today's world, technology has a distinct hold over daily lives, and my life is no exception. With instant dopamine hits whenever we look at our phones, unlimited social media platforms to peruse to make sure we haven't missed something, and 15-second reels that can waste unlimited 15-second time banks in a row, maybe the start of a new year is a good time to do a "check in" and see what we might consider changing.
Dopamine is a brain chemical involved in reward, motivation, memory, and attention. When dopamine is released in large amounts, it creates feelings of pleasure and reward, which motivate you to repeat a specific behavior. Social media has that all figured out, and provides 24/7 access to dopamine hits.
The biggest question is, "Is scrolling the phone (possibly multiple hours a day) the healthiest way to spend our time?" I'm pretty sure the answer is no.
Can we generate our own dopamine? The answer is yes. Good food, exercise, sleeping well, going to the park, painting, looking at photo albums, singing, meditating. It can be a variety of things—everyone is a little different. But, whatever creates those feel-good chemicals in your head, note them down and make a promise to yourself to put your phone down and integrate it into your day. As you make a list of your joys, add to it whenever you can. Learn the formula for your bliss.
For me, happiness is the ultimate goal. And I'm pretty sure it starts in daily choices, not lofty resolutions. Why not start today?
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How Diversity in Tech Drives Innovation, Transforms Communities, and Powers Better Results
It’s a paradox of the tech industry that the people who write computer code lack the diversity to serve the needs and wants of the people who use it. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that:
• Men make up 78% of coders, compared with 49% of all Americans.
• White professionals make up 66% of coders, compared with 59% of all Americans.
In recent years, industry employers have begun to realize that gender and racial diversity in tech is important—not only for social equity (or the appearance thereof), but also for overall business success and relevance in an evolving world.
As a result, many companies are adopting strategies to diversify their hiring. They’re also implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion policies to help new hires advance their careers. As diversity in tech evolves, new opportunities are emerging for—and often spearheaded by—women and people of color.
Lack of Diversity in Tech
The lack of diversity in tech is no secret. In a 2021 survey of 270 tech companies by Wiley Edge, 68% of respondents acknowledged that they were not diverse.
U.S. Census Bureau statistics from 2020 analyzed by Data USA confirm that women and most racial minorities are underrepresented in the world of computer programming:
• Only 22% of programmers are women.
• Black programmers make up roughly 5% of the workforce.
• Hispanic professionals account for about 2.5% of coders.
• Fewer than 1% are Native American, Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
That’s a problem for workers trying to break into tech jobs, but it’s also a problem for tech companies. The lack of diversity in tech can have a variety of negative effects on how businesses operate.
Recruiting Difficulties
In the Wiley Edge survey, 51% of companies reported they had trouble recruiting diverse entry-level talent. They cited several reasons:
• The educational system doesn’t encourage enough women and people of color to pursue tech careers.
• Candidates doubt whether they have the necessary skills and qualifications.
• Diverse role models are themselves underrepresented in the industry.
• Students lack knowledge about available tech jobs.
Workplace Discomfort
Wiley Edge also surveyed 2,030 tech workers, ages 18 to 28. More than two-thirds reported they had felt uncomfortable in a job because of their gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or neurodevelopmental condition.
The same survey found that women had more negative job experiences than men, by a margin of 8%. Similarly, Black, Hispanic, and Asian workers had more negative job experiences than white workers.
Harassment and Discrimination Charges
In recent years, tech companies have been sued by current or former employees over allegations of harassment or discrimination. Such negative publicity can discourage qualified candidates from applying to a company.
Lawsuits can affect an organization’s reputation, and its
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finances as well. In 2020, Google settled a sexual harassment lawsuit by pledging $310 million toward diversity initiatives.
Pay Gaps by Gender and Race
In a 2021 survey, the tech employment service Hired found that men were offered more money than women for the same title at the same company 59% of the time. On average, women made 3% less than men in similar positions.
The survey also found racial pay gaps, with Black tech workers earning 4% less than the average tech worker. Black women suffered an even bigger gap—earning 10% less.
Software Biases
UNDERSTANDING WHY DIVERSITY IN TECH IS IMPORTANT
Just as a lack of diversity in tech works against the evolution of a company or organization, improving diversity is known to promote growth and profitability. A 2019 McKinsey & Company analysis of more than 1,000 large companies found:
If not thoughtfully designed to foster inclusion, software can produce racially biased results. An analysis of 189 facial recognition algorithms by the National Institute of Standards and Technology found that they misidentified Black and Asian faces 10 to 100 times more often than white faces.
