Do you love to work with your hands? Are you a creative person? Are you up to the challenges? Are you in love with machines, specially cars? Then an auto mechanic (sometimes known as a car mechanic) job may be perfect for you.
What is the Profession?
A car mechanic is a profession where people specializes in automobile repairing, maintenance and modifications and does a practical job of repairing, maintaining, and modifying a vehicle with the help of the knowledge and expertise. In this profession, you draw a salary according to your certifications and/or your experience.
What are the qualities?
The qualities needed for this job are diverse. Firstly, a passion for a job of this kind is much needed. A creative person who is interested in this kind of job is eligible for a good working profile and a stable income if he is certified from any accepted courses such as Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) etc. or classes of schools such as NASCAR etc.
These are great professions if you are not much into traditional courses or don’t like them and instead have a passion for how things work. The person must also have an on-the-job training if he is a fresher. A car mechanic should be good at reading machineries and manuals.
He must be familiar with common tools such as ranges, screw-drivers, hammers etc. and know proper handling of them. Another great and essential quality for a car mechanic is to continue studying even after he has found a job. This enables him to be compatible with latest models of vehicles.
How to get what you want?
If you are interested in this profile from high school, it would be great idea to take up courses like electrical and mathematics or physical sciences, even if you are not fond of them. The evolution of this job requires him to be electrically knowledgeable too.
Apprenticeships and training programs are to be sought after from these days if you are serious in your ambition. After high school join a professional auto maintenance course or some equivalents and/or join a mechanic shop as a part-time parts runner. Do some more certifications (the more, the better) and look for an employer who offers opportunities for continued professional development through trainings and certifications.
If you have passion for the job and are up for the challenge, this may be a great career to consider, where you can start earning in a short amount of time. The pay is well and experienced mechanics can work regular day hours. Also an auto mechanic can opt for a vehicle of his liking such as car, aircraft, motorcycle or marine.
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Showing posts with label Education. Show all posts
Open Your Eyes To Quality Overseas Education
Professionally ambitious individuals are crossing national boundaries to pursue courses that would give them an edge in the corporate set up. Educational institutions abroad offer students curriculum designed to meet the demands of the real world, access to world class facilities and a life style which enables them to comfortably integrate into another culture smoothly.
Study Overseas, one of India’s largest education consultancies brings together 51 institutions, 48 from the UK and 3 from Singapore in June 2010 in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai over 4 days in each city to give students an opportunity to meet the delegates face to face and find out if they are eligible to pursue the courses on offer in these institutions. The entry to the fairs in all 6 cities is free of cost. The format of the fair is completely different from the usual. Every student will be pre-counselled to make sure that they approach institutions that are suitable for their academic profile. Students would get an opportunity to sit and discuss with the representatives about the course and the entry requirements. Usually in an education fair, students only get a fleeting moment to speak to the representative and Study Overseas has sought to address this issue by coming up with a format wherein the student traffic will be managed to ensure that institutions and students feel that they have spent their time in a worthwhile manner.
United Kingdom has traditionally welcomed well qualified Indian students to pursue their education in more than a 100 universities that dot the tiny island nation. The UK is famous for its one year taught Masters, the long tradition of education, the quality of its teaching and research and the wide choice of courses that they can offer international students. Recently the UK Border Agency has initiated changes to the immigration policy which remain however friendly to university bound undergraduate and post graduate students.
Singapore has recently become a favored destination to students who want the international exposure not too far away from home. Singapore is ideally perched at the edge of South Asia and can be a good destination for a student who wishes to pursue his or her career in the Asia Pacific. Indian students easily fit into this country where Tamil is one of the official languages and where a lot of Indians are settled. Singapore offers quality at an affordable price.
Higher education is really only the first step that helps to reshape the individual identities, cultural tastes, and professional aspirations. What are you waiting for? Open your eyes to a world of quality education……come and meet the delegates at the Study Overseas Admissions Fair June 2010.
Study Overseas, one of India’s largest education consultancies brings together 51 institutions, 48 from the UK and 3 from Singapore in June 2010 in New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai over 4 days in each city to give students an opportunity to meet the delegates face to face and find out if they are eligible to pursue the courses on offer in these institutions. The entry to the fairs in all 6 cities is free of cost. The format of the fair is completely different from the usual. Every student will be pre-counselled to make sure that they approach institutions that are suitable for their academic profile. Students would get an opportunity to sit and discuss with the representatives about the course and the entry requirements. Usually in an education fair, students only get a fleeting moment to speak to the representative and Study Overseas has sought to address this issue by coming up with a format wherein the student traffic will be managed to ensure that institutions and students feel that they have spent their time in a worthwhile manner.
United Kingdom has traditionally welcomed well qualified Indian students to pursue their education in more than a 100 universities that dot the tiny island nation. The UK is famous for its one year taught Masters, the long tradition of education, the quality of its teaching and research and the wide choice of courses that they can offer international students. Recently the UK Border Agency has initiated changes to the immigration policy which remain however friendly to university bound undergraduate and post graduate students.
Singapore has recently become a favored destination to students who want the international exposure not too far away from home. Singapore is ideally perched at the edge of South Asia and can be a good destination for a student who wishes to pursue his or her career in the Asia Pacific. Indian students easily fit into this country where Tamil is one of the official languages and where a lot of Indians are settled. Singapore offers quality at an affordable price.
Higher education is really only the first step that helps to reshape the individual identities, cultural tastes, and professional aspirations. What are you waiting for? Open your eyes to a world of quality education……come and meet the delegates at the Study Overseas Admissions Fair June 2010.
Why I Became A Special Education Attorney
Eight years ago I moved my law practice from bankruptcy to special education. I had a personal reason for this. A few years prior to that shift, my second son was diagnosed with Autism. Right after accepting the challenge of the Autism diagnosis, I engulfed myself in discovering everything I could about Autism, special education advocacy, regional center services, and whatever support groups existed. What I learned could fill a publication, but here are the key elements that I think are valuable for parents seeking assistance with special education advocacy. The most significant thing is to believe that your child is going to be much more capable of achievements than anyone would believe is possible. Set and keep the bar high for your child and make the special education professionals see your son/daughter as a child first, the Autism label should be secondary. This perspective will help you persevere when you are being told there is no funding, classrooms, and/or personnel/services available to help your child. It is the tenacity of parents that provides results in meeting their children’s unique needs. However, while being tenacious you must also be reasonable. This seems like contrary advice. But it isn’t really. Remember that most people working in the area of education really do want what is best for your child. They just do not understand your child as well as you do. Parents need to build a good team that includes an attorney or advocate, an educational psychologist as your expert, and a qualified pediatrician who understands Autism. Loaded with this team make sure that you approach the school district with the same dignity and respect that you would want them to have for your child. Information is more powerful than confrontation. There will come a day when confrontation may be the solution to cooperation. This is the time that your team comes together with your input to file a due process complaint, that seeks the free and appropriate education that your child deserves. I have had to take this strategy for my child. Even as an attorney filing for and participating in a due process hearing was hard and stressful. But it was of great benefit. My child has benefited from his team and is currently receiving an education that not only addresses his academic needs but his social emotional ones too.
Online Counseling Degrees
An online counseling degree? My, how the times have changed. Not even two years ago, my reading of the literature about online educational programs was that there were questions about accreditation and value.
How could anyone learn anything online, particularly something which could be as complicated as counseling?
Well, accreditation of online courses and schools has happened, and the perceived value of an online counseling degree has increased.
Companies are doing lots of online training now, and seeing the value for their employees, and that has hastened the acceptance of online counseling degrees.
I already have my Master's degree, and I am not going to get a Ph.D. in my field, although I believe there are online counseling Ph.D. programs, so I will not be able to personally comment on the online process.
But one of the reasons I choose the school I attended was because it was close, and therefore convenient.
Online educational programs are even more convenient.
And they are convenient for your children to interrupt too, which happens when I am teaching my SBI class online. Even though I feed my kids before class, and let them know I will be busy, my five year old forgets, especially when she wants help with the Wii.
So online education can almost be too convenient.
However, as a graduate student, carrying a full load of classes, not having to worry about the expense of gas and an automobile, or breakdowns, or bad weather, would have been wonderful, plus I can review lectures and classes at my leisure, depending on the platform the school uses to do their broadcasting.
You can even get textbooks in electronic versions now, by the book or by the chapter. Text books are a big expense for students, and electronic versions are very helpful
The online counseling degree experience does diminish your face to face interaction with your peers, and with your professor, but I think the utility of the online process can make up for that.
True, I cannot hang out with my professor if his or her location is half way around the planet, but e-mail and online conferences can still help to build a very close and supportive professional relationship.
So my advice, give this online counseling degrees a try. You just may find yourself in a new career.
There are virtual schools to choose from, and I think every brick and mortar school is developing degree and certification programs in order to stay in business.
Can you imagine a day when State Legislatures no longer fund the bricks and mortar versions of colleges and universities?
Better get a computer hooked up quick.
How could anyone learn anything online, particularly something which could be as complicated as counseling?
Well, accreditation of online courses and schools has happened, and the perceived value of an online counseling degree has increased.
Companies are doing lots of online training now, and seeing the value for their employees, and that has hastened the acceptance of online counseling degrees.
I already have my Master's degree, and I am not going to get a Ph.D. in my field, although I believe there are online counseling Ph.D. programs, so I will not be able to personally comment on the online process.
But one of the reasons I choose the school I attended was because it was close, and therefore convenient.
Online educational programs are even more convenient.
And they are convenient for your children to interrupt too, which happens when I am teaching my SBI class online. Even though I feed my kids before class, and let them know I will be busy, my five year old forgets, especially when she wants help with the Wii.
So online education can almost be too convenient.
However, as a graduate student, carrying a full load of classes, not having to worry about the expense of gas and an automobile, or breakdowns, or bad weather, would have been wonderful, plus I can review lectures and classes at my leisure, depending on the platform the school uses to do their broadcasting.
You can even get textbooks in electronic versions now, by the book or by the chapter. Text books are a big expense for students, and electronic versions are very helpful
The online counseling degree experience does diminish your face to face interaction with your peers, and with your professor, but I think the utility of the online process can make up for that.
True, I cannot hang out with my professor if his or her location is half way around the planet, but e-mail and online conferences can still help to build a very close and supportive professional relationship.
So my advice, give this online counseling degrees a try. You just may find yourself in a new career.
