adults to work. Some of these jobs are in the private sector‚ and some are in the public sector. Among the public jobs‚ policemen and firemen are the more recognized career paths. Either is noble and helpful to society‚ but firefighting offers more variety and opportunities for one to advance. A career in firefighting can be a good career path to use one’s gifts and talents‚ help other people‚ and make an honest living. When people hear that someone works for the fire department‚ most of them assume
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A popular adage states: ‘hard work pays.’ Well‚ I am not writing this to dispute the wisdom of this saying. All I am saying is: smart work pays better than hard work. This is why managers in a construction firm for example gets paid astronomically higher wages than the labourers. No one will dispute the fact that labourers do heavy‚ tiring physical work in the sun and the rain. Yet they get paid low wages‚ while the management get transported from their air-conditioned homes to their air-conditioned
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Barley‚ S. R. (1984). Occupational communities: Culture and control in organizations. In B. M. Staw & L. Cummings (Eds.)‚ Research in Organizational Behavior‚ Vol. 6: 287-365. Stamford‚ CT: JAI Press. Wines‚ W.‚ & Hamilton‚ J. J. (2009). On Changing Organizational Cultures by Injecting New Ideologies: The Power of Stories. Journal Of Business Ethics‚ 89(3)‚ 433-447. doi:10.1007/s10551-008-0009-5
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According to the law‚ underage employment is strongly prohibited in our country but yet there’s still a lot of employers ignoring it and take underage child to work. The allowed age of working is 16 years old and above under Children and Young Persons Act. This issue has to be looked in
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Using Character Analysis in Career Planning Using Character Analysis in Career Planning Sullivan University 23 August 2009 The majority of university students have no plan for the future other than to finish gain their degree. A failure to plan can result in a great deal of frustration in the future in finding that satisfying and challenging career. In order to compete with other graduates this can lead to falsifying credentials to meet the qualifications in the job market
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Changing lifestyle and mores With changing times people have adapted themselves to the changing trends and given off old traditions. Instead of reacting to the sudden cultural shocks‚ they have embraced foreign culture with poise. Whatever felt was otherwise unnoticed. But now feelings are supreme and customs have gone haywire. Freedom has taken forefront. Rituals have acquired backseat. Rules are supposed to be broken. Exceptions are present for every single rule. Break-free is the idea. “Live
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How Families Are Changing For the Better Betty Holcomb The present structure of the average family in America is changing‚ mainly due to the growing number of mothers who now work outside the home. The current mark of dual-earner families stands at 64 percent‚ making it a solid majority today. This alteration of the "traditional" structure of the family is a catalyst for other changes that may soon occur. One of the changes that recently have been evident is the increased participation of
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Starting a new career can be very scary and very exciting there will be many changes to make‚ and a lot of information to obtain. Will the job seeker have to consider relocation in order to succeed in finding a job? What is the average salary for a paralegal per year? Know whether the law firm requires an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree before submitting a resume. When starting a new career as a paralegal the job seeker must think about relocation‚ think about what type of paralegal they
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Position Paper: Teacher Performance Pay John Filutze November 15‚ 2011 Jeff Abbott‚ Ph.D. Performance-based pay has been a hot topic among conversations regarding public education over the past several years. Performance-based pay‚ pay-for-performance‚ or merit pay‚ are all synonymous with pay programs “whereby teacher bonuses are tied to improvements in students’ performance” (Cissell‚ 2010‚ p. 119). Some programs even determine teacher pay‚ not just bonuses‚ based on student
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to be a certified Paramedic. When preparing for the state test a recent graduate can take an Emergency Medical Technician refresher course. After the test is passed a student will be a state certified Paramedic‚ then that person can start seeking employment in several different places such as‚ working for government institutions‚ hospitals or independent companies. When someone obtains an A.A.S degree this is what a graduate can expect in terms of what their salary might be. A
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