Companies with diverse workforces are more attractive to nearly all potential applicants.
Such unintended biases often result from the data fed into AI systems to train them. If software engineers don’t make an effort to diversify that data, they will likely over-represent white males and under-represent other groups.
The most ethnically diverse quarter of companies were 36% more likely to have above-average profit margins than the least diverse quarter.
The most gender-diverse quarter of companies were 25% more likely to have above-average profits.
A closer look at diversity’s business benefits helps to explain those financial advantages and to underline why diversity in tech is important.
Recruitment
Companies with diverse workforces are more attractive to nearly all potential applicants. A 2020 survey of job seekers by Glassdoor found that 75% considered a diverse workforce important when comparing companies and job offers.
Close to a third said they would not apply to a company whose workforce was not diverse. The figure was even higher for Black and LGBTQ+ workers: 41% for each.
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Job Satisfaction
Employees in diverse companies feel more positive about those companies. In a 2020 survey by the human resources firm Quantum Workplace, 61% of workers said that diversity and inclusion programs were essential.
The same survey tied diversity to job satisfaction. Respondents who felt their workplaces were strongly diverse were 35% more likely to feel engaged than those who felt their workplace diversity was weak.
Team Decision-Making
A wider range of perspectives in a workplace team can produce more comprehensive and effective decisions. A 2018 study by Gartner found that teams perform up to 30% better in highdiversity environments.
Career Opportunities
Workers have learned to associate diversity with career advancement. A workforce survey by SurveyMonkey/CNBC reported that 65% of employees who felt their firms were diverse also felt that they had good to excellent career opportunities. At less diverse firms, only 42% felt that way.
Marketing
Many potential customers favor diverse companies. A 2020 consumer survey by Top Design Firms reported that 34% would consider a brand’s commitment to diversity before deciding on a purchase.
The sentiment was strongest among millennials. Of consumers between 18 and 34, 73% were at least somewhat likely to buy something after seeing an advertisement spotlighting diversity.
In a 2020 survey by the human resources firm Quantum Workplace, 61% of workers said that diversity and inclusion programs were essential.
DEI IN TECH
In recent years, many tech companies have tried to strengthen their diversity programs. But they’ve found progress to be slower than desired:
In 2014, Google announced it would invest $150 million to promote diversity. Six years later, although Black and Hispanic shares had doubled, they totaled only 9.6% of its workforce.
In the overall tech industry, Black and Hispanic workers held just 19% of jobs in 2019, compared with 28% of total U.S. jobs, according to an analysis by HR&A Advisors.
In response to the sluggish pace of change, many human resource professionals argue that diversity alone is not enough to ensure fairness to all groups of workers. They promote a broader, three-part strategy of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
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The three terms may sound similar, but they have distinct meanings and aim at different but complementary outcomes.
Diversity
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) defines diversity as individuals’ similarities and differences, accounting for various aspects of their personalities and identities.
Those aspects can cover a wide range of categories. In DEI programs, the most common are:
• Gender
• Race, ethnicity, or national origin
• Sexual orientation
Programs may also address other aspects of diversity, such as age, disability, gender identity, socioeconomic class, family status, neurodiversity, or military service.
Diversity is the foundation of any DEI program. But for a business to fully realize the benefits of diverse hiring, advocates say, it must also promote inclusion and equity.
Inclusion
Hiring a diverse staff can backfire if the workplace culture isn’t welcoming. The Glassdoor survey found that 47% of Black tech workers and 47% of Hispanic tech workers had quit a job after experiencing or witnessing discrimination.
That’s why inclusion is an important element of DEI in tech. SHRM defines it as making every team member feel welcome, supported, and respected.
Inclusion is often described as creating an environment in which each worker has a sense of belonging and feels comfortable being their authentic self.
Rewards of an inclusive workplace include:
• Every employee working up to their potential
• More effective teamwork, as all members feel encouraged to contribute
• Higher job satisfaction and lower tur nover
• Equity
A common shortcoming of diversity in hiring is that gaps persist in other areas, such as equal pay and promotion opportunities. McKinsey reports that in 2021:
• Women made up 47% of entry-level positions but only 24% of C-suite executives.