There are virtual schools to choose from, and I think every brick and mortar school is developing degree and certification programs in order to stay in business.
Can you imagine a day when State Legislatures no longer fund the bricks and mortar versions of colleges and universities?
Better get a computer hooked up quick.
Soar To the Height of Your High-Profile Career with Online Degree in MBA
The numbers of students pursuing online degree courses are increasing day by day. A fresh graduate out from college looks out for a job to fulfill his needs as soon as he finishes his degree. But at the same time he also has one thing in mind that he has to attain a bit higher education, say a master degree in management preferably MBA. He cannot carry on with a job and his regular MBA classes simultaneously. In that case online degree courses can be the choice for such students.
Whenever higher education is concerned parents think of sending their offsprings to a better institute abroad. No matter where we live but online learning provides the students as well as the working adults with an opportunity to continue with their education. If the students are opting for an online degree abroad, then which university to appear from is a question.UK MBA could be given a thought. But still students might rove around in order to find a university for MBA in UK which will best suit their career needs. You may ask “What can I choose as an online degree in UK?” Here is a guide to several UK online degree courses offered by fully accredited institutions.
The Universities in UK offer bachelor online degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Management and others. For those interested in earning a master degree (UK MBA), the Universities provide online degree programs in Agricultural Economics, Banking, Citizenship Education, History Education, Human Resources, Finance, International Business, Public Health and International Business Management.
UK MBA courses can vastly improve the prospect and quality of our career enabling us to reach the ultimate goals of profession. MBA is an international qualification which is very well known and highly respected in all the parts of the world. What is the special about online degree UK MBA? The answer to this question lies in the question itself. Statistics reveals that Business and Management studies are the most popular area of higher education by far. For this reason mainly students go to UK for completing their specialized MBA. But it is not possible for working professionals to attend regular classes in person at the institutes. Online degree in UK MBA is the best option for them to opt for. Online degree in UK MBA has proven to be hit among professionals as well as other career aspirants.
Whenever higher education is concerned parents think of sending their offsprings to a better institute abroad. No matter where we live but online learning provides the students as well as the working adults with an opportunity to continue with their education. If the students are opting for an online degree abroad, then which university to appear from is a question.UK MBA could be given a thought. But still students might rove around in order to find a university for MBA in UK which will best suit their career needs. You may ask “What can I choose as an online degree in UK?” Here is a guide to several UK online degree courses offered by fully accredited institutions.
The Universities in UK offer bachelor online degree in Accounting, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Management and others. For those interested in earning a master degree (UK MBA), the Universities provide online degree programs in Agricultural Economics, Banking, Citizenship Education, History Education, Human Resources, Finance, International Business, Public Health and International Business Management.
UK MBA courses can vastly improve the prospect and quality of our career enabling us to reach the ultimate goals of profession. MBA is an international qualification which is very well known and highly respected in all the parts of the world. What is the special about online degree UK MBA? The answer to this question lies in the question itself. Statistics reveals that Business and Management studies are the most popular area of higher education by far. For this reason mainly students go to UK for completing their specialized MBA. But it is not possible for working professionals to attend regular classes in person at the institutes. Online degree in UK MBA is the best option for them to opt for. Online degree in UK MBA has proven to be hit among professionals as well as other career aspirants.
I've Been Waitlisted At A College...What Do I Do Now?
You've gone through the process of selecting and applying to colleges and then you receive a letter from a college that says you are waitlisted. What does this mean?
What do you do?
This message puts you into a kind of limbo: you've not been accepted, denied or deferred by a given college. At least you have not been outright rejected!
If you are waitlisted, what this means is that you might be offered admittance to a college if fewer students than the college anticipated say yes to their letters of acceptance. Most colleges and universities have desired sizes for their freshman classes. Waitlisting applicants is a way they assure themselves of having the right number of students for their fall freshman class.
So What Do You Do?
To begin with, ask yourself if you really want to attend the college. If the answer is no, simply let the college know that you want to be taken off their waitlist.
If the answer is yes, then don't just simply sit back and hope for the best. That's a little like hoping to win the lottery. Being waitlisted at a college is a time to be active and also to mount an acceptance campaign.
How To Get Off A Waitlist And Onto An Acceptance List
Here are some actions to get off a waitlist and onto the acceptance list.
First
let the colleges know that you want to remain on their list. Colleges usually give waitlisted students specific directions for following up on their waitlist notifications. Follow those instructions to the "T." If they want a letter from you, write the letter. If they ask for additional recommendations, get them (and make sure they're really outstanding ones!) and do anything else they ask.
Second
If there are no wait list directions or vague instructions, call the admissions office and ask them what you should do. Be sure to let them know how interested you are in their school.
Third
Within the directions you are given, you need to mount an acceptance campaign, paying particular attention to let them know that their college is "your top choice." You can write a strong, personal letter letting them know of your continued interest and very specifically why this college is a perfect match for you. If you've received any awards, won any contests or done something special since you turned in your application, identify each one with some specifics. Also be sure to let them know what you will contribute to their school. To impress the admissions officers, you must give them everything you've got that they don't already know about you.
Fourth
Ask people who "know and love you" to advocate on your behalf. Let your high school counselor know what's happening and ask him/her to write a glowing letter on your behalf. Find someone who is a "big gun," such as the principal of your school, or a well known alumni of the college, or a highly esteemed family friend, employer, or athletic coach to write you another letter of recommendation extolling your virtues.
Finally, stay in touch with the admissions office. There's a fine line between expressing your interest and "bugging them." Having said that, it never hurts to let an admissions office know that you "really, really" want to go their school.
In summary, if you are waitlisted, don't sit back and hope for the best. Be active, if not proactive, and give them all the ammunition you have to get onto their acceptance list
What do you do?
This message puts you into a kind of limbo: you've not been accepted, denied or deferred by a given college. At least you have not been outright rejected!
If you are waitlisted, what this means is that you might be offered admittance to a college if fewer students than the college anticipated say yes to their letters of acceptance. Most colleges and universities have desired sizes for their freshman classes. Waitlisting applicants is a way they assure themselves of having the right number of students for their fall freshman class.
So What Do You Do?
To begin with, ask yourself if you really want to attend the college. If the answer is no, simply let the college know that you want to be taken off their waitlist.
If the answer is yes, then don't just simply sit back and hope for the best. That's a little like hoping to win the lottery. Being waitlisted at a college is a time to be active and also to mount an acceptance campaign.
How To Get Off A Waitlist And Onto An Acceptance List
Here are some actions to get off a waitlist and onto the acceptance list.
First
let the colleges know that you want to remain on their list. Colleges usually give waitlisted students specific directions for following up on their waitlist notifications. Follow those instructions to the "T." If they want a letter from you, write the letter. If they ask for additional recommendations, get them (and make sure they're really outstanding ones!) and do anything else they ask.
Second
If there are no wait list directions or vague instructions, call the admissions office and ask them what you should do. Be sure to let them know how interested you are in their school.
Third
Within the directions you are given, you need to mount an acceptance campaign, paying particular attention to let them know that their college is "your top choice." You can write a strong, personal letter letting them know of your continued interest and very specifically why this college is a perfect match for you. If you've received any awards, won any contests or done something special since you turned in your application, identify each one with some specifics. Also be sure to let them know what you will contribute to their school. To impress the admissions officers, you must give them everything you've got that they don't already know about you.
Fourth
Ask people who "know and love you" to advocate on your behalf. Let your high school counselor know what's happening and ask him/her to write a glowing letter on your behalf. Find someone who is a "big gun," such as the principal of your school, or a well known alumni of the college, or a highly esteemed family friend, employer, or athletic coach to write you another letter of recommendation extolling your virtues.
Finally, stay in touch with the admissions office. There's a fine line between expressing your interest and "bugging them." Having said that, it never hurts to let an admissions office know that you "really, really" want to go their school.
In summary, if you are waitlisted, don't sit back and hope for the best. Be active, if not proactive, and give them all the ammunition you have to get onto their acceptance list
Final Decision Letters From College Admissions Offices: What You Need To Know
Once upon a time (aka, just a few years ago), the word was out that the heft of an envelope from a college admissions office was a big hint as to what their admission decision was for you. The bigger the envelope, the better the decision! While a few colleges still send out decisions by regular mail, those days have come and gone. Many, if not most, colleges now simply send out acceptance, deferral, waitlist or denial letters by email.
When Can You Expect To Hear? Unless you are a Rolling Admission, Early Action or Decision applicant, you will hear from college admissions offices sometime during the spring. Some colleges let students know during February and March, but the more competitive colleges send out their decisions in early April.
In the emails or envelopes you receive, there are four categories of responses to your applications, including:
- Acceptance
- Deferred Admission
- Waitlist
- Denial
What do each of those responses mean?
I.
Acceptance An acceptance response is simple and clear: You're in! You've been admitted - we hope to see you in the fall!
II.
Deferred Admission, Regular Application (not Early Applications) Another response a few regular applicants receive is deferred admission. What is that? Some colleges who fill their fall admissions quota quickly or find an applicant a little less qualified than other admits (but still compelling enough), defer a student by giving him/her the option of enrolling during second quarter or semester of freshman year. This is sometimes done for applicants with learning disabilities. Other schools defer a student to sophomore year, providing that he or she takes a year at another college and gets a minimum GPA (often 3.0 or above).
In summary, a deferred admission means that eventually you can go to a college, but you may have to wait awhile or fulfill certain types of conditions before you do.
III.
Waitlist As you know, many airline companies overbook their flights, assuming that some passengers won't show up and there will be other people waiting to fill their seats. In a similar fashion, in order for a college to insure that it will have a full freshman class, an admissions office will sometimes create a waitlist; that is, a list of students to whom admittance might be offered should fewer students than predicted say yes to their admission offers.
Being waitlisted has the effect of saying to an applicant, "You're not admitted right now, but you may be a little later." The number of students that admissions offices admit from waitlists varies from year to year. Some years it is zero and other years it can be in the hundreds.
If you are waitlisted, but still want to attend the college, you should let the admissions office know immediately that you want to remain on the waitlist. Since you can't count on getting off the waitlist, in the meantime you should accept admission to another school by the May 1 deadline. If you should get off a wait list (and that might be any time from early May until right before school starts in the fall), you must then decide if you want to accept the admission offer. If the answer is yes, very quickly accept admission and let the first school to whom you said yes know that you have decided to attend another college.
