...Exploring Psychology Careers Tyler Stone PSY/305 August 10, 2015 Beverly Nelson Exploring Psychology Careers While exploring the wonderful fields of Psychology there are many benefits that encourage me in seeking a degree and will hopefully encourage you as well. I will discuss the benefits that have made me want to seek a degree in psychology and then go on to get a graduate degree after getting my Bachelors. I will then compare two fields of psychology that I would like to possible seek a career in. Finally I will discuss the degree requirements for each what salary potential you will have if you seek a career in one of these to fields. The Benefits that helped me to decide to get a degree in Psychology are that an undergraduate degree can open up other opportunities in other career fields. According to American Psychological Association (2015), "An undergraduate degree remains excellent preparation for continued graduate work in Psychology or another field, such as business, medicine, or computer science. Many employers are interested in the skills that psychology majors bring to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data and their experience with statistics and experimental design." (What is psychology?). Another benefit is if you seek a graduate degree according to the According to American Psychological Association (2015), "Opportunities for people with advanced degrees in psychology are expanding in number as well as in scope. The move toward preventing illness...
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...Evaluate the purpose of different types of career guidance interviews Evaluate methodologies to explore the career guidance and development needs of clients Corney and Watts (1998) define information and advice as; ‘providing an immediate response to the needs of clients who present an enquiry or reveal a need that requires more than a straightforward information response. Advice is usually limited to helping with the interpretation of information and with meeting needs already clearly understood by the client…’ Advice and information is therefore concerned with meeting client’s presenting issues relating to information. The OECD (2004:10) definition of guidance is; ‘Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals of any age, and at any point of their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers’. This reflects the variety of activities that may take place in supporting clients to move forward. Guidance is about helping clients to understand their own needs, set and review career goals, understand any barriers and to produce action plans. Hambly (2008; 16) refers to the iceberg analogy to explain the process of guidance. The top of the iceberg represents the clarifying and meeting of presented needs which is advice and information and the bottom of the iceberg is about exploring additional needs which is guidance. The guidance element may be about exploring high leverage issues such as self-esteem...
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...Introduction to Information Literacy and Research| This course syllabus is a contract between you and Bryant & Stratton College. It represents the minimum expected learning outcomes for this course. Your instructor will also provide a supplemental syllabus describing the approach to the course, instructional methods, tracking calendar, assignments, assessments and grading scheme, plus guidelines for your success. | Semester Credit Hours: 3|Instructional Hours: 4|Term: Fall 2012| Proficiency Available: Yes|Prerequisite(s):None|Co-requisite(s):|Date of Last Revision: 7/2012| COURSE CATALOG DESCRIPTION:Students study the evolution of information and the impact of technology on research, and learn how to access, evaluate, synthesize and communicate research findings. The research process and papers required of each student include inquiry into each student’s chosen career field along with assignments on how changes in technology have impacted the communication process in the career field.| LEARNING OUTCOMESBryant & Stratton College seeks to develop lifelong learning competencies in all students through the development of information literacy skills that assist students to formulate essential questions, research and apply the answers, and communicate the results within the dynamic communities of college, career, and life.Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:1. Examine the history of information, and identify the evolution of technology channels...
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...Exploring the Job of a Health Information Technician Justine Sherman Professor Vanda Crossley DeVry University Health Information Technician Basics Health Information Technicians is a part of the new face of the ever evolving medical field. With this job some of the responsibilities to expect to have control in maintaining various medical records by ensuring the accuracy, completeness and the correct entry into the corresponding database. Computer applications will be utilized to assemble the patient data for the furthering success in patient care quality and cost. Technicians will usually specialize in coding procedures and various diagnosis in patient record for research and insurance purposes. Classification manuals will be consulted at time as well computer software to determine the amount the patient facility will be reimbursed by the government or insurance company. October 1, 2014 is going to be another step in the innovation of the medical field ICD-9 will be replaced by ICD-10 code sets. This transition to ICD-10 code is mandated by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act). This code change is going to be a game changer for the upcoming graduates of Health Information Technology programs around the country. In order to successfully be able to do the new code the employee must have a strong understanding of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and patho-physiology. (2011,). Home - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service). A coder...