• People of color were in 34% of entrylevel jobs but only 17% of C-suite titles.
• Equity attempts to bridge those gaps. SHRM def ines it as treating every person fairly in regard
For a business to fully realize the benefits of diverse hiring, advocates say, it must also promote inclusion and equity.
to access, opportunity, and advancement.
A core goal of equity programs is to remove barriers for underrepresented groups—to create a level playing field for all employees. A company might:
• Weigh skills as well as education in hiring decisions to account for unequal access to higher education
• Offer spousal benefits to samesex couples and domestic partners
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10 Fastest Growing Jobs in Manufacturing
anufacturing careers include jobs in working with materials and equipment to make or maintain products.
Here is a list of 10 fastest growing careers in the Manufacturing career cluster with substantial job demand.
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Projected Job Growth: 10.50%
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.
Recycling and Reclamation Workers
Projected Job Growth: 6.63%
Includes candy makers and cheese makers. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders : Projected Job Growth: 4.93%
Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Projected Job Growth: 4.71%
Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or for ming machine tool or robot.
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Projected Job Growth: 4.65%
Prepare and sort materials or products for recycling. Identify and remove hazardous substances. Dismantle components of products such as appliances.
Food Batchmakers
Projected Job Growth: 5.60%
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products.
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Projected Job Growth: 4.61%
Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Projected Job Growth: 4.45%
Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rustproofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities. -
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Projected Job Growth: 4.44%
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Projected Job Growth: 4.24%
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs. Article
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The Evolution of Women in The Workplace
Zelda Meeker
Equality and diversity in the workplace are common values shared among most all employers and their staff. However, these values were not always pillars in the workplace, especially for women. As International Women’s Day approaches, this article reflects and shares on the trials and tribulations women have experienced in the workplace over time. By showing the evolution of women’s role in the workforce, we can really appreciate the resilience and perseverance women have had over the years and still do today.
By showing the evolution of women’s role in the workforce, we can really appreciate the resilience and perseverance women have had over the years and still do today.
In earlier periods of time, the societal norm placed women as being primarily the homemaker and the family caregiver to children or older loved ones. The spouse was considered the “head of the household” who went into the workplace to earn a living for the family.
Throughout early centuries, women were tasked to manage their household (caring for or teaching their children) while also doing strenuous duties (from washing clothing by hand to churning butter or collecting and carrying buckets of water). In some cultures and regions of the world, these norms or traditions may still be intact.
However, as certain social and economic changes occurred, such as the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the creation and development of public education, the role of women in the workforce began to expand. These historic events evolved the former convention that women belonged at home and created a need and desire for women in the workplace.
As the need for different types of jobs grew, which included
teachers and office staff, the more women entered the workforce. Though, as women moved into these positions, another discrepancy arose—lower pay. The disparity in pay among sexes stemmed from the belief that men had more to provide for as the head of the household. Single and married women both entered the workforce in the period before World War II; however, marital status did not change this attitude. Single women were viewed as not needing a higher salary since they did not have a family to support, while married women were paid less because of the idea they wouldn’t need much due to how much their spouse made.
In conjunction with lower wages, the types of employment often taken by women in this early period were closely related to tasks they would complete in their own household. Women could be found working as seamstresses, housekeepers, teachers, nurses, and secretaries. The exception to this standard was during national emergencies, such as World War I and II. As men went into the military, more women were encouraged to take on manufacturing roles (mostly maledominated industries, but women worked for the same low pay and inadequate working conditions). Once the national emergency was resolved, women were ushered back into their previous job roles.
Although there have been major breakthroughs for women over the last few centuries, there are still hills to climb when it comes to the workplace today, including pay and leave policies.
It wasn’t until after the 1970s that real changes could be seen in the workplace for women. A male-dominated job market saw a spike in women taking on new jobs that were once “traditionally male occupations” (Britannica, 2021). New technologies of the time helped with streamlining jobs so that any person could do it.
From that point to now, women have taken large leaps in their role in the workplace. According to TIME magazine, in late 2019 and early 2020, women in the U.S. for the first time held the majority of overall jobs (not including farming and self-employment) at 50.04 percent (Law, 2020). While globally, women across all countries held 47.31 percent of jobs in 2019 (The World Bank, 2021). This is in part due to the constantchanging social and economic events, which include rising industries, such as retail and health care, as well as women gaining more financial control in their household (Law, 2020). This edge has given more exposure to the roles women can have in the workforce. We see women who are politicians, actresses, social workers, contractors, electricians, judges, attorneys, doctors, psychologists, and so much more.