IV. Denial Then there's the big D: denial of admission. Nobody likes to be rejected, but every year almost every college will have more qualified applicants than they have room for. So, admissions officers deny a number of applicants. Sometimes, denials are given to students who are less qualified than other applicants, but very often denials are given to highly qualified students. You just never know.
What's The Final Step? Once you get the news about your admission from a college, you might still have some choices. For example, if you have been accepted to more than one college, you need to decide on just one college. If you receive a deferral, you must decide if you want to accept the conditions of the deferral. If you are waitlisted, you can accept another admissions offer and mount an acceptance campaign with the college at which you were waitlisted. And if you are denied by a college, it's time to move on with your life and make a good decision about where you want to go to college among the choices you have.
Whatever your decision is, be sure to carefully read the instructions noted in your decision letters and act accordingly within the timeframes that are provided. This is the final step in the long admissions process that has taken up so much of your senior year. Finally, you can relax, enjoy and celebrate!
When Can You Expect To Hear? Unless you are a Rolling Admission, Early Action or Decision applicant, you will hear from college admissions offices sometime during the spring. Some colleges let students know during February and March, but the more competitive colleges send out their decisions in early April.
In the emails or envelopes you receive, there are four categories of responses to your applications, including:
- Acceptance
- Deferred Admission
- Waitlist
- Denial
What do each of those responses mean?
I.
Acceptance An acceptance response is simple and clear: You're in! You've been admitted - we hope to see you in the fall!
II.
Deferred Admission, Regular Application (not Early Applications) Another response a few regular applicants receive is deferred admission. What is that? Some colleges who fill their fall admissions quota quickly or find an applicant a little less qualified than other admits (but still compelling enough), defer a student by giving him/her the option of enrolling during second quarter or semester of freshman year. This is sometimes done for applicants with learning disabilities. Other schools defer a student to sophomore year, providing that he or she takes a year at another college and gets a minimum GPA (often 3.0 or above).
In summary, a deferred admission means that eventually you can go to a college, but you may have to wait awhile or fulfill certain types of conditions before you do.
III.
Waitlist As you know, many airline companies overbook their flights, assuming that some passengers won't show up and there will be other people waiting to fill their seats. In a similar fashion, in order for a college to insure that it will have a full freshman class, an admissions office will sometimes create a waitlist; that is, a list of students to whom admittance might be offered should fewer students than predicted say yes to their admission offers.
Being waitlisted has the effect of saying to an applicant, "You're not admitted right now, but you may be a little later." The number of students that admissions offices admit from waitlists varies from year to year. Some years it is zero and other years it can be in the hundreds.
If you are waitlisted, but still want to attend the college, you should let the admissions office know immediately that you want to remain on the waitlist. Since you can't count on getting off the waitlist, in the meantime you should accept admission to another school by the May 1 deadline. If you should get off a wait list (and that might be any time from early May until right before school starts in the fall), you must then decide if you want to accept the admission offer. If the answer is yes, very quickly accept admission and let the first school to whom you said yes know that you have decided to attend another college.
IV. Denial Then there's the big D: denial of admission. Nobody likes to be rejected, but every year almost every college will have more qualified applicants than they have room for. So, admissions officers deny a number of applicants. Sometimes, denials are given to students who are less qualified than other applicants, but very often denials are given to highly qualified students. You just never know.
What's The Final Step? Once you get the news about your admission from a college, you might still have some choices. For example, if you have been accepted to more than one college, you need to decide on just one college. If you receive a deferral, you must decide if you want to accept the conditions of the deferral. If you are waitlisted, you can accept another admissions offer and mount an acceptance campaign with the college at which you were waitlisted. And if you are denied by a college, it's time to move on with your life and make a good decision about where you want to go to college among the choices you have.
Whatever your decision is, be sure to carefully read the instructions noted in your decision letters and act accordingly within the timeframes that are provided. This is the final step in the long admissions process that has taken up so much of your senior year. Finally, you can relax, enjoy and celebrate!
Attention Juniors! Admissions Tests To Get Under Your Best Before The School Year Ends
It's April or May and you're a junior in high school. While it's easy to be thinking ahead to summer and all the fun you're going to have, you also need to be thinking about which admissions tests to take before the end of the school year. Here is a list:
What Are The Tests That Need To Be Taken?
AP TESTS
High schools all over the country offer one or more Advanced Placement (AP) courses that have been developed by the College Board. By taking these courses, students demonstrate that they can handle college level classes. In many cases, they can earn college credit for the courses and/or advanced standing in courses for academic departments in U.S. colleges.
EITHER THE SAT OR ACT
The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a multiple choice and writing test offered by the College Board/Education Test Service. It is comprised of three sections: Critical Reading, Math and Writing each scored for a possible 200 to 800 points and highest combined score of 2400 for all three tests.
The ACT is divided into four multiple choice tests, including English, Reading, Math and Science. An optional writing test is also offered. Total test scores range from 1 to 36.
Colleges accept equally either the SAT or ACT with Writing.
SUBJECTS TESTS
Formerly known at SAT II and Achievement tests, these are 21 hour long multiple choice tests on content areas such as English, History and Social Studies, Math, Science and Languages.
A few colleges require three Subject Tests, quite a few recommend or require two Subject Tests, but many other colleges don't recommend or require any.
When Should The Tests Be Taken?
AP Tests
AP tests are offered only in May. Ask your AP teachers about how to register for them.
Here is a link to the AP website: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
SAT or ACT Tests
College Board offers SAT tests in May and June.
Here is where to register for the SAT:
http://sat.collegeboard.com/registers_kwcid=TC%7C7002%7Csat%20quizzes%7C%7CS%7C%7C4527082034
ACT offers ACT tests in April and June.
Here is where to register for the ACT:
http://www.actstudent.org/regist/index.html
Subject Tests
College Board offers Subject Tests in May and June, but you cannot take the SAT and Subject Tests in the same day.
Here is where to register for Subject Tests:
http://sat.collegeboard.com/registers_kwcid=TC%7C7002%7Csat%20quizzes%7C%7CS%7C%7C4527082034
IMPORTANT!
No admission tests are offered in the summer.
To save yourself a lot of hassle in the fall, it's much better to take all of the admissions tests by the end of your junior year.
Should you not be able to complete your testing junior year, the first ACT test is offered in September by ACT and the first SAT or Subject Tests are offered in October.
What Are The Tests That Need To Be Taken?
AP TESTS
High schools all over the country offer one or more Advanced Placement (AP) courses that have been developed by the College Board. By taking these courses, students demonstrate that they can handle college level classes. In many cases, they can earn college credit for the courses and/or advanced standing in courses for academic departments in U.S. colleges.
EITHER THE SAT OR ACT
The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is a multiple choice and writing test offered by the College Board/Education Test Service. It is comprised of three sections: Critical Reading, Math and Writing each scored for a possible 200 to 800 points and highest combined score of 2400 for all three tests.
The ACT is divided into four multiple choice tests, including English, Reading, Math and Science. An optional writing test is also offered. Total test scores range from 1 to 36.
Colleges accept equally either the SAT or ACT with Writing.
SUBJECTS TESTS
Formerly known at SAT II and Achievement tests, these are 21 hour long multiple choice tests on content areas such as English, History and Social Studies, Math, Science and Languages.
A few colleges require three Subject Tests, quite a few recommend or require two Subject Tests, but many other colleges don't recommend or require any.
When Should The Tests Be Taken?
AP Tests
AP tests are offered only in May. Ask your AP teachers about how to register for them.
Here is a link to the AP website: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
SAT or ACT Tests
College Board offers SAT tests in May and June.
Here is where to register for the SAT:
http://sat.collegeboard.com/registers_kwcid=TC%7C7002%7Csat%20quizzes%7C%7CS%7C%7C4527082034
ACT offers ACT tests in April and June.
Here is where to register for the ACT:
http://www.actstudent.org/regist/index.html
Subject Tests
College Board offers Subject Tests in May and June, but you cannot take the SAT and Subject Tests in the same day.
Here is where to register for Subject Tests:
http://sat.collegeboard.com/registers_kwcid=TC%7C7002%7Csat%20quizzes%7C%7CS%7C%7C4527082034
IMPORTANT!
No admission tests are offered in the summer.
To save yourself a lot of hassle in the fall, it's much better to take all of the admissions tests by the end of your junior year.
Should you not be able to complete your testing junior year, the first ACT test is offered in September by ACT and the first SAT or Subject Tests are offered in October.
How To Find The Best Tutor - Finding Online Tutoring Services
It would be great if you could only have to ask your friends for help and not strangers. Somebody you would enjoy hanging around with would make a great tutor if the person really understood the subject. But that probably is not going to happen. No, you are going to have to check with someone who can steer you towards a person who can really help, but not bore you to death in the process. And actually the best place to ask about a tutor can be from the teacher of the class that is giving your problems or your counsellor. Or in some cases the local colleges may have a few names, even the public library can be a good place to check. They often may know about someone that already does tutoring. A lot of times this can be a college student who is really good at the subject. And since he or she wasn’t in high school that long ago then the person will be able to relate to your problems.
Of course you will have to ask your parents for help since tutors do charge. And they may have a few questions to ask to be sure the person is really able to help explain the subject. Then too you have to really feel confident this person is someone you will want to help. It is not going to do any good if you get turned off by everything that he or she says. So in the process of talking to anyone that is located it will be a very important part of the whole process. And you may have a few questions of you own. But if the person is really good at the subject then it should be no problem for him or her to demonstrate it. If for any reason you just can’t cope with that person then it is time to look around some more choices until you find one you really feel is going to work.
And if none of those choices work then you can always get on the internet and check out the search engine for online tutors and tutor web sites. They are all set up to help anyone with a tutor need. Plus they have some really great and interesting ways of making it other than dull. You can check out the main page and it will have all the different ways they can help. That might include a chance to chat on line with one of their tutors. He or she might ask about what problems you are having then suggest ways to help it all make sense. The things they can include in their options may involved some special audio and visual technology that will give it a video game type of reality. That can really keep it from being boring. And they are used to helping students all the time so they are very good at having answers for any questions that might come up. So they are there in ways that won’t make you feel like it is a waste of time. And they do all they can to make it as fun as possible.
Visit our website www.LiftMinds.com to know more about online tutoring services.
