This list includes the degree and average salary:

Accounting      $48,993
Mechanical Engineering    $58,766
Electrical Engineering     $60,125
Computer Science     $61,407
Business Admin/Management  $44,944
Economics/Finance     $49,884
Information Sciences and Systems   $52,089
Computer Engineering    $61,738
Management Information Systems   $50,275
Marketing/Marketing Management   $43,325

 Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook 2009 and Summer 2009 Salary Survey

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While researching communication techniques, I came across an article written by Amy Hertz for Oprah.com in November 2007 called “How to Get What You Want from Anyone.” Hertz discusses her own struggle with communication skills at the workplace and reveals that her epiphany came when she worked with communication coach, John Artise. After extensive research and field work with thousands of people, he identified four major communication types: Feelers, Sensors, Intuitors, and Thinkers. Artise teaches his clients to tune into a person’s communication style to identify ways to promote collaboration in the workplace. Cooperation/teamwork?

Here are some characteristics and communication tips for each style:

• Feelers: The person who uses language to express themselves and loves to help others. The feelers look for empathy to be reciprocated by acknowledging challenges he/she may have. At the same time they like to be reminded of their ability to help people in difficult situations. When you strike a balance of asking for help and at the same time showing appreciation, the feeler will be happy to assist you.
• Sensors: The person who likes to get it done and get it done fast. They often have short attention spans because they are thinking about the deadline at all times. Before approaching a sensor, have the information you want to share condensed into small pieces that can be understood quickly. Any idea you present should give them a feeling that you can help them reduce their workload.
• Thinkers: The person who is very logical, organized, and loves completing tasks. When there are errors in any projects or plans, you can win them over by letting them know that you will help to fix them. Thinkers like to see preciseness in the way others approach their research.
• Intuitors: The person who is all the about looking at the big picture concepts and the future but don’t necessarily want to be part of implementation. They are the idea people who want you to fill in the details because the idea is very clear in their own mind. Known to be impatient with questions, you should let the intuitor talk about ideas at length before questioning them. Then emphasize what you like about the ideas in order to get more details.

It’s not about using persuasion to get people to collaborate with you; it’s about meeting them where they are and building compromise by tapping into their communication and working style.

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The Labor Department just reported another 502,000 new jobless claims. Microsoft announced it’s dropping 800 jobs, and video game maker Electronic Arts is laying off 1500. But, most importantly, the unemployment rate reached 10.2 percent, the highest since World War II. That makes nearly 16 million people unemployed. 190,000 jobs were lost in October alone.

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If you are looking for work, temporary employment might be the way to go. Companies are more likely to hire temps right now and temporary employment grew by 33,700 jobs. Unemployment benefits have been extended for another 20 weeks. But experts worry we could be in a “jobless recovery.”

What is a Jobless Recovery?

From Wikipedia, “A jobless recovery or jobless growth is a phrase used by economists to describe the recovery from a recession which does not produce strong growth in employment. The phrase originated in the early 1990s in the United States, to describe the economic recovery at the end of President George H.W. Bush’s term; it came back into use during the early 2000s.”

Here’s what it really means to us right now:
We’ve spent trillions of dollars bailing out big corporations and banks. This is taxpayer’s money. So far, the majority of our money has gone to help the richest companies, and very little has gone to job creation.
Wall Street is recovering, but Main Street? Not so much. It means that if you’re out of work, you’re probably also out of luck.