Although there have been major breakthroughs for women over the last few centuries, there are still hills to climb when it comes to the workplace today, including pay and leave policies. For a long time, there has been a gender-wage gap, especially in the U.S., where every dollar a male employee earns, a female employee completing the same job with the same skill set earns 97 cents. According to Forbes.com, this disparity exists for many reasons aside from “glass ceilings” that have been a long-term issue (Spiggle, 2021). The reasons range from “career disruptions,” like pregnancy, to bias from
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Women are edging the gap in a lot of ways to strive for equality and diversity in all areas.
the employer or that women are more likely to take lowerpaying positions—two-thirds of low-paying jobs were taken by women in 2020 in the U.S. (Spiggle, 2021).
While some may think these things would slow down women’s pace in the workforce, it has shown to be the complete opposite. Women are edging the gap in a lot of ways to strive for equality and diversity in all areas. From 1980 through 2018, it was found that women
are narrowing the disparity of pay and advancement through education and skills (Kochhar, 2020). This is a complete 180 from where women stood just a couple centuries ago.
Looking back, women have faced a lot of uphill battles, and despite all of that, there is so much progress that has been made. And, while there is still work to be done, it is admirable to see how women have altered these standards over time. So, on International Women’s Day, we take time to recognize and celebrate all that has been accomplished and still being accomplished by women around the world.
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10 Best Medical Careers in Demand for The Future
The best future jobs in healthcare include roles in direct care, administration and management positions, and roles in healthcare technology.
“Doctor” or “Nurse” will always be a good quick answer to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” But these days, both professions rely on a large web of supporting roles that require shorter, more interesting, or more lucrative educational investments. Healthcare is growing at a faster rate than most areas of our economy, and its job market has kept pace.
Advances in biomedical technology require people trained to put them into practice. A more efficient healthcare system requires people with solid backgrounds in administration and technology. An aging US population has renewed interest in many different kinds of therapy. A more efficient healthcare system requires people with solid backgrounds in administration and technology, today and in the future. These ten careers are at the core of tomorrow’s healthcare.
1.Physician’s Assistant
What They Do:
As demands on doctors increase, the Physician’s Assistant is becoming a better way for patients to receive timely care. The PA is trained to offer diagnostic advice, provide some preventative healthcare, and even take a look a clinical testing results. As we continue to see a shortage of trained MDs in the US, the PA is quickly becoming part of frontline medical care.
Where To Start:
Obtaining the education and license that will qualify you as a PA typically takes about two years. Many people start as registered nurses or paramedics before shifting into PA and outpatient care, but entry requirements vary for most programs. The PA track is perfect for someone with basic medical training looking for a step up the ladder.
2.Pharmacist
What They Do:
A Pharmacist is mainly trained to prepare and distribute drugs prescribed by doctors. It sounds fairly simple, but Pharmacy
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remains an attractive career track because our options for various drugs and treatments are constantly changing. Pharmacists do not just staff desks your grocery store; they are also part of routine hospital care, scientific research, and play key roles in treatment for diseases like cancer.
Where To Start:
You will need to get a Pharmacy degree. This fairly standard degree program will prepare you for necessary state licensing.
3. Physical Therapist
What They Do:
Physical Therapists help people recover physical mobility, find relief from pain, and prevent long-term injury from accidents or disabilities. This very handson world of medical care requires people specialized in working with different age groups and conditions. Given the wide-open nature of the profession, many PTs also function as social workers, teachers, or in related roles.
Where To Start:
4. Healthcare Information Technology Manager
What They Do:
Someone has to take care of all the records, billing, and data collection that goes into proper healthcare. The technology that has recently made this more effective requires people with backgrounds in computer science and IT administration. Biomedical scientists are also becoming more reliant on people with the skills to help them interpret data and create models of diseases and healthcare populations.
Physical Therapists help people recover physical mobility, find relief from pain, and prevent long-term injury from accidents or disabilities.
Physical Therapy careers begin after taking a graduate degree in PT. Many students continue on to take a Doctor in Physical Therapy (DPT), but this is not a requirement for most PT jobs.