Of course you will have to ask your parents for help since tutors do charge. And they may have a few questions to ask to be sure the person is really able to help explain the subject. Then too you have to really feel confident this person is someone you will want to help. It is not going to do any good if you get turned off by everything that he or she says. So in the process of talking to anyone that is located it will be a very important part of the whole process. And you may have a few questions of you own. But if the person is really good at the subject then it should be no problem for him or her to demonstrate it. If for any reason you just can’t cope with that person then it is time to look around some more choices until you find one you really feel is going to work.
And if none of those choices work then you can always get on the internet and check out the search engine for online tutors and tutor web sites. They are all set up to help anyone with a tutor need. Plus they have some really great and interesting ways of making it other than dull. You can check out the main page and it will have all the different ways they can help. That might include a chance to chat on line with one of their tutors. He or she might ask about what problems you are having then suggest ways to help it all make sense. The things they can include in their options may involved some special audio and visual technology that will give it a video game type of reality. That can really keep it from being boring. And they are used to helping students all the time so they are very good at having answers for any questions that might come up. So they are there in ways that won’t make you feel like it is a waste of time. And they do all they can to make it as fun as possible.
Visit our website www.LiftMinds.com to know more about online tutoring services.
Final Decision Letters From College Admissions Offices: What You Need To Know
Once upon a time (aka, just a few years ago), the word was out that the heft of an envelope from a college admissions office was a big hint as to what their admission decision was for you. The bigger the envelope, the better the decision! While a few colleges still send out decisions by regular mail, those days have come and gone. Many, if not most, colleges now simply send out acceptance, deferral, waitlist or denial letters by email.
When Can You Expect To Hear? Unless you are a Rolling Admission, Early Action or Decision applicant, you will hear from college admissions offices sometime during the spring. Some colleges let students know during February and March, but the more competitive colleges send out their decisions in early April.
In the emails or envelopes you receive, there are four categories of responses to your applications, including:
- Acceptance
- Deferred Admission
- Waitlist
- Denial
What do each of those responses mean?
I.
Acceptance An acceptance response is simple and clear: You're in! You've been admitted - we hope to see you in the fall!
II.
Deferred Admission, Regular Application (not Early Applications) Another response a few regular applicants receive is deferred admission. What is that? Some colleges who fill their fall admissions quota quickly or find an applicant a little less qualified than other admits (but still compelling enough), defer a student by giving him/her the option of enrolling during second quarter or semester of freshman year. This is sometimes done for applicants with learning disabilities. Other schools defer a student to sophomore year, providing that he or she takes a year at another college and gets a minimum GPA (often 3.0 or above).
In summary, a deferred admission means that eventually you can go to a college, but you may have to wait awhile or fulfill certain types of conditions before you do.
III.
Waitlist As you know, many airline companies overbook their flights, assuming that some passengers won't show up and there will be other people waiting to fill their seats. In a similar fashion, in order for a college to insure that it will have a full freshman class, an admissions office will sometimes create a waitlist; that is, a list of students to whom admittance might be offered should fewer students than predicted say yes to their admission offers.
Being waitlisted has the effect of saying to an applicant, "You're not admitted right now, but you may be a little later." The number of students that admissions offices admit from waitlists varies from year to year. Some years it is zero and other years it can be in the hundreds.
If you are waitlisted, but still want to attend the college, you should let the admissions office know immediately that you want to remain on the waitlist. Since you can't count on getting off the waitlist, in the meantime you should accept admission to another school by the May 1 deadline. If you should get off a wait list (and that might be any time from early May until right before school starts in the fall), you must then decide if you want to accept the admission offer. If the answer is yes, very quickly accept admission and let the first school to whom you said yes know that you have decided to attend another college.
IV. Denial Then there's the big D: denial of admission. Nobody likes to be rejected, but every year almost every college will have more qualified applicants than they have room for. So, admissions officers deny a number of applicants. Sometimes, denials are given to students who are less qualified than other applicants, but very often denials are given to highly qualified students. You just never know.
What's The Final Step? Once you get the news about your admission from a college, you might still have some choices. For example, if you have been accepted to more than one college, you need to decide on just one college. If you receive a deferral, you must decide if you want to accept the conditions of the deferral. If you are waitlisted, you can accept another admissions offer and mount an acceptance campaign with the college at which you were waitlisted. And if you are denied by a college, it's time to move on with your life and make a good decision about where you want to go to college among the choices you have.
Whatever your decision is, be sure to carefully read the instructions noted in your decision letters and act accordingly within the timeframes that are provided
When Can You Expect To Hear? Unless you are a Rolling Admission, Early Action or Decision applicant, you will hear from college admissions offices sometime during the spring. Some colleges let students know during February and March, but the more competitive colleges send out their decisions in early April.
In the emails or envelopes you receive, there are four categories of responses to your applications, including:
- Acceptance
- Deferred Admission
- Waitlist
- Denial
What do each of those responses mean?
I.
Acceptance An acceptance response is simple and clear: You're in! You've been admitted - we hope to see you in the fall!
II.
Deferred Admission, Regular Application (not Early Applications) Another response a few regular applicants receive is deferred admission. What is that? Some colleges who fill their fall admissions quota quickly or find an applicant a little less qualified than other admits (but still compelling enough), defer a student by giving him/her the option of enrolling during second quarter or semester of freshman year. This is sometimes done for applicants with learning disabilities. Other schools defer a student to sophomore year, providing that he or she takes a year at another college and gets a minimum GPA (often 3.0 or above).
In summary, a deferred admission means that eventually you can go to a college, but you may have to wait awhile or fulfill certain types of conditions before you do.
III.
Waitlist As you know, many airline companies overbook their flights, assuming that some passengers won't show up and there will be other people waiting to fill their seats. In a similar fashion, in order for a college to insure that it will have a full freshman class, an admissions office will sometimes create a waitlist; that is, a list of students to whom admittance might be offered should fewer students than predicted say yes to their admission offers.
Being waitlisted has the effect of saying to an applicant, "You're not admitted right now, but you may be a little later." The number of students that admissions offices admit from waitlists varies from year to year. Some years it is zero and other years it can be in the hundreds.
If you are waitlisted, but still want to attend the college, you should let the admissions office know immediately that you want to remain on the waitlist. Since you can't count on getting off the waitlist, in the meantime you should accept admission to another school by the May 1 deadline. If you should get off a wait list (and that might be any time from early May until right before school starts in the fall), you must then decide if you want to accept the admission offer. If the answer is yes, very quickly accept admission and let the first school to whom you said yes know that you have decided to attend another college.
IV. Denial Then there's the big D: denial of admission. Nobody likes to be rejected, but every year almost every college will have more qualified applicants than they have room for. So, admissions officers deny a number of applicants. Sometimes, denials are given to students who are less qualified than other applicants, but very often denials are given to highly qualified students. You just never know.
What's The Final Step? Once you get the news about your admission from a college, you might still have some choices. For example, if you have been accepted to more than one college, you need to decide on just one college. If you receive a deferral, you must decide if you want to accept the conditions of the deferral. If you are waitlisted, you can accept another admissions offer and mount an acceptance campaign with the college at which you were waitlisted. And if you are denied by a college, it's time to move on with your life and make a good decision about where you want to go to college among the choices you have.
Whatever your decision is, be sure to carefully read the instructions noted in your decision letters and act accordingly within the timeframes that are provided
Mass Education Vs. True Calling
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be" ~ Abraham Maslow
We were having an argument, but it was one of those arguments you can have with a l friend - polite, yet spirited. My friend is a great guy who has dedicated his life to teaching reading, math and science to government school children in Tamil Nadu. He has had a positive impact on thousands of kids over the last decade. But I was putting him on the spot.
"Why are you trying to make everyone an IIT aspirant" I asked him. "Are there not other careers which may be more in line with their natural talents?"
"Yes, there are other possible careers for many kids," he conceded. "But their parents and peer groups value math and science most. They are afraid their child is dumb if he or she doesn't score good marks in these subjects. I've got to concentrate on math and science to build self-worth in the child." I was still thinking about this later that day when my wife Girija and I visited my mother. We got chatting with the housekeeper, whose 12-year-old son is in 7th grade in a nearby government school.
The housekeeper complained that her son, although standing 4th in his class, got his highest marks in English and Math, which he liked, while barely achieving pass marks in the other subjects like science, social science and Tamil. She wanted him to go to college, but the boy did not seem very interested in academics; he was more interested in working with on carpentry and other crafts.
I recalled our conversation with Panchayat President Elango (see post http://www.thenewconstructs.com/constructdetails.php?id=67) about the youth in Kuthambakkam village, and how so many of their parents view education as some kind of a passport to upward mobility. And, in some cases, it is. However, many villages are having problems with youths who fail 10th grade public exams - and then think themselves too good for farm work or other manual labor but cannot get better jobs. These youth tend to hang about as wastrels, living off their parents and falling prey to any corrupting influence in the village.
I am convinced that every human being on earth is born with innate gifts and talents. With effort and guidance, everyone can discover his or her own calling (see post http://www.thenewconstructs.com/constructdetails.php?id=39) - we each have our own path to excel and make a mark in this world. Unfortunately, our education system interferes with this process with its "one size fits all" approach.
Further, society and economies create their own complications, especially in India, by glorifying and rewarding certain vocations more than others. It's sad: the further one is from producing something useful to the world, the more the person earns. Thus a person who produces goods and services is worth 'x'. The person who markets and creates a business out of these goods and services earns '10x'. And the person who provides the financial inputs to this venture earns '100x'!
The question we need to ask ourselves - and argue, cordially, with our friends and family - is whether this distortion of value needs to persist in the Connected Age - with its reduced asymmetry of information and opportunities. Will the New Age bring new opportunities to pursue one's true calling and make a good living by doing so, rather than having to pursue specific professions purely for the money, but with no joy?
Will our education system be able to honor the individuality and uniqueness of every one of us, and nurture it rather than lock us to the lowest common denominator under the pretext of leaving no child behind? These are questions that I'd like us to discuss, politely and rationally, as a community.
We were having an argument, but it was one of those arguments you can have with a l friend - polite, yet spirited. My friend is a great guy who has dedicated his life to teaching reading, math and science to government school children in Tamil Nadu. He has had a positive impact on thousands of kids over the last decade. But I was putting him on the spot.
"Why are you trying to make everyone an IIT aspirant" I asked him. "Are there not other careers which may be more in line with their natural talents?"