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...Job Pay Is Great More Than Expected But My Hours Are Lacking. My Passion Is Working On Computers; I Love Exploring New Things About Networking And Programing New Applications. Strayer Has A Bachelors Program In Information Technology; My Counselor Was Helpful On Picking My Program. As An Ending Result upon My Completion Of School Will Be The Next Step To Me Fulfilling My Passion On Computers. Another Reason I’m Coming Back to College Is to Become a Positive Role Model for My Daughter. Being That I Never Was Able To Receive My Diploma In High School. I Want My Daughter to Become Successful in a Promising Career and to know School Is a Key Factor. Therefore Being I Received My Diploma While I Was Carrying My Daughter I Feel It’s Important She Know I Did This for Us. In Addition I Wouldn’t Like My Daughter To Follow My Path; I Would Like Her To Create A Path Of Her Own To Follow The Correct Way With Guidance. Also, I Choose To Return To School To Further My Career. Being My Job Pay Is Great, Granted On The Completion Of School You Receive A Raise. Therefore Receiving A Raise I Could Also Move To Another Department Within The Company. Furthermore, Having My Bachelors in Information Technology with My Company I Could Transfer To the Security Department for the Department Of Defense. In conclusion I’m trusting my heart on going back to school to seek better career opportunity, and better...
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...Professional SMART Goal Paper The professional smart goal that I chose was to become more familiar with online learning. My reason for choosing this goal is because it will make it easier for me to learn new healthcare information and make career advances without having to go into the classroom. Since healthcare is changing everyday, it is not always fesible to get time off of work to learn new information. According to article entitled Benefits, Barriers, and Intentions/Desires of Nurses Related to Distance Learning in Rural Island Communities, “The key benefit of the use of distance learning and new information technologies in practice and education is to provide a "flexible quality education" that allows nurses to continue to work, raise families, and live in their home communities” (Charles & Mamary, 2002 ; Hall & Fabayo, 2006 ; Kooker, Itano, & Okimoto, 2000 ). Although online learning is made to be flexible, sometimes some of the benefits can also prove to be challenges. Having a family can sometimes make it very difficult to find time to do your school work. To help with this challenge, once my schedule is received for the week I should make a schedule with reasonable times set aside to study and complete assignments while also setting aside time for family matters all while trying my best to stick to my schedule keeping in mind that sometimes with having a family unexpected things arise which could alter my schedule. Secondly working while in school can...
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...Maria Balderas Sanchez Instructor Coggins CPT-170-W01 July 7th, 2016 Exploring Diagnostic Medical Sonography It is midnight and Mrs. Carson is finally getting ready to sleep after a long day at her job. Mrs. Carson is having trouble finding her slippers due to her belly. She is seven months pregnant. She brushes her teeth, and washes her face before going to sleep. Suddenly, she feels strong pains in her womb that are unusual. She screams her husband name, and they rush to the hospital. Who will the preoccupied parents to be seek help\ besides Doctors and Nurses? The answer is Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (DMS) not only do ultrasound on pregnant women, yet they can use ultrasounds to visualize other internal...