Where To Start:
Healthcare IT degrees now exist at the undergraduate and graduate level. Many people find access to this quickly growing industry by adding a Healthcare Administration degree to IT experience.
5. Occupational Therapist
What They Do:
Occupational Therapists work with people that need help learning or recovering routine skills. Whether as a result of disability or injury, people often need help learning to cope with stress, perform tasks, or find their place in the job market. In helping people live satisfying lives,
OTs often find their jobs blended with social work, mental health, and education.
Where To Start:
An OT career begins with a Master’s degree. Many of these degree programs are becoming more flexible than the standard full time option, but they will help students pass the tests that lead to state licensing.
6. Radiologic Technician
What They Do:
Radiologic Technicians operate the complex machines that use radiation to scan and image the human body. These technicians are an important part of diagnosing diseases ranging from respiratory issues to cancer.
Where to Start:
Radiological Technicians are trained in specialized Associate’s and Certificate programs. Many technicians decide to pick up this skill after having some previous training in medical care.
7. Medical Technologist or Laboratory Technician
What They Do:
Medical Techs and Lab Techs perform all the testing requested by doctors when diagnosing and treating patients. Whether it involves information or tissue, it takes skilled technicians to operate the equipment and technology that makes this possible.
Where To Start:
People become Med Techs through a variety of degree programs, from biology to computer science. But there are
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8. Paramedic
What They Do:
Paramedics are first on the scene in emergencies and disasters. They are trained specifically in caring for patients between the site of a crisis and a hospital. A current national shortage of paramedics should make this a high entry on future career lists.
Where To Start:
The Paramedic/EMT track is very attractive to many because it requires only a basic training that leads to state certification. With this basic job experience under your belt, many additional healthcare careers will open up.
9. Clinical Research Administrator
What They Do:
Clinical research looks for new ways to treat different diseases and conditions. It is an important, but very complicated process. Scientists look to Clinical Research Administrators to take care of the nuts and bolts of complying with research regulations and managing research participants.
Where To Start:
This is a very specialized field, but there are now both undergraduate and graduate programs that will train students in clinical research from top to bottom. These skills are becoming very valuable to researchers.
10. Healthcare Administrator
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practice requires people trained in a variety of skills to manage patient care. In addition to marketing, accounting, and human resources, hospitals and institutions also need people that understand issues specific to managing patient care and the needs of medical professionals.
Where To Start:
Healthcare administration has become so vital that undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees are now fairly common in the field.
What Kind of Education Do You Need for a Healthcare Career?
Individuals who plan on pursuing a career in health care will need to look carefully at the different types of education they have available to them. There is more to education than simply earning a degree. Life lessons and performing techniques first-hand are important methods of learning that a future healthcare professional can benefit from. Taking advantage of what each type of learning offers is what makes an exceptional healthcare worker.
Degree Programs That Focus on Medical and Healthcare
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options require a student to continue their education. In fact, most states require that a medical professional commit to a specific number of credit hours each year to keep their license in good standing. Failure to comply with this mandatory requirement will result in the loss of their license.
Hands-on Learning
Medical students must learn to perform a variety of procedures. To be more efficient, they must practice each one in a supervised setting. By practicing under the watchful eye of a teacher, their skills will begin to improve over time. While learning from a textbook and through lectures, nothing takes the place of hands-on experience. The more times a student is allowed to practice their skills, the faster their technique improves. Hands-on learning often takes place during clinical programs, or in some cases, during a medical residency.
Real-life Experience
Nothing will teach a student faster than real-life experience. Being able to make split-second decisions doesn’t come from reading a book or earning a medical degree. It comes from experiencing a situation first-hand and being able to weigh each option. The ability to come up with a solution to medical issues relies on the student’s knowledge, skills, and real-life experiences. The more a student is forced to think on their feet, the more effective they will be in real-life or death situations. Real-life experience takes many forms and each experience should be remembered for the lessons it holds.
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While a degree program can teach all of the fundamental knowledge a healthcare
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professional may need, it is not capable of teaching the art of human communication. Doctors, nurses, and anyone else who chooses to work in the healthcare industry must learn the importance of communication. Patients communicate in many ways. They may tell the doctor what is wrong or they may exhibit physical signs. It is up to the doctor to listen as carefully as possible. Being able to see and hear what the patient is trying to communicate is one of the most important aspects of being a healthcare professional.