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My biggest goal in my life is to play professional baseball, however in order to follow that passion, I have to pay for my pre existing shoulder condition, 3 months of strict therapy and pay for a sports performance baseball coach to prepare me to pitch at showcases. It’s a pretty expensive process, so I decided to start my own company called After COOL Fitness (www.afterCOOLfitness.com). Knowing the budget cuts for education, I designed a program to teach children about exercise and nutrition. ACF has now expanded its operations in over 60 schools in 2 states. I decided to leave my company to pursue my next venture, Specific Fitness. I’ve been working the past 3 months on developing the business plan and investor presentation in order to get Venture Capital to launch the website on Jan. 1, 2010. I’ve been fortunate enough to meet my business mentor/great friend Greg Smith, which has been kind enough to introduced me to several business associates around the U.S. I’m in the process of acquiring enough capital to successful launch the online publishing company. Lastly, I started a clothing company called 3Q. I had an idea for a men’s dress shirt and was able to get in touch with the creator of Hollister to help with the design. My goal is to pitch the shirt to a uniform company then take my product to the market to try and set a new trend for young professionals like myself. One of the biggest challenges I’m facing is TIME. When your dealing with other people to help with your idea’s, sometimes they tend to work at their own pace, especially when your dealing with Public companies. I tend to get frustrated but most of these investors/partners are also dealing with 20 other projects on my level. I hope to positively affect as many people as I can with my idea’s and be able to save enough money to pursue my baseball career. I will remain PERSISTENT until I achieve my goals.

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Kanter notes that it is when we are in the middle of a change the feelings of failure emerge. In her words: “Everyone loves inspiring beginnings and happy endings; it is just the middles that involve hard work.” I notice this pattern with my clients when they are in the process of accomplishing a goal. At first they are riding on the pure adrenaline of making a big move and planning the moves to put their goal in action. Part of this rush is the anticipation of the outcome, the glittering end game where you finally arrive at where you want to be. But when they arrive at the middle, they lose some of that momentum because the realization hits them that a lot of change and unanticipated obstacles are a part of realizing the goal. And for most of us, changing in the present; even if it benefits our future, can be a scary thing. It’s the problems in the middle that frustrate even the most ambitious, and it’s the place where it becomes easy to give up. But in Kanter’s words “stop the effort too soon, and by definition it is a failure.” Conversely, staying on course and working through the problems can lead to success.

There are of course times when it is time to pull out and devise a new plan or endeavor. It’s not always a bad thing to stop a project. It’s just a matter of identifying when it is time to persist and when it is time to move on. Kanter has some great questions to examine when looking at the viability of completing a project:

• Tune into the environment. What has changed since you began the initiative? Do the original assumptions hold? Is the need still there?
• Check the vision. Does the idea still feel inspiring? Is it big enough to make extra efforts worthwhile?
• Test support. Are supporters still enthusiastic about the mission? Will new partners join the initiative?
• Examine progress. Have promises been kept and milestones passed? Are there early indicators, tangible demonstrations, that this could succeed? Can the next wave of results sustain supporters and silence critics?
• Search for synergies. Can the project work well with other activities? Can it be enhanced by alliances?

So if you find yourself in the middle of deciding whether to abandon a goal or revise your plan, return to these questions and realize that getting stuck in the middle is a part of being successful. And if it time to move on, realize that the last project was not a complete failure, but a stepping stone to your next successful endeavor.

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When it comes to determining what career path to follow, there are a variety of strategies, tips and techniques you can use.

1.  Discover your unique talent and gifts by hunting for clues in your life.  Often, your unique talents come so naturally that hunting for them can be challenging.  Begin to look for tiny clues by taking out a blank piece of paper and ask yourself the following questions.  List everything that comes to mind:

• If you had unlimited amounts of money, what would you do for free that would add meaning to your life?
• If you could start a business that wouldn’t fail, assured of success, what would it do?  Who would it help or benefit?
• What parts of school or work do you enjoy most?
• What daily activities do you like to do most?
• When someone needs help or advice, what do they come to you to for?
• What are your hobbies, or what did you love to do before your worries about career and income suppressed them?
• What sections do you go to first in the bookstore?

2. Think of a career as not a job, but as something that allows you to share your unique talents with the world.   Getting a job sounds plain boring, horrible, and completely devoid of joy.   What if, however, you could work in an industry or career for which you had passion?  Once you begin to understand what your unique talents might be, begin to imagine work that inspires feelings of elation, fulfillment and adventure.  What might make you so excited about going to work each morning that you would tell friends and your parents that you are “passionate” about your career? 

