Careers & Employment - September 2007

I'm just shy of 28 years old and I'm considering giving up my career (currently working in Germany and making over $100K a year) to move back to my small town in Kansas to be with my family. My stepfather has brain cancer and the doctors only gave him a year to live. I'm considering moving back which will more than likely end my career in communications as there aren't really any jobs back home, but my family is VERY important to me.

I'm going to go ahead and move back and figure something out, but I just want to know what you would do in my situation.

2007-09-06 19:50:13 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Legal

I was calculating... i am 18... starting college maybe in january... If i get a job now, i can probably make around 1500 or so , working 11 hours a day for 5 days a week... low wage... .. and i was wondering... this is nothing a year... and i am not a very smart person, i doubt i will last in college, so can you guys cheer me up and tell me if i am missing something? because ill be working so much but making hardly anything.. I need some advice.. Please... thanks

2007-09-06 19:18:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-09-06 18:21:30 · 4 answers · asked by cgcrnc 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

Live in AZ, and all verbal discussions and agreements for job offer, acceptance, and pay. Can I even go to their HR dept for this act of unprofessionalism?

2007-09-06 17:56:29 · 6 answers · asked by J R 1 in Law & Legal

2007-09-06 17:53:39 · 11 answers · asked by cgcrnc 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-09-06 17:23:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I will be 20 in a few days

Right now i work for PEPISI driving a HI-LO picking drinks and loading them onto trucks (16.05 an hour, max pay is about 24 after like 4 yrs) been there for about 4 months now
i dont want to do this for the rest of my life

i used to work for ford / mazda driving a HI-LO unloading and loading trucks for 10.25 an hour. quit for pepsi

2 yrs in high school for auto mechanics and 1 yr in college for it too.
mechanic positions dont look very promosing anymore
i like working with tools
I like working with computers and technology
i perfer to work alone but dont mind working around others

i just dont know what i want to do

2007-09-06 17:22:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I work in a bookstore. I love my job and I would like to continue what im doing. What kind of degree would I need to get in order to advance in my career? I would like to do something online if I can.

2007-09-06 17:15:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

Does anyone know: I know it varies but, what is the usual wait time between the time you submit an application for a job and the time an employer will contact you? Bascially, when do I stop waiting for an answer?

2007-09-06 16:27:45 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

My wife and I currently live in TN, but my job is relocating me to TX. My wife's job doesn't have any positions available in TX and she can't get another job because she is 4 months pregnant. Would my wife be able to recieve unemployment benefits?

2007-09-06 16:05:39 · 7 answers · asked by Mike 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

Weird question, I know. I just got on medical assistance because I need some major dental work done (and I take expensive prescriptions medications that I cannot afford otherwise). I live at home, have no savings, and don't currently have a job. My aunt called the welfare office about a week ago and they said that I would qualify for medical assistance no matter what because they would base it on my income, which is zero (even if I do still live at home).

Well I went in for my interview today, and my caseworker said that I CAN have medical assistance, but there is one stipulation: I cannot earn over $200 per month. This is a big deal to me because I need to start paying back a student loan, and I want to learn to drive so I need to pay car insurance. Basically, what job(s) can I get or do that would put me under that income limit? And I've already thought of paper routes, babysitting, dogwalking, etc (there aren't big demands for any of those here). Any help would be appreciated.

2007-09-06 15:26:10 · 11 answers · asked by Kelly M 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

????

2007-09-06 14:52:41 · 1 answers · asked by VJS 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

Medicine:

- Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Oncology/Hematology
- Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Dermatology

Which one and why ?

2007-09-06 14:50:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

I wondering about the career of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, how long is your residency time in total and is it a nice profession to go into ?

2007-09-06 14:47:49 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

What is the importance of an employment portfolio?

2007-09-06 14:44:30 · 2 answers · asked by Ms Cambodia 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I have been employed at the same job for 1 1/2 years. I am moving out of state. I am wondering, when I quit my job, will I be able to get unemployment until I am able to find employment in my new state???
(I live in lower Ohio and am moving to middle Michigan..about 350 miles)

2007-09-06 13:20:00 · 7 answers · asked by melz 2 in Law & Legal

2007-09-06 12:32:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food Service

and what is it that they do exactly?

2007-09-06 12:16:36 · 4 answers · asked by intestinal mucous 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I got a job 2 weeks ago after a long 2 months of hard looking/applying/interviews. I must have went through 7 different interviews and none of those hired. The job I just got hired to was a walk in and they asked me if I needed a job. Now I thought it was totally strange for a company to ask me if I needed a job but what the hell, yea! I need the money.