How Do I Move Up in the Healthcare Industry?
education credit hours each year to remain in good standing. If these aren’t completed, your license or certificate will lapse.
Explore New Opportunities
There are several ways to move up or advance within the healthcare industry. Promotions may be offered, but this usually only occurs after the potential candidate has put in the work and actually earned the opportunity to advance to a higher position. If you want to be considered for the best healthcare career, you need to be willing to put all of your efforts into proving that you are worthy of the opportunity. There are several ways to accomplish this.
Continue Your Education
If you want to move up in the healthcare industry, the key is to continue your education. Take advantage of any chance to learn something new. Anything you can do to continue the learning process is beneficial to the future of your career. If you have taken state boards and earned a license or certification of any kind, you are required to complete a specific number of continuing
Advancing your career comes naturally if you are in a career like health care administration. If you work in the medical field as a practitioner, you may have to look for new opportunities. Doctors who specialize in a specific type of medicine often create their own advancement opportunities by going out on their own and opening their own practice. Moving up in your field means different things to different people. The best career in healthcare is sometimes what you make it. Knowing the future potential of your position gives you a chance to alter it or move beyond it at any time.
What Does the Future Look Like for the Health Care Industry?
The future of the healthcare services industry is very bright. Although there will always be the need for direct, hands-on care, technological advancements in the field of medicine and health care, in general, are opening the door to many new horizons. The use of robotics for very intricate, precision surgical techniques have been around for several years. It’s the expansion into the digital world allowing individuals to receive quality health care without ever leaving their homes that is in the news currently. People are also able to access their medical records and manage their own health care, helping patients develop an active role in creating their care plans.
From Private Sector to Public Good:
Transferring Business Intelligence Skills to a Career in Government
by Charlie Fletcher
Weall want our work to mean something. To feel good about what we do, day in and day out. And if you’re reading this, chances are you’ve decided a career in the public sector, for one reason or another, isn’t doing that for you.
You want to be part of advancing a public good; to have your work contribute to bettering lives, instead of fattening stakeholder’s bottom lines. It doesn’t hurt either that government jobs tend to be stable and have good benefits.
But you also know from working in the private sector that, sometimes, switching careers can be difficult; if you have no experience in a private-sector industry, you’re often required to gain that experience via internships or entry-level positions before getting yourself back into a senior position.
Fortunately, government positions tend to prioritize transferable skills over line items on a resume. No matter where you’re coming from in the private sector, you likely have a variety of transferable skills you can leverage to attain and excel in a government position. In this article, we’ll break down everything you need to know to identify your strengths and leverage them into the position of your dreams. Let’s break it down.
Picking The Right Career Path For You
Once you know you want to enter a government position, the key is understanding where your passions align and your skill set will fit best. Public service careers tend to cover areas like healthcare, education, law enforcement, and partnerships with nonprofits. Knowing which area of impact is most appealing
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to you narrows down the pool of potential jobs, providing you with a shorter list of available positions in that industry.
Notably, each of these sectors typically has a variety of open roles for you to choose from. Say you’re interested in jobs that center around employee labor laws; you could transition into a safety inspector job, an OSHA social media manager, or an equal opportunity employment specialist. Better, the salaries for these positions are competitive, even for the private sector.
a government job, you need to understand the nature of the skills you have and how to sell them.
"I’m an out-of-the-box thinker who comes up with new solutions to long standing problems."
When browsing through the open positions in your chosen sector, you should compile a short list of jobs that sound interesting, or jobs you believe you have adjacent experience in. At that point, you’re almost ready to enter the market; now, we teach you how to sell yourself to a government audience.
Business Intelligence Skill: Applicable To Government As Well
There’s a reason why when presidents get elected, they usually bring a host of private-sector business leaders into their cabinet. The same business intelligence skills that you would use to succeed in a highly-competitive industry have use cases for government; and if you’re looking to break into
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Let’s briefly explore some of the classifications of business intelligence , and spin them into cover-letter-worthy lines for hiring managers:
Interpersonal: I’m an excellent communicator who takes time to understand the thoughts and feelings of coworkers and customers alike.
Creative: I’m an out-of-thebox thinker who comes up with new solutions to long standing problems.
