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Attaining the Best Education, Careers and Job Advancement

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By Patty Inglish, MS



Your Job is Calling!

Are you looking for a job or a new career? It may be actually calling to you. Enter here to find out how to answer.

Do YOU Have a Calling in Life?

You have arrived at this great site, because you are probably looking for a new job for yourself, or a family member or friend. Unemployment in America or in your particular state may be low at this time, but plenty of Americans are looking for good work that pays well and offers an opportunity for advancement and perhaps education as well. Some fringe benefits would be nice too, such as sick days, vacation time, health insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement accounts, stock options, company discounts, and other choices. Further, most people would like to be recognized for accomplishing good things on a job they like to do.

The US federal minimum wage has risen to $7.25 per hour, more than the previous $5.15 an hour, but still not enough for a single individual to live alone in a suitable dwelling and be able to pay for utilities, food, and clothing; let alone a car, gasoline and car insurance. An entry level position may not pay a lot of money, but it will give you the opportunity to find out what kinds of work you like and do not like to perform.

Work should be enjoyable. It should not be punishment. It should be something you like to do and which is suited to your talents, skills, ability to learn, and work style. You may already know what your calling in life and work is. It is that particular activity that you know you should be doing. If not, there are ways to determine your calling and we can help you.

Consult with Hub Pages for Your Career and Education Needs

We can help you answer your calling through listings of a variety of job and training related resources, interesting articles about creative methods of job search, and a variety of other related topics.

If you have any requests, please do not hesitate to ask.

There will be job listings for specific states in the USA, various cities, and even areas of Canada from time to time and there will definitely be updates about the major job search engines on the Internet and information about new ones. In addition, we will offer suggestions and ideas about ways to get yourSelf noticed on the job in a way that will earn you respect, raises, and promotions along the path to a successful career.

Many individuals, especially in America, work in more than one career during a lifetime. If you are looking to change careers, develop your career into a new spin-off business or job of the future, or learn skills for a totally new career, this is also the place to look for help, information, and ideas.

Perhaps now is even the time to begin your own business. We can suggest ideas and resources for that as well.

There are always possibilities...

Happy Working! Have a Great Life!

Career and Job News

  • State: Stimulus money will create jobs ... eventuallyThe Daily News of Newburyport4 hours ago

    NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Put aside the inaccuracy problems with the federal stimulus Web site, and you'll find real money being spent to create real jobs. That's what state officials say, and one of the projects they point to is the Newburyport Park and Ride lot, located next to Interstate 95. The facility has 510 spaces; the $4.1 million plan would add another 105 spaces, as well as handicapped ...

  • From DC to SC, bitter dispute over stimulus jobsMcClatchy Washington Bureau26 hours ago

    WASHINGTON — There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over phantom congressional districts and the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic-stimulus plan.

  • Stimulus data include errors in numbers of new jobs in OklahomaThe Oklahoman24 hours ago

    Errors and poor estimates pepper the stimulus data that Oklahoma contractors recently submitted to the federal government.The data list hundreds of jobs that have been created, even though the projects have yet to begin.They list at least seven projects in which the money went toward salary increases or overtime pay, even though the jobs are labeled as new positions.According to federal stimulus ...

  • From S.C. to D.C., stimulus jobs battle ragesThe State33 hours ago

    There's no need to go to Washington to hear the increasingly shrill arguments over the number of jobs created by the $787 billion economic-stimulus plan.

  • Stimulus to create arts jobs in PhillyCourier-Post29 hours ago

    A half-million dollars in federal stimulus money is going toward a new grant program that will create jobs in Philadelphia's arts and cultural sector.

  • Millions in stimulus for dozens of jobsPocono Record33 hours ago

    Big money and a smattering of jobs. That's what Monroe County got from the $787 billion stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


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VinceSamios  says:
18 months ago

Another excellent hub - there is a reason you are one of the top hub writers!

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Patty Inglish, MS  says:
18 months ago

I am writing more about education, going state to state....

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