3.  Begin to design the life you want for yourself, using your unique talents as the framework for your creation.  While part of this creation is identifying and then pursuing your dream, it most likely won’t be “the dream”—your ultimate ending point.   I began my professional journey in the mid-1980s, my career path twisting and turning as I worked in a variety of jobs. I explored and exploited my unique talents; writing, creative thinking and teaching.  

Armed with a B.A. degree in political science in 1988 I took a job in a public relations agency so I could write.  I enjoyed writing, but didn’t excel at selling.  I decided I wanted to teach. I returned to school to become a Registered Dietician, stopping just before graduation once I realized that my future career could involve distributing grey sheets of paper with food plans to resentful cardiac patients.  Nevertheless, I recognized that I wanted to teach students who were motivated to learn.  During my next job as Communications Director for a non-profit organization, I was able to harness my creativity and write. 

Ten years later, divorced and raising three children, I received a Masters Degree in Education, finally pursuing my life long dream to of teaching.  Yet, still, three years into this career, I wondered how I might weave the things I loved doing most—teaching, writing, and my love of personal development and adventure—together with my unique talents. Finally, at age 42, I  became a Life Coach.

4.  Armed with the knowledge of your unique gifts, begin to envision your life in two years.  Inspired with knowledge of your unique talents, begin to give yourself direction.  On another piece of paper, answer the following questions:

• What do I want my life to look like in two years? 
• Where do I want to live? 
• Who do I get to meet? 
• Who is on my dream team? 
• What big decisions did I make that took me to this place in my life, two years from now.? 
• What skills did I master? What did I learn? 
• What resources did I use or harness? 
• What beliefs did I change?  What fears did I break through? 

5.  Embark on the journey of moving toward your vision with curiosity.  Once you become aware of your unique talents and the life you want to create, continue to engage in curious questioning of yourself, friends and mentors.  This process is life-long, but to begin it may take months for something solid to click.  In the meantime,  take these steps:

a. Keep a journal, noting things you loved to do in each day.  Keep fleshing out clues to what makes your juices flow.
b. Talk to friends and family, asking them what you enjoyed when you were younger.
c. When you meet a business person whom you admire, ask him/her when they discovered their life’s purpose, and what steps they took to figure it out

6.  Check in to see if your dreams are on track with what you want and who you are.  As your dream and career choices begin to crystallize, be patient, testing what you discover to ensure it represents you and your values.  Once you land on a possibility, check to make sure it meets the following criteria.

*  Would this dream add to my life? 
*  Am I inspired by this dream?
* Does it align with my core values, not those of my peers or family?
*  Does this career allow room for me to grow, change and transform as I grow, change and transform?
*  Does this dream allow me to continue on a path of learning as I excel?

In taking these steps now you can create a life you love, increase the odds that you spend the next nine million minutes earning an income that will sustain your needs, and become a person who is happy, fulfilled and quite simply, jazzed about going to work.

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Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, discussed the importance of learning the opinions of others first and how to carry yourself under stress. Mika Brzezinski, co host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough” found that using failure to motivate yourself can really change the course of your career in a positive way. It is obvious that all of these leaders kept their minds open and their vision clear to accept and use advice to create positive change in their lives.

Some of the other advice that various industry leaders noted include: set realistic goals; be effective, not popular; hire a coach; make a strong first impression; keep it simple; and listen. These may seem like simple, straightforward pieces of advice that we have heard since birth, but when you hear the advice from a trusted source and commit yourself to living that advice, real success can happen. The way you choose to carry yourself in the world and handle obstacles can have a real impact on how far you get in the professional world.