Logical-Mathematical: Breaking down data, understanding what it’s trying to tell me, and applying insights to existing processes were all part of my previous job. I let the data drive my decisions, often with great results.
Spatial : I take time to look at how everything fits together, understanding the role of each employee, practice, and component.
Intrapersonal: I’m introspective by nature, and when something does go wrong, I carefully consider why and how to prevent it in the future.
When considering your resume of soft skills, tailor your responses to the position you’re hoping to get. For example, if you’re looking to become a safety inspector, you might put
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your spatial intelligence and interpersonal intelligence skills at the forefront.
Leverage Your Project Management Skills
Finally, we dig into hard skills that are transferable; namely, your project management skills. Whether you were previously in charge of triaging a calendar of assignments for your subordinates, or you have experience taking the lead on a consulting project and communicating with clients, your project management skills will be invaluable in most government positions.
Some of the project management skills you can put at the forefront are:
• Time management: Effective time management is an absolute necessity to ensure projects stay on track; and being a self-driven manager of your own time is extremely appealing to interviewers, especially if you come with concrete examples.
Good negotiators are hard to find, and valuable once attained.
• Problem-solving: No matter what position you’re in or what project you’re working on, there will always be hiccups that you can’t plan for. Being able to confront those issues head on, and agilely work to resolve them, is key.
• Negotiation skills: Being both diplomatic and firm is a delicate balance, one that takes years of training to achieve. As such, good negotiators are hard to find, and valuable once attained.
• Methodology knowledge: Whether you’re used to Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or Lean, knowledge of project management methodology is widely applicable to just about any industry.
• Leadership: The ability to own a task and see it through to its conclusion. Taking charge, holding yourself and your team accountable, and seeing that the work gets done. This is a core skill for every industry; even and especially government.
These hard skills are widely applicable to just about every government role; selling them correctly is really about tailoring your responses to the position you’re applying for.
With the right mixture of applicable hard and soft skills, you’ll be able to stand taller among your competitors in the hiring pool and land yourself a job that aligns with your skill set and passions.
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The Importance of Job Satisfaction
by Long Yun Siang
No one can deny the importance of job satisfaction in our lives. The fact that we spend a huge amount of our waking hours at work means job satisfaction will also play a huge role in our lives.
While you look for the dream career or job that will make you happy, whatever job you are doing now must significantly contribute to your happiness. That is the crucial importance of job satisfaction. It is true there are elements of work you cannot control. For example, company policies, who your boss is, your salary level, your colleagues’ characters and relationships with them, and the conditions where you work.
There are steps you can take in order to increase your job satisfaction level once you know the importance of job satisfaction. How then can you increase your job satisfaction wherever you work?
1. Know Thyself
One way to increase job satisfaction is to know yourself. What are things that motivate you? Sure the company can do things and implement programs to increase staff motivation especially the companies that knows the importance of job satisfaction. But motivation is also from within. It is inside you, only you know what keeps you awake at night and makes you jump out of bed in the morning. When you know yourself, it is easy to increase your own job satisfaction as you will know what works for you.
2.Keep Challenging Yourself
Work has to be challenging enough but not so overwhelming that you find it insurmountable. Challenges at an optimum level keep you going. Perhaps you find that your work is not challenging anymore. In that case, learn to get more projects that are challenging now since you know the importance of job satisfaction in your life.
3.Cross Learn
Make cross learning and increasing your competency at work a culture you adopt. That means learn other skills that are only expected from people in other departments. If you are a sales person, learn to read financial statements. Cross learning can keep you challenged and will also open doors previously not an option to you. By knowing that options are open you become more relaxed and feel better about yourself. That can increase job satisfaction.
4.Improve Other Areas of Your Lives
I have mentioned that the importance of job satisfaction is its contribution to a significant part of your happiness because you spend one third of your day at work. Interestingly, when you are unhappy with other parts of your live you will also bring it to work. It is usually easy to blame other parts of your life on the low level of job satisfaction you have. But the reverse is also true, if you are unhappy with some parts of your life, you may just blame it on your job. Analyze yourself, are there other parts of your life you can improve?
5.Stay Positive
Where have you not heard this before, right? Stay positive. It’s so easy to dish our advice to stay positive. And it is worth mentioning again. Whenever you feel you aren’t very satisfied with your job, learn to stay positive. There are many things to be thankful for when you have a job. Remain positive that things can change for the better. Look forward to good things like a possible promotion or salary increase or completion of a project. You may just see your job satisfaction level increase.