"Yes, there are other possible careers for many kids," he conceded. "But their parents and peer groups value math and science most. They are afraid their child is dumb if he or she doesn't score good marks in these subjects. I've got to concentrate on math and science to build self-worth in the child." I was still thinking about this later that day when my wife Girija and I visited my mother. We got chatting with the housekeeper, whose 12-year-old son is in 7th grade in a nearby government school.
The housekeeper complained that her son, although standing 4th in his class, got his highest marks in English and Math, which he liked, while barely achieving pass marks in the other subjects like science, social science and Tamil. She wanted him to go to college, but the boy did not seem very interested in academics; he was more interested in working with on carpentry and other crafts.
I recalled our conversation with Panchayat President Elango (see post http://www.thenewconstructs.com/constructdetails.php?id=67) about the youth in Kuthambakkam village, and how so many of their parents view education as some kind of a passport to upward mobility. And, in some cases, it is. However, many villages are having problems with youths who fail 10th grade public exams - and then think themselves too good for farm work or other manual labor but cannot get better jobs. These youth tend to hang about as wastrels, living off their parents and falling prey to any corrupting influence in the village.
I am convinced that every human being on earth is born with innate gifts and talents. With effort and guidance, everyone can discover his or her own calling (see post http://www.thenewconstructs.com/constructdetails.php?id=39) - we each have our own path to excel and make a mark in this world. Unfortunately, our education system interferes with this process with its "one size fits all" approach.
Further, society and economies create their own complications, especially in India, by glorifying and rewarding certain vocations more than others. It's sad: the further one is from producing something useful to the world, the more the person earns. Thus a person who produces goods and services is worth 'x'. The person who markets and creates a business out of these goods and services earns '10x'. And the person who provides the financial inputs to this venture earns '100x'!
The question we need to ask ourselves - and argue, cordially, with our friends and family - is whether this distortion of value needs to persist in the Connected Age - with its reduced asymmetry of information and opportunities. Will the New Age bring new opportunities to pursue one's true calling and make a good living by doing so, rather than having to pursue specific professions purely for the money, but with no joy?
Will our education system be able to honor the individuality and uniqueness of every one of us, and nurture it rather than lock us to the lowest common denominator under the pretext of leaving no child behind? These are questions that I'd like us to discuss, politely and rationally, as a community.
Educational Supplies - Cut Cost, Not Quality
Teachers and administrators need to insure that children, of all ages, have adequate tools to meet the classroom needs. The need is even more critical today, as the plight of budget cutting seriously affects the ability for schools to provide adequate supplies in enough quality and quantity.
For decades, many teachers have provided such basic supplies as paper, pencils, ink cartridges, and yes, even books, at their own expense. With explosion of class sizes, constant faculty turnover, and additional new and often younger teachers, the burden of providing supplies cannot be from their own personal pockets.
With the phenomenal growth of the internet and more importantly online shopping, the search for school supplies and the acquisition of tools to equip a school has become much easier. The ability to do instant product and price comparisons, along with factory direct shipping, consumers are able to save money. The ability to research and procure all the tools, especially conforming to regulations and certification standards, needed in your educational institution can also be found online.
The focus of this article is a discussion of lockers, the types of lockers found in schools, and how to make decisions on what is the best type of locker for your needs. If looking to upgrade your school locker and your budget is tight, you can also investigate the refurbishment of your existing lockers.
Most customers do not realize the magnitude of uses that include lockers. A random list of facility types would include: public and private schools, charters schools, colleges, universities, home schools, gyms, recreation centers, fitness centers, health clubs, athletic clubs, aquatic facilities, city, country, and private pools, marinas, lifeguard stations, country clubs, offices, medical centers, garages, community centers, homes, day care and child care centers, manufacturing plants, hotels, resorts, saunas, libraries, bowling alleys, skating rinks, multi-family housing units, adventure camps, youth camps, and the list goes on and on.
When it comes to value for your money, it's important to understand that not all lockers are created equal. Most school lockers will look similar from the outside but there are many differences that affect the quality, durability, and longevity of a locker. Consider just the locker door; rigidity and reinforcement, door function, latching mechanisms, hinges, thickness of steel, and methods of paint all play a factor. Avoid purchasing single point latching lockers that are currently being marketed. They do not have welded reinforcing pans to stiffen the door which means you really don't have a locker since they will easily be compromised.
What accessories should you consider to be ordered or installed with your lockers?
• Locker Locks - Common options include combination padlocks, or built-in combination locks, or built-in key locks. Other options include coin operated and keyed padlock.
• Locker Bases - Front and end locker bases enclose the space between the locker legs for a finished look that is easy to keep clean. Continuous “zee” or “channel” bases are common on large projects.
• Locker Room Benches - A locker room system is not complete without benches to sit on while changing.
• Locker End Panels - Either heavier gauge ends or premium boxed ends are available for row ends.
• Filler Panels - Are used to bridge gaps between the end of a run of lockers and the wall, creating a professional, polished look when the lockers don't take up the full wall-to-wall space.
Lockers can be made of metal, plastic, or wood – which is best for your needs? Most locker requirements with the lowest cost is met by using metal lockers. Wood lockers are much more stylish and provide warmth, beauty, and elegance. Although plastic lockers are generally the most expensive, they are high recommended for areas exposed to moisture and corrosive elements.
School lockers and classroom storage units come in a large range of locker sizes, door combinations, and addition options to fit your budget. Some of your critical decisions need to be: What needs to be locked up? Who needs to access it? Where is the locker located?
• Personal effects locker - Ideal way of providing secure storage for smaller items offering increased security for your staff
• Wet Area Locker – Needs to be chlorine resistant
• Standard Locker - Quality compartment lockers suitable for a multitude of storage
• Cube locker - Excellent way of providing space saving storage
• Three quarter Locker - A three-quarter size locker, not as tall as a standard locker and more suitable for younger students. Or simply where the storage space required is not as much or a wall display can still be visible above the lockers.
Let your fingers do the walking with online research and product comparisons. Find the best values and quality for your educational requirements and make that budget last through graduation.
For decades, many teachers have provided such basic supplies as paper, pencils, ink cartridges, and yes, even books, at their own expense. With explosion of class sizes, constant faculty turnover, and additional new and often younger teachers, the burden of providing supplies cannot be from their own personal pockets.
With the phenomenal growth of the internet and more importantly online shopping, the search for school supplies and the acquisition of tools to equip a school has become much easier. The ability to do instant product and price comparisons, along with factory direct shipping, consumers are able to save money. The ability to research and procure all the tools, especially conforming to regulations and certification standards, needed in your educational institution can also be found online.
The focus of this article is a discussion of lockers, the types of lockers found in schools, and how to make decisions on what is the best type of locker for your needs. If looking to upgrade your school locker and your budget is tight, you can also investigate the refurbishment of your existing lockers.
Most customers do not realize the magnitude of uses that include lockers. A random list of facility types would include: public and private schools, charters schools, colleges, universities, home schools, gyms, recreation centers, fitness centers, health clubs, athletic clubs, aquatic facilities, city, country, and private pools, marinas, lifeguard stations, country clubs, offices, medical centers, garages, community centers, homes, day care and child care centers, manufacturing plants, hotels, resorts, saunas, libraries, bowling alleys, skating rinks, multi-family housing units, adventure camps, youth camps, and the list goes on and on.
When it comes to value for your money, it's important to understand that not all lockers are created equal. Most school lockers will look similar from the outside but there are many differences that affect the quality, durability, and longevity of a locker. Consider just the locker door; rigidity and reinforcement, door function, latching mechanisms, hinges, thickness of steel, and methods of paint all play a factor. Avoid purchasing single point latching lockers that are currently being marketed. They do not have welded reinforcing pans to stiffen the door which means you really don't have a locker since they will easily be compromised.
What accessories should you consider to be ordered or installed with your lockers?
• Locker Locks - Common options include combination padlocks, or built-in combination locks, or built-in key locks. Other options include coin operated and keyed padlock.
• Locker Bases - Front and end locker bases enclose the space between the locker legs for a finished look that is easy to keep clean. Continuous “zee” or “channel” bases are common on large projects.
• Locker Room Benches - A locker room system is not complete without benches to sit on while changing.
• Locker End Panels - Either heavier gauge ends or premium boxed ends are available for row ends.
• Filler Panels - Are used to bridge gaps between the end of a run of lockers and the wall, creating a professional, polished look when the lockers don't take up the full wall-to-wall space.
Lockers can be made of metal, plastic, or wood – which is best for your needs? Most locker requirements with the lowest cost is met by using metal lockers. Wood lockers are much more stylish and provide warmth, beauty, and elegance. Although plastic lockers are generally the most expensive, they are high recommended for areas exposed to moisture and corrosive elements.
School lockers and classroom storage units come in a large range of locker sizes, door combinations, and addition options to fit your budget. Some of your critical decisions need to be: What needs to be locked up? Who needs to access it? Where is the locker located?
• Personal effects locker - Ideal way of providing secure storage for smaller items offering increased security for your staff
• Wet Area Locker – Needs to be chlorine resistant
• Standard Locker - Quality compartment lockers suitable for a multitude of storage
• Cube locker - Excellent way of providing space saving storage
• Three quarter Locker - A three-quarter size locker, not as tall as a standard locker and more suitable for younger students. Or simply where the storage space required is not as much or a wall display can still be visible above the lockers.
Let your fingers do the walking with online research and product comparisons. Find the best values and quality for your educational requirements and make that budget last through graduation.
Why College Accreditation is Important
You may hear about the importance of college accreditation. You are always being advised to check the college accreditation information before you review its degree program. Colleges with doubtful and incomplete accreditation information should be avoided. But, what is it? And, why is it so important for a student to ensure their college is accredited?
Let's explore a bit about accreditation before we look into the important of it for a college. Accreditation is a voluntary, independent review of education programs by the accrediting organizations grating the accreditation to determine that the education provided is meeting its quality standard. If the education programs meet the set standards of quality in the accrediting guidelines and successfully gone through an evaluation, the school and the education programs are granted with accredited status.
The accreditation is important information that you should know about when searching for a college to pursue your degree. The key reasons include:
1. Quality education
Colleges with proper accreditation ensure a quality education. Students will have confident to pursue their degree program at the college as they know the accredited college meets the national standards of education.
2. Financial aid
For students who are looking for financial aids to support their study, they have to make sure their schools are accredited by a recognized agency because only these schools are eligible to offer state financial aids.
