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Tips for Career Success in the 2000's

This week: I - L

Identify one or more people who do the kind of work you'd like and try to shadow their activities.

Join professional organizations in your field. The contacts may help with your job and assist if you seek to change positions.

Keep in touch with co-workers who join other organizations. They may help if you wish to change jobs.

Look for tasks where you can acquire new skills or achievements to add to your resume.

Courtesy of the Career Opportunities News

Next week, Tips M through- Q!

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Student PRO Accounts

If you are a new (or re-admitted) student attending UW-Green Bay in fall 2008 and attended the June FOCUS - R&R sessions, your personal PRO accounts are now active.  Go to https://www.myinterfase.com/uwgb/student/ to log in and access your account.

If you have not yet registered for classes or registered after the R&R session, new accounts will be created periodically throughout the summer.  As new accounts are created, you will receive an e-mail to notify you that you have been granted access.

Employment Projections

Every other year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its report of employment prospects for various occupations. These projections take into account growth in fields as well as the need to replace existing workers due to retirements.

 Here is a sampling of some of the occupations that are anticipated to grow much faster than the average from the years 2006-2016:

  • Accountants & auditors
  • Actuaries
  • Computer software engineers, database administrators & computer system analysts
  • Counselors
  • Customer service representatives
  • Environmental scientists & hydrologists
  • Financial analysts & personal financial advisors
  • Geoscientists
  • Health educators
  • Legal assistants & paralegals
  • Management analysts
  • Pharmacists
  • Occupational & Physical therapists
  • Registered nurses
  • Social workers
  • Surveyors, cartographers & survey technicians
  • Teachers - pre-school through post-secondary

Keep in mind that these are national projections.   See the entire report with explanations at www.bls.gov/opub/ooq

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Disclaimer for web site addressed to students:
Career Services at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay maintains this web site as a service to UW-Green Bay students for their career development and employment-seeking efforts. Phoenix Recruitment On-line is a service provided to registered students and alumni only. The presence of job announcements on this web site does not indicate an endorsement or recommendation from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay or UW-Green Bay Career Services. Students should take responsibility for all necessary precautions when interviewing for, or accepting these positions, and students are solely responsible for obtaining necessary information concerning the employer.

This web site also contains links to other web sites not under the control of the University or Career Services, and we are not responsible for the contents of any linked site. Career Services provides these links only as a convenience. UW-Green Bay and Career Services assumes no liability for acts or omissions by third parties or for material supplied by them.

Students who discover any misuse or abuse of this web site are encouraged to report the matter to Career Services as soon as possible.

For further information call the UW-Green Bay Career Services at 920-465-2163.

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