• Forensic Nursing
• Game Art and Design
• Holistic Health and Nutrition
• Natural Resource Management
• Digital and Graphic Design
• Criminal Justice
• IT Networking and System Management
• Homeland Security
• Information Technology Security
• Executive Coaching

Students interested in entering any of these fields should seriously consider training for them in an online environment. An online degree in these fields of study can earn you the technological abilities that you’ll need to score the job after graduation.

• Actuary
• Architect
• Audiologist
• Clergy
• Dentist
• Editor
• Engineer
• Fundraiser
• Higher Education Administrator
• Landscape Architect
• Librarian
• Management Consultant
• Medical Scientist
• Occupational Therapist
• Optometrist
• Pharmacist
• Physician
• Physician Assistant
• Politician
• Professor
• Registered Nurse
• School Psychologist
• Speech-Language Therapist
• Systems Analyst
• Urban Planner

Many things were considered to determine which professions to deem the best careers, including the rise of Internet use and the aging baby boomer generation. Each job was also ranked based on the median pay, the position’s attainability, the quality of life of a person in the profession, the job market outlook, and the degree required to get a job in the profession.

• Alternative Schools
• Camps (day camp, summer camp, etc.)
• Churches
• Colleges and Universities
• Community Recreation Centers
• Consulting Firms
• Correctional Institutions
• Day Care Centers
• Educational Publishers
• Hospitals
• International Language Schools
• Libraries
• Middle and Junior High Schools
• Museums
• Non-profit Organizations
• Preschools and Nursery Schools
• Public and Private Schools
• Secondary (High) Schools
• State and Federal Government
• Test Preparation Companies
• Two-year and Technical Schools
• United-Way Agencies
• Vocational Services
• YMCA/YWCA
• Youth Services

Students enrolling in an online education degree program should keep in mind that most online education programs do not offer teacher certification in the state in which a student resides and wants to teach. Students will have to gain certification on their own. Teacher certification is needed to work in most public schools in the nation.

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Language Centers Abroad Directory allows students to Learn Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German and English and Japanese abroad.

So what kind of information do you have out there?  Jason Fry from the Wall Street Journal Online has this:

Last week a story crossed my desk claiming that a quarter of human-resources decision makers had rejected job candidates because of personal information found online.

The survey was conducted by a business social network, so I was skeptical of the numbers and the methodology. (My colleague and fellow Daily Fixer Carl Bialik takes a look here.) But I understand why the survey got a receptive audience. It mines something a lot of people my age find troubling — the idea that those younger than us are blithely unaware of the consequences of putting details about their personal lives online.

The conventional wisdom is that as those who grew up with the Net get older, they’ll pay the price for their youthful indiscretions — starting when they’re trying to get that first job and get Googled by the HR guy. And it’ll get worse from there. The members of Generation Exhibitionist will get older and wiser, but they’ll never escape from their boozy pictures and angry blog postings and other digital detritus. And eventually they’ll realize that they spent their teen years embroidering virtual scarlet letters for themselves that can never removed.

Having a college degree, a solid resume and a great interview should be your primary concerns when looking to get a new job – not your former past (or present) as a Myspace vixen.  Just remember that you never know who might want to dig up information on you when it comes to job hunting.  The best bet is to keep a low profile.

What they do: Work and business are about more than money, but money still matters. Just like your career, you need to manage your money. Financial advisers do what the job says: advise people on their personal financial matters. That definition isn’t helpful? OK. They review how risk averse clients are and strive to establish an investment strategy, including estate planning, that meets their needs. Some even sell insurance.

Why it’s hot: Because retirement is quickly approaching for many baby boomers, more and more people are taking a hard look at their nest egg to see if they can stop working sooner rather than later. The complexity and wide range of financial and investing options makes a little personal attention from a professional very attractive. All of this adds up to very strong job growth — almost 35% through 2012. A college degree is a must, and salary prospects are among the very best, ranging between $28,330 and $145,600. And that’s just as high as the BLS data goes; a personal finance advisor could earn millions.

So if you have dreams of hitting it big in finance, earning a degree in business and finance is the way to go. Not only is this career in demand, you also have the potential of earning a large salary.

Public Health involves the coordination of knowledge and practice among all these disciplines to promote and protect the health of individuals and our population.

 Public Health professionals typically specialize and pursue career opportunities in one or more of these disciplines. They often obtain a masters in public health (MPH) degree, a joint degree with another field (public policy, social work, business) or a doctorate degree.

 Many physicians also obtain an MPH either before, during or after medical school because they want to have a broader impact on the health of the population.

Public Health Professionals work in a wide variety of settings including public health departments, community clinics, academic or research institutions, community based organizations, bio-technology firms or Center for Disease Control.

They try to make a difference in critical public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, disease prevention, reduction in the incidence of major diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, infant mortality, obesity, immunizations, community health status, health disparities and bio-terrorism preparedness. The may work on these and other critical issues both domestically and internationally.

Professionals with a degree in Public Health will enjoy a rewarding career helping society at large.  This sector of the healthcare field will remain in high demand as our population continues to grow.

What do Neil Armstrong, Jimmy Carter, and Alfred Hitchcock have in common? Though they eventually chose very different careers – one as an astronaut, one as a president, and one as a filmmaker – they all started with an engineering education.