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...Mobile : +91 9066811976 E-Mail : fusionvikas20@gmail.com Career Objective: Wish to work in an organization, offering wide exposure to contribute continuously and implement my innovative ideas towards its growth and development and providing adequate opportunities for updating the skill sets to meet future challenges for the company. Career Abstract: * Completed B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering) with extensive knowledge of various concepts on Basic Electronics Engineering, Network Theory, Programming Languages and various IT skills. * Good complementary technical and commercial aptitude. * Sound knowledge of new market trends and technology and constantly updated on engineering technology. * Strong in spoken & written English, good and pleasant personality and excellent on presentation. * Team player with strong analytical & leadership skill. Academic Qualification: QUALIFICATION | YEAR | INSTITUTE | UNIVERSITY | %age / CGPA | B-TECH(ECE) | 2010-2014 | GIET, Khurda , Bhubaneswar | BPUT | 75% / 8.02CGPA | XII (INTER) | 2008-2010 | DAV Public School , Bariatu | CBSE | 72 % | X (MATRIC) | 2007-2008 | DAV Public School , Bariatu | CBSE | 87 % | Achievements: * Awarded For Academic Excellence, NIIT Bhubaneswar. * First Prize in ROBOTICS (War Robot & Line Follower Robot). * First Prize in C-Coding. Hobbies: * Exploring new software application. * Cooking delicious organic foods. ...
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...Career education encompasses the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes through a planned programme of learning experiences in education and training settings that will assist students to make informed decisions about their study and or work options and enable them to participate effectively in working life. Career education should be intentional, developmental, comprehensive, and available to all students . According to Watts and Vanesbroeck (1998 ) ,career education plays a key role in helping labour markets work and education systems meet their goals. It also promotes equity: recent evidence suggests that social mobility relies on wider acquisition not just of knowledge and skills, but of an understanding about how to use them. In this context, the mission of career guidance is widening, to become part of lifelong learning. Already, services are starting to adapt, departing from a traditional model of a psychology-led occupation interviewing students about to leave school. According to Herr and Cramer (1982) Career guidance in general, is a systematic program of processes, techniques, or services designed to assist an individual to understand and to act on self-knowledge and knowledge of opportunities in work, education, and leisure and to develop the decision making skills by which one can create and manage one's career development. Such services may be found in schools, universities, and colleges, in training institutions, in public employment services, in the...
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...role in counseling children. School counseling has become even more valuable in the U.S. due to traumatic events such as school shootings. School shootings have had a major impact on students, families and communities. There is a more security and law enforcement present at schools across the US and metal detectors in schools also. School children are being taught how to prepare if there is a shooter or shooters in schools. Due to the increased acts of violence in schools and the need for intensive intervention in student issues, school personnel, school boards, and communities are recognizing the need to provide effective prevention and intervention programs to address social, emotional, and academic needs of students. (Davis, T., 2015, Exploring School Counseling). In the next ten years even more attention will be needed to counseling of young children. There are students who have undiagnosed mental health issues, counselors have to be diligent and observant when working with students. In today’s society students are stressed, some are highly medicated. Counselors have to be aware of each student needs, behaviors, and work with all staff to meet the needs of these...
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... processing, and communicating information that helps management plan, control, and evaluate business processes and company strategy. The interesting thing about management accounting is that it is rare to find an individual within a company with the title of “management accountant.” Often many individuals function as accountants within the organization, but these individuals typically operate as financial accountants, costs accountants, tax accountants, or internal auditors. However, the ability to develop and use good management accounting (which covers a lot more ground than the product costing done by cost accountants) is actually an important ability for many individuals, including finance professionals, operational and marketing managers, top-level executives, and information technologists. Generally, in a very large company, each division has a top accountant called the controller, and much of the management accounting that is done in these divisions comes under the leadership of the controller. On the other hand, the controller usually reports to the vice president of finance for the division who, in turn, reports to the division’s president and/or overall chief financial officer (CFO). All of these individuals are responsible for the flow of good accounting information that supports the planning, control, and evaluation work that takes place within the organization. NETWORK Don’t make the mistake of believing that the career path of an accountant is limited...
