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It is a known fact that all of us experienced stress at some points in our life, and judges, lawyers, or other legally trained professionals are certainly not an exception. Stressful events differ greatly in severity. Also, these circumstances activate a series of behavioral and biological responses, which help an individual cope with the situation. While short-term stress can be adaptive, prolonged stress can cause mental and physical illness. Compared with other demanding professional careers like business and medicine, the legal profession is known to be the most stressful. It places high levels of stress on judges, lawyers, and other legally trained professionals. Why is this so? Read on and uncover why law is a stressful profession. Time Pressure Time pressure, which includes work overload and insufficient time for their family and self, is one of the primary complaints that legal professionals cited as a contributing factor to their stress. Statistics show that typical lawyers … [Read more...] about Why is Law Such a Stressful Profession?

For a number of years, you forget everything else. All that is not related to college and your syllabus becomes trivial. Nothing is more important than what you study and nothing has more priority than getting that degree. Well, when the whole journey comes to an end, you gladly take home the degree, proud and satisfied. You think the hard part is finally over. Maybe it is. But the real world’s challenges are just beginning. They are two-fold harder than what a college graduate can imagine and they are definitely more complicated. Irrespective of how good one’s marks are or how well he or she has fared in every challenge put before them, things certainly will change. Life becomes much more compulsive. It becomes much tougher. But there is a silver lining to all this! Once a good job is found, everything will revolve back into normalcy. How to ensure that you get the dream job you want without any convenience and with the maximum benefits possible? Here are a few tips to help you … [Read more...] about A Leap Into the Real World: What to Do Once You Graduate

Are you looking to change your career this year? Have you had enough of being an accountant, a lawyer, or a personal assistant? Why not consider one of the five careers below as a great way to break out of the mold: Writer -- Do you have a passion for writing that you haven't been able to explore until now? If so, it may be time to become a writer. There are millions of websites floating around the Internet, and all of them need quality written content. You will find that there are many websites looking to hire writers, and you can turn your skill with the written word into an income. As a trained professional, you have knowledge of a career that you can use to help others that read your writings. Freelance Professional --Do you have a passion to work as a truck accident attorney  an accountant, or a paralegal, but it's just your current job that's driving you nuts? If so, why not consider starting your own career as a freelancer? You can market your skills on online job … [Read more...] about 5 Career-Change Options For 2013

The job and responsibilities of a social worker may vary based on the specialty area they work in and the setting that the social worker is working. … [Read more...] about A Day in the Life of a Typical Social Worker

Despite a slow job market, marketing graduates are still in demand. All successful businesses invest in marketing. Marketing graduates are fortunate because they can choose from any industry. While degrees from prestigious universities, experience and internships will all help marketing graduates land a job, employers are looking for something more. Employers are looking for graduates who look good on paper, but who also have developed and can market their own personal brand. Companies want marketers who can take action and get results for their company. Once a marketing graduate has solid proof of their results, usually in the form of case studies and testimonials, the opportunities are limitless. Summary of a Marketing Professional The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) cites the entry-level education for entry-level marketing positions is a bachelor's degree. In 2010, the median pay for advertising, promotions and marketing managers was $108,260 per year, or $52.05 per hour. Unlike … [Read more...] about Are Marketing Graduates in High Demand?

Many people work in the field of education and a good percentage of those aspire to become high school principals. High school principals sometimes have a complicated job in which they are the head of large school districts, while others are in charge of small rural districts. What do high school principals do? High school principals have many duties no matter what kind of school district they work for. These duties include administering to the needs of students and the issues brought up by their parents, helping to ensure the school district has the proper resources and funding, dealing with the local government officials, making sure teachers keep up with current training in their fields, supervise staff, and many other responsibilities. Because of this, the average pay for principals in America is more than $86,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with the ones in the top ten percent making more than $100,000 a year. Here are five of the top paid high school … [Read more...] about 5 Highest Paid High School Principals in America

Everyone has that honeymoon period in their line of work, where they feel like what they're doing with their life is all well and good. For the lucky ones, it's something that will continue throughout their careers, but others aren't so lucky; as such, many people not only find themselves disgruntled by their current role, but their choice of profession. However, if you find yourself in this situation, it's not worth getting angry or consigning yourself to a future of disappointment. There are plenty of other ways for you to shape a more positive working life, and sometimes it's pretty simple. Hard work and dedication are obviously required to move in a different direction, but it can still be fun. Using one career example for consistency - that of a journalist - follow the rules below to establish a new course to follow in your life, if you need one! Is your job all that bad, or does it just need tweaking? Journalists, for example, may just find that the company they work for is … [Read more...] about Changing Careers – Is It As Hard As You Think?

Intro to Entre A recent meeting of techies and entrepreneurs in early November rekindled an increasingly heated debate just in time for the holidays. The big question asked seemed simple enough: "Do tech start-ups need an MBA?" Most of the start-up participants at Harvard Business School's Cyberposium 18 had a decidedly tepid response to the query. The heated aspect comes from the seemingly defensive MBA attendees and current business school students, professors and graduates who read of the meeting soon afterward. After years of validation in the form of significant salary increases to reward their advance from a bachelor's degree in business, they seem stunned that their own presumed indispensable and crucial contributions to any business venture seemed, well, superfluous. As Barb Darrow, a reporter for GigaOm.com, wrote, she was "struck by the concern [MBA] attendees seemed to feel about what their advanced degree will mean in a tough economy and in a tech business that elevates … [Read more...] about MBAs: Welcome to the Real World

The recession has left many people jobless, hopeless, and camped out on their parents’ couch. It is having a major impact on people’s priorities, especially for potential university students who are starting to look at job security when choosing a career path. The number of people having to move back in with their parents as they struggle in a tough job market is on the rise. No one wants to do this, and we all need our independence, but the cost of living with food and rent prices increasing is shooting up. If you don’t want to end up back home, take a look at this list of growing job fields crying out for people – and you know what, they pay well too. Environmental Engineering By engineering I don’t only mean the oil and gas industry, although they are incredibly lucrative, I mean environmental engineers as well. Environmental engineers work to prevent pollution and minimize its effects. They use their engineering education to better the environment, provide people with clean … [Read more...] about Growing Career Fields for 2013