Should High Schools Focus On Medical Careers?

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High School is a difficult experience for most students; this is the time when you decide where you want to go in life, who you want to be and what sort of people you want to spend your time with.

It is understandable that the administrators at Henrietta Lacks Health and Bioscience High School, a new school in Vancouver that will focus student’s learning in the professional medical field, want to help students along. Though this seems like a fantastic idea, it may not be the best.

Teachers have long helped students focus their talents and decide what they want to be when they grow up, but how much say should a teacher have? Providing students with an option to pursue health and medical careers is a fairly new idea.

In past years, schools have offered specialized classes for students that have an interest in science, math, art, and more, but never in the medical field. With the introduction of this new teaching method, comes the opportunity for students to jump start their college careers well before they ever send out the first application, which can be both a blessing and a curse in one.

On one hand, children should be allowed to spend their later school years growing as people, enjoying what time they have left of their youth before the world forces them to grow up and enter the job market. On the other hand, this school has the ability to help career oriented students prepare long before they ever leave the shelter that school offers.

Since the school is to be so specialized, it is likely that many parents will opt to pay tuition and send their children to the school no matter what school district it falls under.

As a general, run of the mill High School that caters to all students dependent only on what district they live in, this is not a viable option and could end up being a waste of resources. However, if the school board opens the school only to those students that show an interest, have parents that are willing to pay tuition or bring their students to the school, or that show academic promise, this school could be a powerful thing.

Essentially, as a general school something so specialized is likely to fail as many students simply want to pass their classes and be on their way, but as a magnet or specialized High School it could do wonders for exceptional students that want a head start on their careers.

Google cuts down 4000 at Motorola Inc.

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Google Inc. has announced its plans of cutting nearly 4,000 jobs. This will be at Motorola Mobility which they had bought just three months back.

The move was expected due to the reducing Motorola sales, thought this also indicates that Google is not interested in dragging a money-losing venture like Motorola along.

With this announcement, Google’s stock rose by 2.8% to $18.01, and closed at $660.01.

This reduction will cut around 20% of Motorola’s 20,000 employees. It is nearly 7% of Google’s overall workforce, and two-thirds of these job cuts will be outside America.

Google is not known for mass layoffs. But Motorola, since its cellphone sales are nose diving, has been cutting thousands of jobs. Even though it is now making phones running on Google’s Android system, but its rivals are being more successful.

When Motorola split in 2011, Google had bought Motorola Mobility for $12.4 billion. This was the part that makes cellphones besides cable set-top boxes. This keeps Motorola Solutions as a separate company. This is the company that makes police scanners besides various other professional products.

The Motorola deal has been the largest acquisition of Google. With this, Google is into consumer products business too. Also, Google will now be competing against companies that were being considered as partners till now.

At this time, Google had promised to keep the hardware business of Motorola distant from the Android software division. In fact, Motorola was to be treated similar to any outside company. This is why Google asked Asustek Computer Inc. and not its own division for making the Google branded tablet computer known as Nexus 7.

Google had bought Motorola for using the patent portfolio for bolstering its legal defenses. Apple has been suing the Android smartphone makers like Samsung and Motorola for copying the iPhone. Google has acquired Motorola’s patents and transferred these to teh Android phone makers in order to counter sue Apple.

Information about the Hottest Careers in 2012

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Whether you’re looking for a career change or planning a new career pathway, you may be curious about the hottest careers in 2012.

By learning what’s in demand and what’s paying well, you may plan out education, training and career goals that align with the most promising and current career opportunities.

While every career on our list doesn’t pay mega-bucks, each one promises the sort of long-term stability and opportunities for advancement that are so hard to find in today’s post-recessionary economic climate.

To assist you in discovering what these careers have to offer, we’ve created a helpful short guide to the hottest careers in 2012.

Accountant – Accountants and other financial experts are finding their career prospects to be quite positive at the moment. In fact, the demand for these fiscal specialists has been rising steadily over the past months, with no sign of a future slowdown.

At present, post-secondary institutions aren’t producing enough Accounting grads to fill the current demand for available job positions, so choosing this sort of career may ensure career stability and prosperity over the long term.
Typically, salaries for accountants vary widely, depending on certifications, educational backgrounds and levels of experience. You may expect to earn between fifty and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for this type of work.

Information Technology Professional (IT) – In the fast-paced world of high technology, IT professionals play a vital role, and these Information Technology professionals enjoy almost-unlimited career prospects. Therefore, choosing a career in IT will be a smart decision for anyone who has the skills, training, credentials and savvy to produce positive results in this career milieu.

IT professionals will typically earn between sixty-five and eighty-five thousand dollars per year, depending on their level of education and experience. A wide range of companies require IT professionals to manage their computerized systems; therefore, it will be possible to work in almost any field or corporate atmosphere.

Salesperson – Salespeople are responsible for bringing money into companies, and their value has shot higher in past years. At this point, companies are struggling to find enough sales professionals to staff their businesses. This career holds promise for almost anyone who is looking for greener career pastures, since a high level of education or experience may not be required to get one’s foot in the door.

However, when it comes to sales, it will be important to become a “player” who has the ability to measurably boost a company’s bottom line. It’s hard to average out typical salaries for salespeople, as earning potential depends on a variety of corporate commission structures. Some salespeople work for no commission, earning annual salaries instead.

Now that you know more about hot careers in 2012, you’ll be ready to plan a career pathway that offers you access to plenty of exciting career possibilities.

 

National Strategic Goals Program

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Strategicgoals.org has been taken over by a new owner. Information about the old site is below.

The Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program, designed by a multi- stakeholder group, establishes a set of voluntary National Performance Goals for the industry that represent “better than compliance” environmental performance for metal finishers. The Goals include facility-based and industry-wide numerical performance targets that track the CSI themes of cleaner, cheaper, and smarter performance. Using 1992 as a baseline for measurement, participating facilities and the industry will be working to achieve these goals by 2002.

This Tracking System is designed to allow users to view the activities, achievements, and commitments of different stakeholder groups in support of the Strategic Goals Program. Over the life-span of the Program, it is important for all stakeholders to be able to follow the progress of the necessary actions by EPA (Headquarters programs and regional offices), state and local governments, industry, and non-governmental organizations to implement the program. These activities range from “nuts and bolts” regulatory changes, to focused programs and initiatives, to broad system and cultural changes.

The System also records when and where challenges or stopping points are encountered. This information allows users to understand why progress may have slowed and how these challenges are being addressed. Contacts for each project and government agency are also provided.