Posts Tagged“careers”

Working in the Prison System

If you’re looking at a career, one of the things you have to think about are the opportunities for development. Working for a small start up gives you lots of experience and could get you in on the ground floor of something huge, but professional development relies on you creating opportunities for yourself. If you want to follow a more traditional path of training, improvement and promotion you need to look to a large, established company, with institutional experience you can benefit from and a hierarchy you can climb. Many careers follow a path beginning in large, established businesses, out…

People Who Dropped Out of High School and Still Made it

The idea of dropping it out of high school is one that should never be encouraged, the best move that you can make when it comes to having a successful career is to study hard at high school and graduate from college. Whilst this may be the best decision that you can take however, there are many who didn’t finish their high school education and bucked the trend that most dropouts make in going on to having hugely successful careers. If school didn’t agree with you or if you have bigger plans for your career than your education is giving…

Do You Have What it Takes to Become an Engineer?

As far as career choices go, being an engineer is a great option for many, a career that is rewarding professionally and personally that allows you to let your creative juices flow. Engineers are the brains behind every new development in the World, they are the ones who design the new products that we buy, the creators of bridges, buildings and infrastructure, the innovators of new medicines and the people who create new applications for our cellphones and tablets. There are a certain set of skills and characteristics that you need in order to embark on a career in engineering,…