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Women, Education and Earnings
By Jennifer Merritt
From the moment Eve ate the apple, women have been considered the weaker sex. We have the weaker upper bodies, weaker bladders, and the majority of us produce the weaker paycheck. We can work on the first two by hitting the gym regularly and drinking less water, but the paycheck . What's to be done about that?
Some might say the answer is easy: Advance your education, learn new skills, impress the boss, and you'll add a few digits to your salary. In fact, when it comes to education, women are the stronger sex, outnumbering men who earned associate, bachelor's and master's degrees during the 2004-2005 school year, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. "But going back to school is a big investment of my time and money," you say. "How can I be sure I'll get a return on that investment?"
Well, your evidence is right here: Women who graduated from college earned about 76 percent more than women with just a high school diploma in 2004, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Finding Your Focus
"The first thing you have to do is figure out what your values are, and understand that the ways to higher pay are about trade offs," says Warren Farrell, Ph.D., the San Diego-based author of Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap and What Women Can Do About It (Amacom, 2005). "The road to higher pay is a toll road; the discovery is finding out what tolls are worth it and which aren't."
When it comes to using education to increase..............
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 New Education Center on Nursetown.com
By Conrad Lopez, Publisher
We are happy to announce our new Education Center on Nursetown.com.
Designed to give you access to more information and tools, this new part of Nursetown will also feature education modules on most of the top universities offering online degrees and certificates. Free information will be available at the click of a button.
As the Internet has exploded in popularity one of the more useful and popular applications has been education. Our society is busy and mobile. The Internet is the perfect answer for someone who needs to continue their education while in a traveol assignment or without the normal time constraints of a traditional campus.
It's not magic. It's not easy. But it IS convenient. One can study and attend class at the hours they choose, where they choose.
Whether you want to go from LPN to RN, or get your BSN or MSN the Internet provides a wonderful alternative to traditional methods.. Article continues...  Procrastinating Your Job Search? (5 Custom Solutions)
By Marty Nemko
You’d think job seekers are highly motivated to get employed: Of course, there’s the money. Plus, it feels better to have a good job than to be feeling useless at home or laboring in misery.
Yet job hunters dither. I polled a few colleagues who are career counselors like me, and we estimate that only half of our clients follow through on the job-landing plans we develop. People without the support (and nagging!) of a career counselor probably dawdle even more.
Here are five reasons that job seekers procrastinate--along with solutions:
Inertia. Most of us find it easier to just keep doing what’s right in front of us than to carve out the time to search for a job --especially if you’re tired after a long day. Many people with unpleasant jobs still earn decent pay, have a working spouse, or have money socked away, so there’s no urgency to get re-employed.
Solution: Respect yourself enough to believe you deserve a better job. Then build your job search into your schedule. You wouldn’t blow off a doctor’s appointment that you put into your datebook .....................
Article continues...  QUIZ: Do You Have CSI Skills?
By Dawn Papandrea
This is a fun, 8 question quiz which will put your nursing skills to a test! TV's most popular show has spawned a nation of forensic detectives and our community seems to be swimming in self appointed experts.
So let's put you to the test!
Want out of the hospital?
Maybe you too can be a member of that elite squad in Miami or Las Vegas. Click "Article continues...." to take the quiz. Article continues...
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