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As a contract manager in the private or government sector, you know how vital your role is in maintaining a successful organization. Keeping your skills sharp is equally critical for boosting your earning potential, which can increase by 16%* with contract management certification. Get Certified The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) offers three certifications depending on your management role: Certified Commercial ...

If you're like most people who pursue a master of business administration (MBA) degree, your overriding motivation is almost certainly not a future career with the federal government. Indeed, according to a March 2006 study by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), just 1.4 percent of the more than 6,100 MBA students surveyed said they planned to pursue government jobs after ...

Homeland Security degree programs represent a new directive in academia which responds to the specialized defense needs of the United States (generally understood as triggered by 9/11). Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the federal government has been investing heavily in the development of Homeland Security curriculum among community colleges, four-year institutions, and postgraduate schools across America. Homeland ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time. There isn't a farm within miles of where she grew up on Chicago's west side, but she's set to graduate with a bachelor's degree in crop sciences from the University of Illinois' agriculture school next spring. "People ask ...

A Bachelor of Science in Health Administration provides a balance of health sciences knowledge with business administration skills. The degree is awarded by a college or university after completion of a minimum number of academic units, with a specific number of units in the Health Administration major. A BS in Health Administration is often the minimum requirement for most medical and ...

Human resource management covers a wide variety of tasks and functions within an organization, including: recruiting and hiring, employee compensation and benefits, corporate policy, employee assistance, and training. Within the field of human resource management there is an endless list of possible jobs. Some of these include: recruiters, EEO officers, employer relations specialist, benefits managers, training and development managers, and labor ...

President Barack Obama has proposed a 10-year, multibillion-dollar initiative to beef up community college programs across the nation, with a primary objective of retraining Americans for the volatile workplace of the 21st century. For tens of millions of underemployed, unemployed or insecure workers, this boost can’t come soon enough. But federal backing should eventually provide millions of career changers and new ...

Criminal Justice programs combine a broad variety of topics and disciplines related to law enforcement, the courts, and America’s governmental and criminal justice systems. As an academic discipline, studies in criminal justice focus on the role and origin of criminality, social policy, and the law. A Bachelor's degree in criminal justice provides the fundamental basis for those who wish to pursue ...

The Master of Business Administration degree might not be an obvious choice for those considering government careers - yet MBA graduates are currently in very strong demand at some of the major government agencies, including the Department of Labor, US Postal Service, and NASA. A master's degree in business administration will help you to grasp the complex relationship between the public ...

Public administration degrees are specifically designed for those who are seeking careers in government policy and administration; therefore, this degree has a more exact focus than a Criminal Justice degree or an MBA. The curriculum includes leadership and management skills, strategic planning, media relations, and disaster response. One can expect to come away from a program in public administration with a ...

The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversees the federal government's civilian workforce, recently created an ad campaign spanning four television networks to directly speak to college students and recent graduates ages 18 - 40. The idea: To tell students and recent graduates around the country that rewarding careers await them in the federal government. The federal government says it ...

DENVER – Diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and recovering from a grenade attack, Iraq war veteran Ian Newland wanted to pursue a business degree after his discharge from the Army last year. What he didn't want to have to do was set foot in a classroom. And thanks to the Internet, he doesn't have to. The world of online higher education ...

Job Description Accountants and auditors help to ensure that the Nation’s firms are run efficiently, its public records kept accurately, and its taxes paid properly and on time. They perform these vital functions by offering an increasingly wide array of business and accounting services, including public, management, and government accounting, as well as internal auditing, to their clients. Beyond carrying out ...

Job Description Lawyers, or attorneys, act as advocates and advisors in society. As advocates, they represent a party in criminal and civil trials by presenting evidence and arguing in court to support their client. As advisors, lawyers counsel their clients concerning their legal rights and suggest courses of action in business and personal matters. Paralegals investigate the facts of cases and ...

At the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb. 9, dozens of students crowded a classroom for an evening career workshop, breaking an attendance record. The scene was typical of B-school campuses across the country—with jobs in short supply, recruiters are finding themselves more courted than ever. What was different, though, was that this wasn't ...