.com) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov)

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics updates its Occupational Outlook Handbook every year. The handbook forecasts job prospects for a ten-year period, most recently 2004-2014.

For more information from the bureau, visit www.bls.gov.

The view the latest Occupational Outlook Handbook, along with the Occupational Outlook Quarterly newsletter, visit www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

Projected fastest growing career fields, 2004-2014, according to the Bureau:

• *Healthcare practitioner and technical
• *Education, training and library
• **Computer and mathematical science
• Community and social services
• Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media
• Architecture and engineering
• Life, physical and social science
• Legal

*These fields are projected to add more than 1 million new jobs before 2014

** Computer and mathematical science occupations are projected to grow twice as fast as the average for all occupations. The job market will grow 13 percent, on average, while this field could grow 31 percent.