I bring this up because allmost ALL the people I know are having really bad times finding jobs. One of the people I know even went as far as applying to McDonalds but he was never called for a interview or anything. He even called them. My brother got hired but it took them a full month to tell him he was hired.

Is this noticable for anyone else or is it just a run of bad luck for some of us?

2007-09-06 12:13:46 · 1 answers · asked by goddamnithurley 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

Okay, So I go to MSU and I have been taking all the nursing pre-requisites. I will apply to their traditional B.S. nursing program in a couple weeks. I've heard that it is very hard to get in. If I don't get in, i'm wondering what other school I could apply to. Does anyone know anything about other universities in Michigan that have nursing programs? Any info would help.

2007-09-06 11:21:01 · 2 answers · asked by lovslinky 2 in Health Care

2007-09-06 11:20:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I've just been offered the job I've been waiting for all my life, in the place I've wanted to live in all my life.
But they need me at my current job, and if I leave here, a lot of stuff will go down the gurgler for a whole lot of people.
Of course they would be able to replace me sooner or later, but I've been telling them I was planning to be there longterm, because I was - until that amazing job popped up out of the blue. Never thought it would.
What should I do?

2007-09-06 10:15:53 · 12 answers · asked by Tahini Classic 7 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am a 15 year old female and i was wondering if any one knew the laws about me getting a job. I want to save up money for a holiday but i am going to find this very hard if i can't find a job.
Please some one enlighten me...

2007-09-06 09:40:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

2007-09-06 08:31:08 · 11 answers · asked by karinmaxim 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I'm curious what the policy is in the majority of American restaurants these days. Is it more common for waiters & waitresses to "pool" all their tips so that all the staff can share in the amount equally? Or is it more common for the waitstaff to be allowed to personally keep whatever tips they earn?

I think the most fair & equitable method is allowing everyone to keep the tips they earn. There are no hard feelings that way, and everyone gets to earn the tips they DESERVE -- iif you give great service with a great attitude, you get more tips! If not, you don't. Simple as that! :)

I've even heard that there's a higher turnover rate in restaurants where waitstaff are forced to share their tips with each other, because too many hard feelings & conflicts happen, due to the slackers in the staff "sponging" off the hard workers and sharing in undeserved tip money. That would definitely suck. :(

I'd love to hear from anyone who works (or has worked) in the restaurant industry. Thanks!!

2007-09-06 08:08:33 · 7 answers · asked by scary shari 5 in Food Service

she says she doesn't "do" family court....what the ?/,/..'k
can I get my $$$$ back?
her answer is always bs ....who do I call for problems or disputes....

2007-09-06 07:47:40 · 5 answers · asked by Smith & Jones 2 in Law & Legal

I know what I want to do, play music, and teach music. Be involved in music. I want to get a second Bachelor's degree in Piano performance.

However, there are a couple of things blocking me from this.

1) I don't have the finances to go back to school and teach full-time.
2) I just got a really good job offer for nearly twice my current salary. (Which would help me advance in a carreer I don't want)

But...I've been an administrative assistant for 3 years now and don't want to continue. I have started teaching piano part-time and I really wanted to build up enough students to eventually quit, sooner than later. I have started a band that I love.

This job offer came out of the blue. I'm just not sure whether or not to take it because it means I have to postpone my plan. Should I just take it and hold off on my life? Or should I decline and just start living what I want to do now?

2007-09-06 07:27:35 · 2 answers · asked by Sleepdeprivd 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

i've been offered a job where I will make almost twice what i make in my current job. However, in about four months I will be going back to school to get my teacher certification. My current job is pretty flexible and would allow me to keep my job and go to school. I'm trying to think larger picture here, and I would have to leave the new job once school starts. Although the money would provide some more financial security. What do you think I should do?

2007-09-06 07:10:57 · 6 answers · asked by toucansam84 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I had a job interview on Aug 28th. I was told they would be doing 2 and maybe 3rd interviews and that I would be contacted either way. As of today Sep 7th I haven't heard anything yet. I am really interested in this position. The first interview went really well. I felt really good about getting a 2nd interview. Should I call them? How long should I wait?
I don't want to blow it.

2007-09-06 07:02:38 · 8 answers · asked by dapperdudet 4 in Other - Careers & Employment

i was thinking real estate...and with a short course i mean 1 month- 8 months...around that ammount of time. any other ideas???

2007-09-06 06:32:55 · 2 answers · asked by sweet_cheex86 2 in Other - Careers & Employment