An engineering degree offers a wide range of career possibilities. Within the practice of engineering, there is an enormous variety of job functions.

If you are imaginative and creative, design engineering may be for you.

If you like laboratories and conducting experiments, you might consider test engineering.

If you like to organize and expedite projects, look into being a development engineer.

If you are persuasive and like working with people, consider a career in sales or field service engineering.

The analytical skills and technological expertise you develop as an engineering student can also be put to use in many other fields. The majority of today’s college graduates will have more than one career during their work life, and engineering can provide a strong foundation for almost any one of them.

With many technological changes in the world today, the need for creative people to work in the field of engineering is increasing.  Students who are interested in earning a degree in engineering will find that they have a great many career opportunities.

Robot Programmer
Salary range: $40,000-$100,000

Experience/skills: Associate degree in a technical field and extensive training. People skills also come in handy.

Perks: Lots of travel, helping clients customize each machine to a particular task

Who’s hiring? ABB, Fanuc, Motoman, Panasonic, Toyota

Back in 1990, Matt Zeigler was pulling 12-hour shifts as an arc welder for a forklift manufacturing firm in Indiana when a technician in a white lab coat came into the factory to work on a new $85,000 robotic welder. “I said, ‘Why aren’t I doing that?’” Zeigler recalls. Self-training eventually got him out of blue-collar work and into a top robot programming position at Motoman in Dayton, Ohio, one of a growing number of industrial robot manufacturers that train humans to make sure their products perform as advertised.

Industrial robots, once a fixture in the auto industry, now are doing everything from analyzing blood samples to mixing cocktails. The latest innovations include multi-armed robots with vision systems and enough machine intelligence to read labels and pick out the parts they need from nearby bins.

Zeigler, 35, spends most of his time behind a PC and a custom hand-held controller, calibrating the robots’ moving parts to be in just the right place at just the right time. He is also on the road a lot, acting as salesman, engineer, and installer for Motoman’s customers. “I wear a lot of hats,” he says.

Far from eliminating jobs, Zeigler says robots are “creating better jobs and better-paying jobs. They’re just more technical and not as repetitive.”

Robotics is a big part of future technologies.  Students earning their degree in technology need to be aware of new careers that are being created to keep up with technological advances.

Quintcareers recently pulished it’s Six Tips to Help Win at the Business World’s Game

Develop a marketable corporate persona: Think of yourself as a publicist with the task of promoting you. Learn to capitalize on your skills, succinctly assert your achievements, and project a corporate persona — or your most mature, professional, and competent face.

Establish profitable relationships: Business networking is a valuable tool to gain information, increase your visibility in your field and make connections that will help you move forward in your career. Seek out new contacts and potential mentors whom you like and admire and whose interests you share. On the home front, don’t expect your boss to figure out what you’re all about. Determine her priorities, find out what she wants from you, and brainstorm ways to surpass her expectations.

Master transferable skills such as goal setting, effective communication, and time management: You might not know exactly what you want to do with your life, but transferable skills will serve you well no matter what future path you decide to pursue. Make your time count now by working with your boss to set specific, reasonable, and attainable goals for your present position that will help you advance to the next level.

Stay motivated despite trying circumstances: There’s no doubt that the business world can be frustrating, but remember that you can choose your response to your environment. If you make a conscious decision to begin each day with a positive outlook, negative conditions at work can’t take that away from you. Aim to increase your self-awareness so you can better understand your emotional hot buttons.

Get people to cooperate: Always keep in mind that other people don’t care what you want — they want to know what’s in it for them. By approaching negotiations with an attitude that allows both parties to win, you’ll be more effective at eliciting cooperation and ultimately getting what you want.

Be proactive about your career growth: Approach your performance review strategically by soliciting feedback on your progress, identifying new goals and growth opportunities and hammering out a long-term promotion plan. When asking your boss for a raise, be prepared with a list of contributions that have positively impacted the bottom line.

So before you give up on climbing the corporate ladder, use these tips to move up in the corporate world.   By following some simple tips, you can make the best use of your college degree in your corporate job.

Since we were in school, summer has been associated with vacations, lazy days and a small break from life. Because of this association, people often forget that’s not how it works in the real world.

While workers do take vacations during the summer months, most people are only allowed a few weeks of vacation time. The rest of the summer is business as usual, as employers gear up for the busy fall and winter.

“If a company has an immediate need for someone, they’ll fill the position now instead of waiting until the fall,” says Eileen Javers, global leader of transition practices for Right Management, a provider of integrated consulting solutions for employment. If you wait, you’ll miss out on these jobs, as well as on the chances of getting ahead of the rest to be considered for interviews in the fall, she adds.

Javers offers this advice for job-hunting this summer:

Do at least one proactive thing per day, such as calling an old teacher or coach for a networking meeting.

Use the time others consider ‘down time’ to sharpen your job-search skills, get ahead of the competition and be better positioned for any suitable openings that occur now and in the near future.
 
Refine your interviewing skills by practicing in front of a video camera

Network with people you meet on vacation and at summertime activities like picnics, barbecues and beach parties.

You might be surprised at how much headway you can make if you start networking throughout the summer.  By fall you should either have a job, or be well on your way to getting one.