Covering a news story involves more than showing up at a press conference or meeting to take notes. Complete and accurate coverage also includes gathering information beforehand. Writing news stories begins before a journalist types the first words of an article. Any journalist who arrives at a press conference, meeting, or interview without first doing … Continue reading How to Write a News Article: Preparing for the Story
Category: Careers
Welcome to our page on careers and business, where you can find helpful advice, tips, and information to succeed in your work life. We cover topics such as employment lessons, business skills, and public speaking. Let us guide you towards career success with insights on writing resumes, job searching, interviewing, writing business letters, and more.
Writing a News Article: Getting the Story Right
Competition, deadlines, and covering multiple stories in a limited amount of time means journalists often have to rush to complete stories. But getting stories right is more important than completing them in a timely fashion. Assuring information is correct in a story should be the first priority of a journalist. The importance of this is … Continue reading Writing a News Article: Getting the Story Right
What a Reporter Does
Reporters are responsible for telling newspaper readers about events. Doing this involves basic rules of creating news stories that are to the point, emphasize important details, and keep readers interested from the first paragraph to the last. A newspaper story doesn’t have to be long to be informative. In fact, if all the information is … Continue reading What a Reporter Does
Becoming a Journalist: A Career in Journalism
Establishing a career in journalism begins with studying the profession in college, along with professional experience prior to entering the workforce. Most employers hiring college graduates, regardless of the profession, seek individuals who have education relevant to the position for which they are applying. Applicants who have some experience working as an intern are even … Continue reading Becoming a Journalist: A Career in Journalism
Great Health Careers with Two Year Degree Programs
The need for health workers is ever growing especially high is the demand for workers with specialized knowledge. For example, 90% of all graduates from community colleges in Massachusetts secure employment after graduation. That kind of success rate is found across the country since community colleges are training people in some of the hottest, most … Continue reading Great Health Careers with Two Year Degree Programs
Working at Your First Job: How to Impress Your Employer
It took awhile, but you finally landed your first job. Now you’re nervous, wondering what to expect and how to prove to your employer that you’re a good employee. Everyone else seems so confident, and you’re feeling as out of place as a hair stylist at a bald persons’ convention. You want to be noticed, but in a … Continue reading Working at Your First Job: How to Impress Your Employer
Career Exploration: Mapping your Life Path
Objectives: Examine various areas of your life Identify your strengths and weaknesses Develop a vision that will lead to a balanced, happy and fulfilling life Mapping your Life PathIn previous lessons you explored career options, something that you need to do at this stage in your life; however, you must also realize that your career … Continue reading Career Exploration: Mapping your Life Path
Careers in Business
Business is defined as the commercial activity involving the buying and selling of commodities (goods and services). Businesses surround us in our daily lives — the shops in our neighborhoods and the advertisements that persuade us to buy their products, as well as many service related businesses. Have you ever thought of a career in … Continue reading Careers in Business
Career Assessment Tests: Do Your Interest, Skills and Aptitude Match Your Job Choice?
Before you embark on college or a training program, be sure your personal values and dreams are supported by the career you are training for. Do you have the personality for the career you want? If you are already working in a profession or industry and want to advance, have you considered how your current … Continue reading Career Assessment Tests: Do Your Interest, Skills and Aptitude Match Your Job Choice?
So You Want to be a Manager! Better Yet, a Leader…
You are sitting at your desk at eight o’clock in the evening, wondering how you ended up working for someone who knows less than you know, doing his or her bidding for less money than you are worth, and working late in the bargain. That’s when it hits you. You should be the boss. You have done … Continue reading So You Want to be a Manager! Better Yet, a Leader…
Careers: Thinking about the Future
Information on thinking about your future career and work. Here you will learn about: Identifying your personal likes, dislikes and needs Your motivations Identifying potential careers that may be fulfilling to you based upon your likes, dislikes and needs THINKING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE CAREEREvery individual has unique personality characteristics which dictate their likes, dislikes and needs to … Continue reading Careers: Thinking about the Future
Career Exploration: Applying Yourself
Learn about applying yourself to your future, work, and career. Here you will learn about: Becoming motivated to diligently prepare for your future. Realizing that what you get out of life is a direct result of what you put into it. Taking responsibility for your own actions so you can reap the rewards that come from … Continue reading Career Exploration: Applying Yourself
