Careers & Employment - June 2007

I've applied to around 10-15 jobs. Some are better opportunities than others. Say I get an interview and an offer from Job A that is one of the less attractive jobs, but I've just been asked to interview for one of the nicer jobs? What's the proper way to ask the people from Job A to wait for an answer from me. What's a polite length of time to mull over the offer before I need to say "yes" or "no."

FWIW, these jobs are various science technician jobs, some with Universities, some with state agencies, and a few with private companies.

2007-06-04 03:50:23 · 7 answers · asked by yodadoe 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

i want to become commercial pilot. What can i do to maintain 20/20 eyesight, how long should i be in computer when using it? if my eyes are not 20/20 anymore, can i still be a pilot? What health conditions should i have?

2007-06-04 00:53:40 · 2 answers · asked by carlas 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

Mine was writing down serial numbers of cameras all day long on a manual paper spreadsheet. I gave up after the 4th day!

2007-06-04 00:34:32 · 17 answers · asked by Say It Like You Mean It 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

i live alone in a rented house and run a car. i work full time but have only recently started so the pay isn't fantastic and i need to cover all my billls and stuff.
i was also doing bar work but this left me shattered and difficult to get up for a half eight start at my full time job.
any advice on 2nd jobs or ways to earn a bit extra to help ends meet till my salary starts to improve (legal obvioulsy )

2007-06-03 23:41:04 · 11 answers · asked by Gyp77 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

A few months ago I went on a job interview and after a few questions the interviewer wanted to know my nationality. So, I told her where I was from but later someone told me that it is a somewhat discriminatory question... How was I supposed to handle that?!!

The "Where are you from?" question comes up on a daily basis with instructors, salespersons, healthcare providers... you name it. I do not mind telling them but lately it has become a bit repetitive. Yes, I am answering the same question over and over like a broken record!!! Any suggestions please?!!

2007-06-03 22:36:26 · 5 answers · asked by sharon 3 in Law & Legal

Should I Become A Family Court Lawyer or Child Social Worker or quit all dignity & b a stripper?

2007-06-03 20:58:10 · 4 answers · asked by ~haylee~ 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I just started working at Disneyland. They make it so that you always have 2 weeks of schedule out at any given times. Its only been a week since I've started working and already twice I've gone to my job and they've extended my shift like 3 hours. Is it legal and right for them to do that? I say I'm busy. The first time it happened they gave me a compromise time. But the second time they made me work about 3 hours extra saying that I should expect to work 8 hours if i'm not scheduled 8 hours. Yeah, so basically, are they allowed to do that? (PS: I'm a minor, but I graduate in 2 weeks)

2007-06-03 20:39:00 · 5 answers · asked by racingroadrunner 4 in Law & Legal

What type of annual salary should I expect?

2007-06-03 19:22:09 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

What is the salary equivalent for $20 an hour, $25, an hour, $30 an hour, and $35 an hour?

I'm pretty sure it isn't as obvious as (x amount per hour)*(x hours per week)*(52 weeks) because we obviously don't work 52 weeks a year. There are forced vacations (christmas, thanksgiving, july 4th, etc), as long as personal vacations and sick days.

2007-06-03 18:01:51 · 6 answers · asked by Enrique 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-06-03 17:59:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anthony Dsouza 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

Any special tips will help too. Thanks.

2007-06-03 17:49:47 · 5 answers · asked by mzright23 1 in Government & Non-Profit

i'm just wondering what kind of schooling you need to become a mortician ..thanks.

2007-06-03 17:21:52 · 2 answers · asked by bunty 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

what type of training do you need to be an admistrative assistant.

2007-06-03 17:08:33 · 5 answers · asked by annie 3 in Law & Legal

ok, so the night manager at work, apparently likes me. I talk with him a lot and we hold some interesting conversations while at work and people make fun of me for it, but I've just ignored them.
well, now I'm starting to realize that he favors me a lot at work and will do things like give me more tip money than other people (we have a tip jar that we split at the end of the night). and he'll always ask me if I want to stay or go home early for whatever reason, but he wont ask others, he'll just send them home when he sees fit.
just little stuff like that is starting to bother me. I don't think it's fair and I don't know how to confront him.

2007-06-03 16:03:29 · 7 answers · asked by hobo 6 in Food Service

I was let go from my job this past week. I knew it was coming for about 3 months. Here's the thing. I came back from maternity leave 6 months ago and everything seemed to be going relatively well, with the exception that I had alot of missed days (half days, coming in late for doctors appointments). But this was not anything new, as I already had 2 children at home and always had the same situation.

Well, all of a sudden, I had a yearly review that was horrible! Where previously (2 weeks earlier) my boss could say nothing but great things about me and told me that I was 100% (insert business name), all of a sudden I had never been a team player and blah, blah, blah. 1 month later I had a follow up to my horrible review, 2 weeks later I had another (where I was informed that I had been put on probation 2 weeks earlier). Long story, anyway, I am to keep quiet or get nothing and I have to sign a contract that says so. Do I have any recourse? Please, help me!

2007-06-03 14:56:40 · 10 answers · asked by CeciGirl 1 in Law & Legal

i have a pretty good job right now with benefits & retimrent and pretty good pay. also has job security. problme is im a custodian which i cant imagine doing the rest of my life. i have a chance to go to an American Barr Associatoin approved paralegal college, but the schedule there conflicts with the schedule of my job. so in order to complete the program i will hae to find a day time job which probsably wont be as good as my current job, but i will get the good degree out of it and then have a chance to move up and its more of a career track than the custodian thing. so should i quit my good job and temporarily get a worse job for the sake of furthering my future in the long run? what do u think? thanks !