6. Know the Role of Work in Your Life
Work means different things to different people. Know the role of your job in your life. What does it allow you to do? Pay for the bills? Serve people in the community? Allows you time to pursue your hobby? Know what is the role of your job in your life and you will put it in the right context. That may just raise your job satisfaction level.
7. Work Allows for the Search of Purpose
I like to think that work allows me to search for my sense of purpose. Not many people are mindful enough to know what their purpose in this world is. Why not let work become a medium to allow you to search for that purpose? Imagine having eight hours a day just doing an exercise that slowly reveals what you are here in this world to do?
The importance of job satisfaction in contributing to your happiness in life is obvious. These are some steps you can deploy if you want to increase your job satisfaction and indirectly to the happiness in your life.
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• Ensure that facilities and equipment are accessible to workers with disabilities.
Metrics
An essential aspect of all three elements of DEI in tech is the need to measure progress. It’s not enough to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Like other parts of a business, such as sales or production, it’s important to set targets and to assess whether they’re being met periodically.
Such measurements can help a program identify weaknesses and, when necessary, change strategies to achieve better results. Equity metrics can include:
• Tracking hiring and promotion data by gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation demographics
• Surveying employees on whether pay, promotions, and benefits are fair auditing compensation to determine whether some workers in similar jobs are underpaid
• Comparing the company with others in the industry
• -DEI experts recommend that metrics be transparent. Employees are more likely to feel a company’s commitment and buy into its policies if they can see its impacts.
Diversity Hiring in Tech
Such outreach has the added benefit of enhancing a company’s reputation for diversity.
Inclusive Language in Job Ads
While a company evaluates applicants, potential applicants are also evaluating a company. Research has shown that word choices in ads and job descriptions can discourage candidates who aren’t white or male.
assumptions can manifest themselves in snap judgments, unintended insults, and confusing communications, which can make non-white or non-male team members feel that they don’t belong. The goal of unconscious bias training is to make managers aware of biases they may hold so that they can correct them. For example, a manager might become aware of talking down to female employees.
Mentoring
Companies can screen the language in job descriptions, both by using anti-bias software and by sending drafts to diverse employees to review.
To speed up the pace of change, many companies are redoubling their efforts toward diversity in tech. To create more balanced workplaces and better opportunities for underrepresented groups, they’re using a diverse array of strategies, largely focused on entry-level workers.
Diverse Recruiting
Diverse hiring in tech begins in the recruiting process. Recruiters are likely to include a wider variety of candidates in their shortlists for positions if a company specifically asks them to do so. It also helps a company to cultivate relationships with groups that can provide diverse applicants, such as students, professionals, or networking organizations whose members are female, people of color, or LGBTQ+.
Including words like “supportive” and “cooperative” can appeal to women, while words like “active” and “decisive” are more likely to attract men.
Gender-neutral language communicates that women, men, and nonbinary or gender-nonconforming applicants are all welcome.
Requiring “strong communications skills” instead of “native English speaker” can encourage ESL candidates to apply.
Companies can screen the language in job descriptions, both by using antibias software and by sending drafts to diverse employees to review.
Unconscious Bias Training
A major obstacle to inclusive workplaces is unconscious assumptions that managers make about people around them. Such
One-on-one relationships between employees and managers can help to overcome barriers and accelerate career advancement. For members of underrepresented groups who may face challenges that other workers don’t, mentoring and coaching can be even more crucial.
Formal mentoring programs can offer many kinds of benefits, both to employees and to companies:
• Role models who understand an employee’s challenges because they belong to the same group
• A safe place for workers to discuss sensitive issues
• A pipeline for alerting senior executives to DEI problems
Diversity in Education
The pipeline to diversity in tech hiring begins with educational institutions. To create a wider pool of job candidates, many are working to diversify their own student bodies and to tailor programs to underrepresented groups. Such efforts are taking a variety of forms:
• Intensive coding academies and bootcamps targeted to women or people of color
• Convenient online programs for workers seeking to change careers
• Tutoring and counseling services to help students overcome barriers
• Support networks with other students in underrepresented groups
• Curricula offering historical examples of tech pioneers who are female or non-white faculty comprising instructors and role models who reflect diverse demographics.
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