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...98-364 Database Administration Fundamentals Preparing for MTA Certification for Cert ca n Certification MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE (MTA TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE (MTA) ECHNOLOGY C (MTA A) STUDENT STUDY GUIDE FOR DEVELOPERS UDY F DEVELOPERS 98-364 Database Administration Fundamentals Authors Peggy Fisher (Web Development and Database Administration). Peggy teaches computer science at a rural high school in central, Pennsylvania. Indian Valley High School offers courses in programming (C#, VB, and Java for the AP course), and Web design (Expression Web, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS). Peggy worked for a large insurance company outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prior to leaving the corporate world to join the field of education. She has been at IVHS for the past eight years and truly enjoys her new career. Peggy also teaches part-time at Pennsylvania State University in the Continuing Education program. Her goal in teaching is to instill the love of learning so that her students will graduate and become lifelong learners. Peggy is the co-author of the Web Development Exam Review Kit in the MTA Exam Review Kit series. Patricia Phillips (Lead Author and Project Manager). Patricia taught computer science for 20 years in Janesville, Wisconsin. She served on Microsoft’s National K-12 Faculty Advisory Board and edited the Microsoft MainFunction website for technology teachers for two years. For the past five years she has worked with Microsoft in a variety of roles related to K-12...
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...having good critical thinking skills you will produce great schoolwork and make better choices. The University of Phoenix has a vast amount of resources to aid in student learning. There are strategies to learning and tools to be explored at the university library and writing center. While everyone has different learning styles, establishing educational goals, exploring university resources, employing academic integrity, and developing excellent critical thinking skills leads to academic success. In order to be successful educational goals must be established. Koch and Nafziger (2011) believed that goals affect people’s perceptions of the future. Having goals keeps you on track and makes it clear what it takes to achieve them. According to Koch and Nafziger (2011), “We show that setting a challenging goal for future performance makes future selves strive harder: they become motivated by the fear of falling short of the goal. An increase in the goal level set today allows an individual to raise his motivation to work hard in the future.” (p. 213). My long-term goals are to get a masters degree in information technology and...
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...the recently published book “Strategic Product Creation” (McGraw-Hill, December 2006) coauthored by the course professor. The book takes an executive view of managing corporate product development drawing upon the experiences of global organizations such as Disney Imagineering, Procter & Gamble, Mars Incorporated, Whirlpool Corporation, United Technologies, and IBM. The course will be largely case-based covering a range of industries from software development (Activision) to automotive (GM) but also include some hands on exercises and a group simulation. This course offers a general management view of product creation by exploring frameworks and case examples from a wide range of industries. It should serve students well who seek a career in a corporate environment or as a consultant serving large corporations. Broadly, the course will examine the key processes in corporate product creation including: Product Creation Leadership Product Idea Generation Technology Capabilities Product Creation Process Design The Competitive Product Portfolio People and Project Management Innovation Partnerships In addition to exploring the general processes of corporate product creation, students will conduct research supported by executive interviews to compare and contrast differences across industries such as: STRATEGIC PRODUCT CREATION Second Term 2007 Consumer Packaged Goods Durable Consumer Products Industrial Equipment High Tech...
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...stereotypes that define the roles of both sexes, therefore having issues when the gender roles are performed by the opposite sex. This social construct mainly affects the minority group identified as women and girls. Sexism is recognized in all aspect of life, and it’s not strange to identify it in the technology industry. The male figure has always identified its gender role as the provider. This social construct originated from the nature of man been the hunter who provided his family with their daily meal. Therefore relegating the women to the role of caretaker and this aspect has kept its hold over the society. In the 21st century, sexism has been a covert and subtle process that tries to establish an environment that is less friendly and less accessible to women. It’s clear that sexism is evident in the Silicon Valley and beyond. We also identify that the technology aspect has always been associated with male perspective. Therefore, it has become common to hear a conversation about women who have suffered sexism and sexual harassment in their digital related jobs. Women have also been identified to facilitate this occurrence by been timid when it comes to technology in the workplaces. Therefore, the actions that sideline women from important decisions at the workplace can be seen as sexism in play. Rudman .A.L, Glick. P The Social Psychology of Gender: How Power and Intimacy Shape Gender Relations Texts in Social Psychology, Guilford Press, 2012 It’s clear that...
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