3. Employment
Although there are degrees from good and highly reputed, but not accredited colleges well accepted in the job market, but students are advised to earn their degrees from an accredited college if they are planning to start their career with the degree. Comparatively, employers value the degrees from accredited colleges more highly than the degrees from unaccredited schools. Some students who hold a degree from an unaccredited college find themselves faced difficulties to get hired because many companies don't hire applicants with degrees from unaccredited colleges. Employers will have more confident on candidates with degrees from accredited colleges because they know the education qualification of these candidates are legitimate as they need to meet the graduation requirements of the school in order to earn the degrees.
4. Transfer
When working individuals want to go back to school, or students want to continue their study for higher education at other school, they are typically allowed to transfer credits from previous school, but the credits from an accredited school is accepted. Therefore, students who have any plan to further their study in the future have to take into consideration the accreditation factor when looking for a degree program.
Important Note
For students who plan to pursue a college degree online, you should earn the degree only from an accredited online college. This is because there are far more fake degrees that are offered by diploma mills in online education. Students need to be very careful in reviewing the accreditation information of the online school they are intended in enrolling.
Summary
College accreditation is important information to be reviewed when searching for degree programs offered by various colleges. You have to make sure the college is properly accredited by a recognized accrediting agency before enrolling into its degree program.
Let's explore a bit about accreditation before we look into the important of it for a college. Accreditation is a voluntary, independent review of education programs by the accrediting organizations grating the accreditation to determine that the education provided is meeting its quality standard. If the education programs meet the set standards of quality in the accrediting guidelines and successfully gone through an evaluation, the school and the education programs are granted with accredited status.
The accreditation is important information that you should know about when searching for a college to pursue your degree. The key reasons include:
1. Quality education
Colleges with proper accreditation ensure a quality education. Students will have confident to pursue their degree program at the college as they know the accredited college meets the national standards of education.
2. Financial aid
For students who are looking for financial aids to support their study, they have to make sure their schools are accredited by a recognized agency because only these schools are eligible to offer state financial aids.
3. Employment
Although there are degrees from good and highly reputed, but not accredited colleges well accepted in the job market, but students are advised to earn their degrees from an accredited college if they are planning to start their career with the degree. Comparatively, employers value the degrees from accredited colleges more highly than the degrees from unaccredited schools. Some students who hold a degree from an unaccredited college find themselves faced difficulties to get hired because many companies don't hire applicants with degrees from unaccredited colleges. Employers will have more confident on candidates with degrees from accredited colleges because they know the education qualification of these candidates are legitimate as they need to meet the graduation requirements of the school in order to earn the degrees.
4. Transfer
When working individuals want to go back to school, or students want to continue their study for higher education at other school, they are typically allowed to transfer credits from previous school, but the credits from an accredited school is accepted. Therefore, students who have any plan to further their study in the future have to take into consideration the accreditation factor when looking for a degree program.
Important Note
For students who plan to pursue a college degree online, you should earn the degree only from an accredited online college. This is because there are far more fake degrees that are offered by diploma mills in online education. Students need to be very careful in reviewing the accreditation information of the online school they are intended in enrolling.
Summary
College accreditation is important information to be reviewed when searching for degree programs offered by various colleges. You have to make sure the college is properly accredited by a recognized accrediting agency before enrolling into its degree program.
Do You Need Education In Accounting Courses?
Use accounting courses to find a job. The demand for bookkeepers increases yearly. Many colleges offer online training course. The internet is a great source of classes. You can specialize on cost behavior or budgeting. Use the internet to find classes. In this article, discover accounting training information.
Accounting courses play a very important role in business and economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment Projections, says that accounting and bookkeeping jobs ranked in top 25 occupations for number of jobs and openings.
There are 2 million jobs, and over 38,000 openings per year for accounting. This number is expected to rise by 20% in 2010. In the United States of America, there are more than 2.2 million positions in bookkeeping and accounting.
The demands for accountants and bookkeepers are high considering that hundreds of thousands of positions in this area become available every year. Now, in order to be among the lucky to land a job in accounting, relevant accounting courses must be completed.
While in traditional times when internet was not known, people enrolled in universities and colleges to be trained and educated. However, thanks to the internet, online accounting courses are available at your convenience and delight.
Many top caliber educational institutions, such as colleges and universities are exerting efforts to make the completion of their student’s education in e-classrooms.
Today, you only need to have access to the internet to browse and find a school from which you can earn your accounting degree. This will eventually make you eligible for accounting certification examination.
Graduates of accounting courses know that by becoming a Certified Public Accountant, their income is enhanced. Once you have found a school that can help you achieve your educational goals, enroll in their internet classes.
Most schools require high school diploma either acquired through a General Education Program GED, or regular education from any public school. If you have already obtained a non-accounting college degree, you may wish to pursue accounting courses.
There are many areas in accounting. The International Accounting Standards course enables you to understand and apply IFRS in their respective organizations in regards to such developments.
This course is ideal if you are interested in working in non-US companies or US companies that have subsidiaries in other locations. It is applicable to many organizations such as listing stocks in non-US stock exchanges.
The managerial accounting courses are useful in companies that conduct daily operation and devising innovations in business strategies. The accounting classes include job costing, cost volume profit analysis, and process costing.
You will also learn cost behavior, profit reporting for management analysis, variance and standard costing, and budgeting. At the end of the course, you will be good at differential analysis and product pricing, activity-based costing, and capital investment analysis.
The coverage for intermediate accounting courses includes accounting for debt and equity financing, investments, leases, income taxes and employee compensation. You will also learn earnings per share calculations, correction of errors, analysis of financial statements and accounting changes.
Accounting courses are taken as a modular study. Upon admission, you will be provided with modules for every semester. Your accounting classes include web-based discussions, and written exams.
Accounting courses play a very important role in business and economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Employment Projections, says that accounting and bookkeeping jobs ranked in top 25 occupations for number of jobs and openings.
There are 2 million jobs, and over 38,000 openings per year for accounting. This number is expected to rise by 20% in 2010. In the United States of America, there are more than 2.2 million positions in bookkeeping and accounting.
The demands for accountants and bookkeepers are high considering that hundreds of thousands of positions in this area become available every year. Now, in order to be among the lucky to land a job in accounting, relevant accounting courses must be completed.
While in traditional times when internet was not known, people enrolled in universities and colleges to be trained and educated. However, thanks to the internet, online accounting courses are available at your convenience and delight.
Many top caliber educational institutions, such as colleges and universities are exerting efforts to make the completion of their student’s education in e-classrooms.
Today, you only need to have access to the internet to browse and find a school from which you can earn your accounting degree. This will eventually make you eligible for accounting certification examination.
Graduates of accounting courses know that by becoming a Certified Public Accountant, their income is enhanced. Once you have found a school that can help you achieve your educational goals, enroll in their internet classes.
Most schools require high school diploma either acquired through a General Education Program GED, or regular education from any public school. If you have already obtained a non-accounting college degree, you may wish to pursue accounting courses.
There are many areas in accounting. The International Accounting Standards course enables you to understand and apply IFRS in their respective organizations in regards to such developments.
This course is ideal if you are interested in working in non-US companies or US companies that have subsidiaries in other locations. It is applicable to many organizations such as listing stocks in non-US stock exchanges.
The managerial accounting courses are useful in companies that conduct daily operation and devising innovations in business strategies. The accounting classes include job costing, cost volume profit analysis, and process costing.
You will also learn cost behavior, profit reporting for management analysis, variance and standard costing, and budgeting. At the end of the course, you will be good at differential analysis and product pricing, activity-based costing, and capital investment analysis.
The coverage for intermediate accounting courses includes accounting for debt and equity financing, investments, leases, income taxes and employee compensation. You will also learn earnings per share calculations, correction of errors, analysis of financial statements and accounting changes.
Accounting courses are taken as a modular study. Upon admission, you will be provided with modules for every semester. Your accounting classes include web-based discussions, and written exams.
Professional Editing Tips:Writing a Successful Student Application Essay
Write an engaging college essay to make your application stand out! A great essay could help you to pave the way to a brighter future.
Most college essay questions are designed as a way for colleges to learn more about you. This is your chance to tell colleges more about yourself. The first step to writing a successful college essay is choosing the right topic. Pick a topic that allows you to give colleges the best idea of who you are as a person. What are your interests? What are your dreams? What is important to you? These are all aspects of your personality that colleges are interested in.
Approach your college essay as you would any of your previous school essays. Begin with an outline detailing the structure of your essay, as well as emphasizing the main points. Think about your strengths and weaknesses, and then choose one or two positive aspects of your personality to demonstrate to the college committee. You can structure your essay in several basic ways. In your essay, you can focus on a single strength that you possess, elaborating on it in detail. Or, you can choose two or three significant aspects of your personality to discuss, devoting only a paragraph to each aspect. The narrative essay is also a common and effective format; in the narrative essay, begin with a short and engaging story about yourself, and then explain how that story relates to your personality.
Illustrate your positive traits through the story, perhaps talking about an event that highlights your creativity, problem-solving skills, or your ability to help others.
When writing your essay, make sure to clarify the strengths of your personality, rather than simply stating things that you've done (ex. "I volunteered for a historical group"). Go the extra step to demonstrate how your activities reveal your personality and values (ex. "I have always been interested in Early American History, specifically about the Florida Pioneer Era. As a Historical Society volunteer, I was able to help my community and learn more about our local history."). Talking about your strengths and values gives a much deeper insight into your personality than merely listing some of your activities.
Don't forget to proofread and edit your essay. Make sure your writing reads smoothly, clearly, and is free from grammar and spelling errors. It never hurts to send it to a professional editing service for polishing. Not only would a professional editor check for basic grammar errors, but an editor could also give you valuable feedback about the content of your essay. Most college essays have a word count requirement; a professional reduction edit could neatly trim your writing down to the required word count.
A student application essay is a great chance for you to show colleges your strengths. Approach it with confidence and dedication, and you'll soon be off to a promising new future!
Most college essay questions are designed as a way for colleges to learn more about you. This is your chance to tell colleges more about yourself. The first step to writing a successful college essay is choosing the right topic. Pick a topic that allows you to give colleges the best idea of who you are as a person. What are your interests? What are your dreams? What is important to you? These are all aspects of your personality that colleges are interested in.