To a certain degree, notions like keeping it simple and setting realistic goals may seem counterintuitive in a world filled with intense competition with millions vying for a spot at the top, but these simple words of advice really can impact who you become and the influence you may have on others. Look at the advice you have received regarding your goals. Do they make sense to what you want to achieve? Do they help you attain the success you desire and still allow for a sense of balance and well being in your life? Think about the simple words of advice noted by the industry leaders and evaluate your own goals. Do you refine your goals often to match your success? Have you let failure stop you from achieving a goal?

When you start to evaluate your goals and really look at what mentors and other leaders tell you, you may begin to realize that there is something very big in what feels like simple advice. The Forbes article included a resource section called “What Price Advice?” that details the various resources available to people who are looking to enlist counsel regarding their goals. It notes that even in a recession, the advice business, which includes coaches, psychologists, lawyers, and consultants, is a booming business. Now more than ever people understand the importance of good advice.

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What does this have to do with right brain tools? When I think of practice, I think about some kind of left brain routine, like tracing the cursive letters in 3rd grade. The presenter introduced the notion of deep practice: a concept written about by Daniel Coyle. Deep practice is focused practice on a skill. The right brain can focus on the skill without be inhibited by doing it correctly. It doesn’t see the notion of doing it wrong, it just keeps practicing it. Six minutes of deep practice is equal to one month of normal practice on the same skill.

How do you get in the habit of deep practice? In this workshop we actually created drawings, something that most people are uncomfortable with. To stop our right brain from interfering, comedy was played in the background as well as music. The sound was enough to distract the left brain from jumping in and telling you that it’s not right, erase it and do it again. The right brain can continue the practice without interruption and without attachment to the outcome. What did this produce? For most people it was very skillful drawings from people who had little prior practice. Talent is not always an effect of natural ability. It can be the result of deep focused practice.

The cynics are probably saying then how come we all can’t be like Tiger Woods? The method to get to that level of achievement is to combine ignition with practice. You have to feel physically and mentally ignited by the skill. It has to stir the strong inner drive in you. To express it simply: a true passion. When that drive meets focused practice a natural talent and genius emerge. The presenter gave the example of Michelangelo working relentlessly for years on the many achievements he gave to mankind.

We are all capable of it. If that’s the case, why don’t most of us achieve to that level? Many people give up when they hit the frustration level. I learned from this workshop that frustration is the first sign of a breakthrough. If you can practice through the frustration you will get to the breakthrough. Many people mistake the frustration as a sign of inadequacy and the end result is abandonment of a potential success. Quiet the left brain and allow your right brain to take you into the deep practice. Strive for the breakthrough; it can create a whole new level of success in all of your endeavors.

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The biggest shift happened in my life when I learned the power of choice. Sure we may not want to do certain things like taking out the trash or going to work. But, even the simplest acts like taking out the trash are a matter of choice. You could choose to never take out your trash and live in filth. You choose to do it because you want to live a clean, healthy life. I know plenty of women who aren’t fond of cooking but do it because they want their children to eat healthy food. The end result of that act is very important to them so it makes the choice feel better.

So how does this relate to something like your career? Everyone needs to make money. Even if you dislike your job, you are going to work everyday for a myriad of reasons. You chose to work to pay for your home and bills, because those values are important to you. You could choose not do any of it, but you may not be comfortable with the results of that choice. You may be working for the benefits because you want the security of knowing you and your family will get the care they need. When you look at these things as choices, not obligations, it takes the power out of the thought that you are stuck in your job.

You may get to a point, as I did, where you have to examine those choices and realize that you have the choice of accepting what the situation entails or leaving it. I was in a very secure job where I had tenure for life and great health benefits. What more could I ask for, right? Though I had security, I had no control of my future. I was under contract and was guaranteed a job, but no choice in where I could work or how I could move up the career ladder.