2007-06-03 14:51:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

im currently working as a housekeeper in a well known Hospital, i started about 2 weeks ago and it offers alot (benefits,paid vacation, tuition money for school etc..) there's possibilities of moving up after prohbation. and at my current wage ill make about 20K a year...i was offerd a job at a Pizza Place as an Asst. Manager which i will be making about 32K a year, xcept the only thing they offer is medical and paid vacation..with little possibility of moving up unless its store Mng...what would you chose or wwhat do u recomend?

2007-06-03 14:30:37 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Does anyone know of a site where I could find medical coding jobs from home. I am CPC certified and have over 4 years of experience. Thanks

2007-06-03 13:19:30 · 2 answers · asked by Gerri W 2 in Health Care

i live in Mt vernon NY... my grades are A's and B's

2007-06-03 11:28:26 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food Service

So i'm 18 now, and I want to start making money, working, and learning the value of the dollar. My only problem is what sort of job do I pick up? I've never worked so i have no experience, it wouldn't make sense to jump into something difficult. I'm not a very social person in general, and I mean shy in public, when i say that, but I think i would manage with having to deal with people on a daily basis quite well regardless of that. I just don't want to start with a grocery store job, I want somethign reasonable in a nice environment. I've been considering several book stores such as borders, but how willing would they be to hire someone who has no experience? Any suggestions on an appropriate job? I would rather NOT be on a register, but if that is what i must do , then so be it.

2007-06-03 10:54:48 · 5 answers · asked by Caimunion 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

what location should you choose if you've worked in a variety of positions at several locations for a company?

2007-06-03 10:54:36 · 3 answers · asked by statics1977 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I'm 20, been in the Air Force for almost two years. I hate my career field, it's made me despise people. It would be very hard to cross train into a different field, because my is critically manned. Anyways, I have no idea what I want to do when I get out, (go to school yes), but for what job...I don't know. I've been trying to figure this out for years. I feel stuck, because my current "job" has great perks, but I have no heart in my field. I work hard and with pride, but I'm not happy. I don't want to get out and get a crappy job and say I used to do something better than I am now........I don't know what to do.....I'm not happy and I need some advice please. I have no problem finishing up my enlistment in good standing, I just don't know what to do after that...

2007-06-03 10:49:06 · 8 answers · asked by happy kat 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

i work a minimum of 5o hours per week. the worst week i have had this year was 120 hours. was that illegal? or just stupid

2007-06-03 10:48:12 · 5 answers · asked by down in atl. 2 in Law & Legal

I work at this rehab place. Its like a group home. I get paid 8/hr. One of my good friends works here also. She is almost 8 months pregnant. We have a big inspection coming up on Mon., Tues., and next Tues. They want us to deep clean everything and i mean everything. My friend can't be around the chemicals and they don't care not one bit. They expect us to do so much and what we do i think we should get paid more than 8/hr. I wanna look for another job but im trying to stick it out until Jan when i go back to school. Im not telling them im going back to school because the last time they tried to stop my friend from going and when u ask to b parttime the get mad and still schedule us fulltime. They dont tell us nothing. The clients complain saying that we dont feed them enough on wkends and when i told the cook what we do she says that we are overfeeding them Most of them are supposed to be on watch for their weight. Should we sit and wait it out or continue looking for a new job. Help

2007-06-03 10:24:46 · 14 answers · asked by maritza 2 in Health Care

I've just finished my first year of college and now am back home for the summer. I really need to make money so getting a job is crucial. But at the same time I want a job that I will really be able to enjoy and benefit from. I've done fast food jobs before in the past a really don't see myself going back to something like that. My majors are International Business and Spanish and I'd like to find a job that might allow me to advance my Spanish speaking abilities (I'm fairly fluent right now) as well as enhance my knowledge of the business field. Plus I'm sure it would look great on my resume if I have experience working with my two majors. Does anyone know of any good jobs that I can look into?

2007-06-03 10:20:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-06-03 10:15:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I wanted to know what type of lawyer to bring a claim against my former employer I have a list of incidents that happened that my boss acklowedge but would not do anything about.

2007-06-03 09:29:45 · 3 answers · asked by theamericanbombers 4 in Law & Legal

I'm 18 and I'm trying to find a job that would be good for what I want to do when I get out of collage I want to be a psychiatrist so want to do something that based around that, But I have no idea
I will take help I can get please no jerk answers . Thank You

2007-06-03 08:53:19 · 3 answers · asked by C.K 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I have got my first ever job interview tommorow, it is working at a bank on the telephone as a customer advisor, i know it is going to be a competency based interview and have researched into example questions, as i have just left colllege and have very little experience in the working environment i am finding it really difficult to come up with good answers to questions such as Give an example of when you have provided good customer service? I really really want this job and am so scared of the interview can anyone plz help me at all??? thanks x

2007-06-03 08:49:01 · 4 answers · asked by ***AmeLiE *** 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am considering a career in as a sonographer. It seems like an exciting career and it would also give me a great sense of accomplishment. I was going to school to become a nurse, but the idea of being a sonographer first seems like a better goal for me right now.
Is there anyone out there who has that career or is considering it like me? How long does it take to get your license? ( I have about 2 years of college completed already) How much do they usually make?
Thanks for the help!

2007-06-03 08:04:53 · 4 answers · asked by DLZ 2 in Health Care