Approach your college essay as you would any of your previous school essays. Begin with an outline detailing the structure of your essay, as well as emphasizing the main points. Think about your strengths and weaknesses, and then choose one or two positive aspects of your personality to demonstrate to the college committee. You can structure your essay in several basic ways. In your essay, you can focus on a single strength that you possess, elaborating on it in detail. Or, you can choose two or three significant aspects of your personality to discuss, devoting only a paragraph to each aspect. The narrative essay is also a common and effective format; in the narrative essay, begin with a short and engaging story about yourself, and then explain how that story relates to your personality.
Illustrate your positive traits through the story, perhaps talking about an event that highlights your creativity, problem-solving skills, or your ability to help others.
When writing your essay, make sure to clarify the strengths of your personality, rather than simply stating things that you've done (ex. "I volunteered for a historical group"). Go the extra step to demonstrate how your activities reveal your personality and values (ex. "I have always been interested in Early American History, specifically about the Florida Pioneer Era. As a Historical Society volunteer, I was able to help my community and learn more about our local history."). Talking about your strengths and values gives a much deeper insight into your personality than merely listing some of your activities.
Don't forget to proofread and edit your essay. Make sure your writing reads smoothly, clearly, and is free from grammar and spelling errors. It never hurts to send it to a professional editing service for polishing. Not only would a professional editor check for basic grammar errors, but an editor could also give you valuable feedback about the content of your essay. Most college essays have a word count requirement; a professional reduction edit could neatly trim your writing down to the required word count.
A student application essay is a great chance for you to show colleges your strengths. Approach it with confidence and dedication, and you'll soon be off to a promising new future!
Screen Recorder - The Powerful Tool for Web Designers
When referring to Web design, many people will associate it with HTML languages, CSS, icon, button and so on. In order to make their Website unique and memorable, majority of Web designer put themselves into decoration and enhancement in Website performance. We don’t discuss those common tools here but want to remind you another forgotten tool for better Web design, screen recording software.
Screencast has been widely used on Internet as presentation and promotion tool. Due to the visual video and direct information transmission, it takes a dominant position on tutorials and demos compared with full text manuals.
As a Web designer, your task is not only to present your nice-looking Website to visitors but also to provide good experience to them. Creating a series of guide videos helps to lead them to have a deeper observation on your site, take interest on your product/service and become your customers eventually. Besides cool homepage, clear navigation bar and engaging intro texts, making screencast with screen recording software can also make visitor stay longer and bring business opportunities.
Here is how it works.
Record screencast as video banner
If you often wander around on the net, you will find that there are more and more Websites changing their banners to introduction videos, almost all of which are 2-min movie clips with full audio presenting what their sites do and what product/service they can offer you. Many video banners are auto-played so once you come across to the site, you can watch them instantly. And this is a good start that visitor come to understand your site inconsciently.
Make tutorials for product and service
When visitors want to get more information about your products or service, there will be no other ideal ways to have them get the answer but watching some screencasts with detailed explaination. Many Web designers introduce their products and service by putting masses of texts and pictures on the product/service pages. It is OK but now things turn to be easier and clearer with screen recording software. You record screencast about how to get access to the service and how to use the product correctly, making them Wikipedia videos so that every visitor can easily learn the thing you offer to them.
Introduce yourself to visitor
According the research of online consumption habits, most consumers like to check out the information of site owners at about us page. In that case, adding a self introduction video at about us page is also a positive way to win the trust of visitors.
It can be a slideshow video which is created from PowerPoint, or just a few-sentence introduction with staff photos. Some screen recording software like DemoCreator [http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html] enable users to import images to the video and do some decoration jobs like add the illustration and callouts. Besides, if you want to turn the presentation to Flash movie or video and present it to the vistors while retaining the animations in the original PowerPoint files. By watching this, visitors can feel they are facing a group of real and trustable people, indicating the higher conversion rate of your Website.
Screencast now turns to be the hot point. It can make a great impact on whatever old or new Websites. Web designers can make good use of the benefits that screen recording software brings to them. And making screencast can be highly considered in the new site building schedule and published at the same time when your site is accomplished.
Screencast has been widely used on Internet as presentation and promotion tool. Due to the visual video and direct information transmission, it takes a dominant position on tutorials and demos compared with full text manuals.
As a Web designer, your task is not only to present your nice-looking Website to visitors but also to provide good experience to them. Creating a series of guide videos helps to lead them to have a deeper observation on your site, take interest on your product/service and become your customers eventually. Besides cool homepage, clear navigation bar and engaging intro texts, making screencast with screen recording software can also make visitor stay longer and bring business opportunities.
Here is how it works.
Record screencast as video banner
If you often wander around on the net, you will find that there are more and more Websites changing their banners to introduction videos, almost all of which are 2-min movie clips with full audio presenting what their sites do and what product/service they can offer you. Many video banners are auto-played so once you come across to the site, you can watch them instantly. And this is a good start that visitor come to understand your site inconsciently.
Make tutorials for product and service
When visitors want to get more information about your products or service, there will be no other ideal ways to have them get the answer but watching some screencasts with detailed explaination. Many Web designers introduce their products and service by putting masses of texts and pictures on the product/service pages. It is OK but now things turn to be easier and clearer with screen recording software. You record screencast about how to get access to the service and how to use the product correctly, making them Wikipedia videos so that every visitor can easily learn the thing you offer to them.
Introduce yourself to visitor
According the research of online consumption habits, most consumers like to check out the information of site owners at about us page. In that case, adding a self introduction video at about us page is also a positive way to win the trust of visitors.
It can be a slideshow video which is created from PowerPoint, or just a few-sentence introduction with staff photos. Some screen recording software like DemoCreator [http://www.sameshow.com/demo-creator.html] enable users to import images to the video and do some decoration jobs like add the illustration and callouts. Besides, if you want to turn the presentation to Flash movie or video and present it to the vistors while retaining the animations in the original PowerPoint files. By watching this, visitors can feel they are facing a group of real and trustable people, indicating the higher conversion rate of your Website.
Screencast now turns to be the hot point. It can make a great impact on whatever old or new Websites. Web designers can make good use of the benefits that screen recording software brings to them. And making screencast can be highly considered in the new site building schedule and published at the same time when your site is accomplished.
Learn Chinese And Make The Best Investment On Your Future Career
Think about this: One of every five people in the world speaks Chinese. Apart from native speakers, Chinese is fast catching up to become one the most important international languages for business interactions and trading. In recent years, internet access has greatly increased in China. A report released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) indicates that by the end of 2008 there were more than 298 million internet users of who 279 million had a broadband access1. If this pace continues, within the next ten years Chinese will become the largest common language on the internet. The effort multinational organizations take in releasing web pages in Chinese emphasizes the importance of the Chinese market. In a country like China with a population of more than 1.3 million and an average annual GDP growth rate of above 10% it is a promising market.
To learn Chinese is the wisest and most lucrative investment you can make for your career. Proficiency in any language, in this case with Chinese will make for easier communication with your Chinese counterparts in any setting, thereby eliminating misunderstanding and avoiding unnecessary lapses. Whether you are interested in international business or the government, learning Chinese will surely improve your career prospects. To be able to speak one of the most difficult languages in the world is also a qualification that you can use for tangible career benefits.
Learning Mandarin Chinese is like a journey. Aiming towards your destination, you are always going to enjoy the scenery along the way. To learn a language, you must try to put yourself into the particular cultural setting. This is ever truer when it comes to Chinese culture. Your interaction won’t be effective unless you understand the idea behind such a cultural setting. A good approach will add new perspectives to your usual way of going ahead with your learning.
If you get a chance to study abroad in China the most invaluable part of your experience would be your chance to practice words, phrases and sentences you learned in the classroom with native speakers in an indigenous setting. You will know more about Chinese thoughts, approaches ways of life. This difference in cultural mores will make sense only when you experience them first hand.
If you hold a single culture perspective you shall run the risk of falling prey to the gaps that are often a part of cross-cultural communication. You background of being part of a Mandarin Chinese course as well as the Chinese culture education at large will be particularly appealing to businesses that are involved in international interactions. With worldwide collaborations in vogue between different countries, there will be good opportunities for you to find decent jobs both in China and your home country.
Minds Abroad(http://www.mindsabroad.com) is a Chinese language program at Kunming in China, aiming at offering top quality Chinese language tutorials for a wide student base. With an informed cultural awareness, Minds Abroad designs it’s program in a way that people from different cultural and educational backgrounds can learn Mandarin in the most effective and proficient way. Keeping up with the dynamics of the cultural exchange programs for international students, Minds Abroad knows how to get the best for its clients and students.
To learn Chinese is the wisest and most lucrative investment you can make for your career. Proficiency in any language, in this case with Chinese will make for easier communication with your Chinese counterparts in any setting, thereby eliminating misunderstanding and avoiding unnecessary lapses. Whether you are interested in international business or the government, learning Chinese will surely improve your career prospects. To be able to speak one of the most difficult languages in the world is also a qualification that you can use for tangible career benefits.
Learning Mandarin Chinese is like a journey. Aiming towards your destination, you are always going to enjoy the scenery along the way. To learn a language, you must try to put yourself into the particular cultural setting. This is ever truer when it comes to Chinese culture. Your interaction won’t be effective unless you understand the idea behind such a cultural setting. A good approach will add new perspectives to your usual way of going ahead with your learning.
If you get a chance to study abroad in China the most invaluable part of your experience would be your chance to practice words, phrases and sentences you learned in the classroom with native speakers in an indigenous setting. You will know more about Chinese thoughts, approaches ways of life. This difference in cultural mores will make sense only when you experience them first hand.
If you hold a single culture perspective you shall run the risk of falling prey to the gaps that are often a part of cross-cultural communication. You background of being part of a Mandarin Chinese course as well as the Chinese culture education at large will be particularly appealing to businesses that are involved in international interactions. With worldwide collaborations in vogue between different countries, there will be good opportunities for you to find decent jobs both in China and your home country.
Minds Abroad(http://www.mindsabroad.com) is a Chinese language program at Kunming in China, aiming at offering top quality Chinese language tutorials for a wide student base. With an informed cultural awareness, Minds Abroad designs it’s program in a way that people from different cultural and educational backgrounds can learn Mandarin in the most effective and proficient way. Keeping up with the dynamics of the cultural exchange programs for international students, Minds Abroad knows how to get the best for its clients and students.
Top 10 Certifications For 2010
1. Network+ Certification 2007/2009: CompTIA’s Network+ certification is intended to certify networking technicians with knowledge in the networking domain. It has consistently been a high-in-demand certification in the networking sector.
