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Hear is your chance
Talk yourself into a
career in speech therapy and audiology, writes Usha
Albuquerque
Joining
a medical college as an MBBS student is not the only route for
entering the medical field. With the increase in medical facilities,
polyclinics, diagnostic centres, labs, hospitals and clinics, there
is a glaring need for various paramedical experts, technicians,
nurses and pharmacists.
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Careercature
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Sir, from a chef to vice-president, I qualify for all the jobs you advertised.
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Upgrade knowledge to
advance career
I.M. Soni
Progress
in a career entails acquiring new qualifications and upgrading
knowledge. And that means seriously studying to pass examinations.
Hence, proper techniques of study are necessary. These are all the
more vital for part-time learners — those not attending college or
university classes.
Career moms find new
ways to make things work
Molly Selvin
Attorney Becky Belke
works at a law firm where colleagues regularly toil nights and
weekends. But as a mother of three children younger than 5, she
wants to work only three days a week — even if it means she can’t
become a partner soon.
Top jobs elude women
in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley may be
leading the way in the technology sector, but the IT hub is still
lagging behind when it comes to the battle of the sexes, a recent
study has shown. Women account for only
6.5 per cent of board members on Silicon Valley firms, and of that
figure, only 8.8 per cent occupy top positions within the companies,
the University of California, Davis study found.
Bits
& bytes
Mouthful of
opportunity
Tooth tourism pushes
up demand for dental courses
WITH
dental implant technology gaining ground in India, dental tourism is
fast turning into a money spinner, a top official of the American
Academy of Implant Dentistry said recently. The number of
foreigners undergoing dental treatment in India is expected to grow
to five to eight per cent from the current figure of 0.5 per cent in
the next five years, Academy director Shankar Iyer told newsmen in
Chennai.
Career Hotline
Nursing
ambition
Pervin Malhotra
Q I am a student of B.Sc
(Nursing)-III. Please advise me on the prospects of higher studies
and job avenues in India and foreign countries.
Fortnightly Quiz-274
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