In the search for profit, companies turn to business intelligence tools for detailed analysis of all manner of financial data, creating jobs for technology professionals who can design and support the systems. Business intelligence offers opportunity for career switchers At left: Katie Dixon-Elliott of training and consulting firm Four Cornerstone says there are many openings but too few applicants for business intelligence positions.
Hungry visitors to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind., sometimes cross the street to its Innovation Cafe, lured by the outdoor patio with white metal tables and chairs.
In the search for profit, companies turn to business intelligence tools for detailed analysis of all manner of financial data, creating jobs for technology professionals who can design and support the systems. Business intelligence offers opportunity for career switchers At left: Katie Dixon-Elliott of training and consulting firm Four Cornerstone says there are many openings but too few applicants for business intelligence positions.
David Peeler, president of J.T. Parker and Associates, says insurance claims adjusters need good people skills: 'You've got to have a recognition that you're dealing with people who are in a traumatized situation.'
A career as an insurance claims adjuster is challenging and diverse. The armies of adjusters employed by insurers such as Travelers or Allstate make up the bulk of the jobs.
A Texas State Technical College class in the Second Life virtual world examines the pathway that light takes through a single-lens reflex camera.
Texas State Technical College is poised to add another dimension to online education. The school, with campuses in Waco, Marshall, Harlingen and West Texas, will offer a certificate – and perhaps later a degree – that is obtained in an online virtual world, known as Second Life.
DETROIT – When Jeremy Diebel joined American Axle & Manufacturing almost 14 years ago, he brought this attitude: "If you're going to do something, it's worth overdoing."
Your workday can be extremely grim when cuts compel others to leave. Although a literature on downsizing has evolved over the last 10 years to tell the others what to do, whether it's to find a completely different career, take a vacation or start a business, what advice is there for you – especially if you experience survivor guilt?