Targeted job roles: Network Administrator, System Administrator or Network Technician
Exams:
N10-004 – CompTIA Network+ (2009 Edition)
For more information on this exam please visit Network+ Certification 2007/2009
2. Security+ Certification: CompTIA’s Security+ certification is one of the most popular exams focusing on information security. Security continues to be an important concern in the IT industry. The significance of this sector grows day by day. There is no specific pre-requisite for CompTIA’s Security+ certification, although CompTIA recommends you have at least two years of experience in network support or administration. It is currently the hottest certification provided by CompTIA in the security domain. It is very likely to continue being a sought after certification for those who wishto build their career in security management.
Targeted job roles: Network Administrator, Security Specialist or Network Technician
Exams:
SY0-201 – CompTIA Security+ (2008 Edition)
For more information on this exam please visit Security+ Certification
3. MCTS Windows 7: Windows 7, Configuration certification is the latest certification on Windows 7 technology. This certification is likely to be in great demand, as Windows 7 is adopted more widely. It has been designed for professionals who have a thorough knowledge in installing, managing and configuring Windows 7 including new features such as security, network, and applications. We predict it will be in high demand for those who wants to build their career in Windows 7 and related technologies.
Targeted job roles: System Administrators, Network Administrators, or Technical Support Specialists
Exams:
70-680 – MCTS: Windows 7, Configuring
For more information on this exam please visit Windows 7, Configuration Certification
4. Adobe Certified Expert on Photoshop: Adobe’s ACE Photoshop CS is an entry-level certification for Adobe Photoshop and related technology. A big advantage of this exam is that you have to take only one exam i.e 9A0-094 (Photoshop CS4) to achieve this certification. It has been designed for professionals who have a good understanding and knowledge in administering Adobe’s Photoshop. It is an excellent choice for those wanting to build a career in web and graphic design industry using Photoshop.
Targeted job roles: Graphic designers, Web designers, System integrators, and Web Developers
Exams:
9A0-094 – Adobe Photoshop CS4 ACE Exam
For more information on this exam please visit Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Certification
5. OCA DBA 11g Certification: Oracle’s OCA DBA 11g is an entry-level certification specifically designed to certify foundation skills required for database administration or application development. It has been designed for professionals who have a good knowledge in administering database concept using Oracle. The certification is ideal for junior team members working/planning to work with database administrators or application developers. It is perfect for those wishing to embark on a career administering and managing Oracle databases.
Targeted job roles: Database Administrator, Database Analyst, and Database Developer
Exams:
1Z0-047 – Oracle Database SQL Expert
1Z0-052 – OCA Oracle Database 11g Administration I
For more information on this exam please visit OCA DBA 11g Certification
6. MCPD Certification: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) credential is for those candidates who want enhance their skills and ability using Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework to excel in a specific domain. It is the most popular and in demand Microsoft certification in recent years.
Targeted job roles: Windows developers,Web developers, Enterprise developers etc.
Exams:
70-549-CSHARP – MCPD: C#.NET 2.0 Enterprise Application
70-547-CSHARP – Designing Web-Based Applications C#.NET
For more information on this exam please visit MCPD Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
7. Zend PHP 5 Certification: Zend PHP5 is an entry-level certification specifically designed to certify foundation skills required for web development and programming. It has been designed for professionals who have a good knowledge in using PHP. In the current era PHP is more widely and openly used web technology. By earning a certification on Zend PHP it proves that you have expertise on using PHP language.
Targeted job roles:Web Designer, Web developer, Web Site Manager etc.
Exams:
Zend PHP5 200-500
For more information on this exam please visit Zend PHP 5 Certification
8. SCJP 5/6 certification: Sun’s SCJP 5.0 certification is the most valuable certification in Java development products and technologies today This certification validates your ability to design applications using Java 2 SE 5.0 technology.
Targeted job roles: Web Developer, Web Programmer, Software Developer and Application Programmer
Exams:
CX310-055 – SCJP 5.0
CX310-065 – SCJP 6.0
For more information on this exam please visit SCJP 5/6 certification
9. MCITP Microsoft Windows Server certification: The Microsoft Certified IT Professional Server Administrator (MCITP: Server Administrator) credential is the leading certification for Windows Server 2008. It provides recognized, objective validation of your ability to perform critical, current IT job roles by using Microsoft technologies to their best advantage. Those who want to enhance their skills in server administration must attain this credential.
Targeted job roles: Server administrator, Server manager, Network administrator and related roles.
Exams:
70-646 – PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
70-640 – MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
For more information on this exam please visit MCITP Microsoft Windows Server certification
10. PMI-PMP certification: PMI’s PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is one of the most popular certifications today. This is the hottest certification in the management field. By achieving this certification, you will add more value to your management skills.The PMP credential recognizes demonstrated knowledge and skill in leading and directing project teams and in delivering project results within the constraints of schedule, budget, and resources.
Targeted job roles: Project Manager, Team Leader, Team administrator
Exams:
PMP – PMI – PMP Project Management Professional
For more information on this exam please visit PMI-PMP Certification
NOTE:
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Targeted job roles: Network Administrator, System Administrator or Network Technician
Exams:
N10-004 – CompTIA Network+ (2009 Edition)
For more information on this exam please visit Network+ Certification 2007/2009
2. Security+ Certification: CompTIA’s Security+ certification is one of the most popular exams focusing on information security. Security continues to be an important concern in the IT industry. The significance of this sector grows day by day. There is no specific pre-requisite for CompTIA’s Security+ certification, although CompTIA recommends you have at least two years of experience in network support or administration. It is currently the hottest certification provided by CompTIA in the security domain. It is very likely to continue being a sought after certification for those who wishto build their career in security management.
Targeted job roles: Network Administrator, Security Specialist or Network Technician
Exams:
SY0-201 – CompTIA Security+ (2008 Edition)
For more information on this exam please visit Security+ Certification
3. MCTS Windows 7: Windows 7, Configuration certification is the latest certification on Windows 7 technology. This certification is likely to be in great demand, as Windows 7 is adopted more widely. It has been designed for professionals who have a thorough knowledge in installing, managing and configuring Windows 7 including new features such as security, network, and applications. We predict it will be in high demand for those who wants to build their career in Windows 7 and related technologies.
Targeted job roles: System Administrators, Network Administrators, or Technical Support Specialists
Exams:
70-680 – MCTS: Windows 7, Configuring
For more information on this exam please visit Windows 7, Configuration Certification
4. Adobe Certified Expert on Photoshop: Adobe’s ACE Photoshop CS is an entry-level certification for Adobe Photoshop and related technology. A big advantage of this exam is that you have to take only one exam i.e 9A0-094 (Photoshop CS4) to achieve this certification. It has been designed for professionals who have a good understanding and knowledge in administering Adobe’s Photoshop. It is an excellent choice for those wanting to build a career in web and graphic design industry using Photoshop.
Targeted job roles: Graphic designers, Web designers, System integrators, and Web Developers
Exams:
9A0-094 – Adobe Photoshop CS4 ACE Exam
For more information on this exam please visit Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Certification
5. OCA DBA 11g Certification: Oracle’s OCA DBA 11g is an entry-level certification specifically designed to certify foundation skills required for database administration or application development. It has been designed for professionals who have a good knowledge in administering database concept using Oracle. The certification is ideal for junior team members working/planning to work with database administrators or application developers. It is perfect for those wishing to embark on a career administering and managing Oracle databases.
Targeted job roles: Database Administrator, Database Analyst, and Database Developer
Exams:
1Z0-047 – Oracle Database SQL Expert
1Z0-052 – OCA Oracle Database 11g Administration I
For more information on this exam please visit OCA DBA 11g Certification
6. MCPD Certification: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) credential is for those candidates who want enhance their skills and ability using Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework to excel in a specific domain. It is the most popular and in demand Microsoft certification in recent years.
Targeted job roles: Windows developers,Web developers, Enterprise developers etc.
Exams:
70-549-CSHARP – MCPD: C#.NET 2.0 Enterprise Application
70-547-CSHARP – Designing Web-Based Applications C#.NET
For more information on this exam please visit MCPD Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
7. Zend PHP 5 Certification: Zend PHP5 is an entry-level certification specifically designed to certify foundation skills required for web development and programming. It has been designed for professionals who have a good knowledge in using PHP. In the current era PHP is more widely and openly used web technology. By earning a certification on Zend PHP it proves that you have expertise on using PHP language.
Targeted job roles:Web Designer, Web developer, Web Site Manager etc.
Exams:
Zend PHP5 200-500
For more information on this exam please visit Zend PHP 5 Certification
8. SCJP 5/6 certification: Sun’s SCJP 5.0 certification is the most valuable certification in Java development products and technologies today This certification validates your ability to design applications using Java 2 SE 5.0 technology.
Targeted job roles: Web Developer, Web Programmer, Software Developer and Application Programmer
Exams:
CX310-055 – SCJP 5.0
CX310-065 – SCJP 6.0
For more information on this exam please visit SCJP 5/6 certification
9. MCITP Microsoft Windows Server certification: The Microsoft Certified IT Professional Server Administrator (MCITP: Server Administrator) credential is the leading certification for Windows Server 2008. It provides recognized, objective validation of your ability to perform critical, current IT job roles by using Microsoft technologies to their best advantage. Those who want to enhance their skills in server administration must attain this credential.
Targeted job roles: Server administrator, Server manager, Network administrator and related roles.
Exams:
70-646 – PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
70-640 – MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
For more information on this exam please visit MCITP Microsoft Windows Server certification
10. PMI-PMP certification: PMI’s PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is one of the most popular certifications today. This is the hottest certification in the management field. By achieving this certification, you will add more value to your management skills.The PMP credential recognizes demonstrated knowledge and skill in leading and directing project teams and in delivering project results within the constraints of schedule, budget, and resources.
Targeted job roles: Project Manager, Team Leader, Team administrator
Exams:
PMP – PMI – PMP Project Management Professional
For more information on this exam please visit PMI-PMP Certification
NOTE:
Celebrate Your Spring With uCertify’s Spring Sale and Save 20% on all uCertify PrepKits !
uCertify is giving out 20% discount on all its PrepKits.Use promotional code “Spring” during the checkout to avail this offer. This offer is valid until 18 April, 2010. It will work on all uCertify PrepKits. You can check out the interface, question quality and usability of any PrepKit before deciding to buy it.
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