I had already been on the path of evaluating my choices and if they worked for my goals in life. Then another moment happened where I had to make a new choice. I was told I would be moved to another building for a portion of the day, but would share my current responsibility with a co-worker. When I went to my superior to discuss my options, I was told I had none. I expressed to him that while I knew how my employment contract worked, I had ideas of how to make the transition work more effectively. Though I knew there was little chance that I could arrange my schedule, it felt good being able to realize that I could express my opinion and then make a choice.

The fact of the matter is I did have a choice. I could work there forever on their terms and choose job security over job fulfillment. I made the choice to leave and experience the freedom of creating my own business. Any difficulties I have encountered along the way don’t feel like struggles because I followed my choice and have accepted anything that comes from it. When you realize the power of choice, the abundance of possibilities that you create are endless. Think about the choices you are making: do they feel self empowering or imprisoning?

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MINNEAPOLIS — Perhaps there should be a Miranda warning for social network users just as there is for suspected criminals.

“Any thing you say, tweet, blog or post can and will be used against you” in the court of public discourse — and that includes potential legal challenges.

“People tend to use Twitter and Facebook as if they were engaged in casual conversation and think they don’t create legal risk; they are wrong,” said William McGeveran, an associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who focuses on digital issues. “They don’t realize their statements are public, archived and searchable.”

In an interview, McGeveran cited a recent lawsuit in Chicago as the type of legal trouble that can follow indiscreet Internet postings. In that case, a landlord sued a tenant for defamation for tweeting that her apartment contained mold. The matter is pending.

“I imagine we’ll see more of that,” McGeveran said. “People have to use the Internet with appropriate precaution. They can’t let the chatty tone lull them into thinking (they’re) just talking to friends.”

In the world of social networking, privacy barriers can fall by the wayside. Friends of friends might see the postings of someone who is a stranger to them. Employers routinely turn to social Web sites to check on job candidates. It’s no surprise, then, that companies would want to know what’s being said about them before it’s too late.

Megan Ruwe, an employment attorney with Winthrop & Weinstine, said she had a corporate client who discovered the Internet ramblings of an employee who detailed his intense dislike for both his boss and the company.

Ruwe said she advised the client to approach the employee as if the comments had been made to co-workers in the company lunchroom.

People need to realize that they give up some of their privacy when they address matters on Facebook or in their tweets, she said.

“It’s like reality-show contestants who eventually forget that the cameras are rolling,” Ruwe said.

Nick Akerman, a civil and criminal litigator with Dorsey & Whitney, said he’s seen people who have had minor court offenses expunged on paper after years of good behavior but are still haunted by an “indiscretion of youth” years later because the incident remains traceable on the Internet.

“In the old days, that wouldn’t be there,” said Akerman, who thinks the Chicago landlord-tenant dispute bears watching for the precedent it might set.

A recent survey by Minneapolis business and legal consultants Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law found that very few companies have a policy governing social networking either as a corporate activity or by its employees. Yet, nearly half of 438 companies surveyed said they are concerned that social networking could harm their corporate reputation.

“Instead of taking steps to manage these risks, many are either blocking their employees from using it or are moving forward without a clear strategy in place. Both can be dangerous,” said Carol Russell, co-author of the study and chief executive of Russell Herder.

On the other hand, Akerman said, “Some companies are on Twitter 24 hours a day to make sure there’s nothing untrue 1/8about them3/8 out there.”

In terms of defamation, libel or slander standards are the same on the Internet as elsewhere in the public domain when the reputation of another has been harmed. Paul Hannah, a First Amendment attorney with Kelly & Berens, said damages could be “astronomical” because of the potential size of the audience that might see an offending reference in cyberspace.

“To put something (defaming) in a neighborhood shopper is one thing. To put it on the Internet is totally different,” he said. “If you slander someone, they can point to thousands of viewers who saw that.”

On the other hand, Hannah said, those who push the edge of the defamation envelope probably don’t have the resources to pay a judgment should they lose a case.

“The problem is (that) the loudmouths don’t have any money,” Hannah said. “Some of those people are scary.”

By David Phelps
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