2nd Annual Aviation Career Expo
Chicago Executive Airport (PWK) in Wheeling, IL announces their 2nd annual Aviation Career Expo, which is coordinated by their community education group, on Saturday, September 19, 2009 from 10am until 3pm. Attendance is FREE. They will have guest speakers, a question and answer panel, static aircraft display and many other exciting events showcasing everything aviation has to offer. The major focus of the event will be to inform prospective students about the degrees required for a career in aviation. Representatives from the military, as well as other careers that do not require a college degree will be represented. If you are interested in attending this event, contact Laura Witlox, Event Coordinator, at laura@onezerocharlie.com or call 815-648-4591, ext 10 by September 1 to confirm your interest.
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The following District 214 Career Nights are offered to the public:
Arts & Communication
October 14 at Rolling Meadows High School from 6:30 - 9pm
Health/Natural Resources
October 29 at Prospect High School from 6:30 - 9pm
Engineering & industrial Technology/Business & Computers
November 10 at John Hersey High School from 6:30 - 9pm
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Harper College offers a program in Nanoscience Technology What is "Nanoscience"? Nanoscience explores the world of materials, including biological materials, in sizes ranging from about 1 to 100 billionths of a meter. The program was started, with the help of the National Science Foundation, out of a need for a commercial workforce at all educational levels. Harper's program is designed for entry level technician jobs in a variety of industries using nanoscale tools and materials. Harper's program complements 4-year programs in industrial technology that are increasingly called upon to train students in more advanced technologies.
Harper has an agreement with Northern Illinois University that allows you to transfer your credits toward a bachelor's degree in Technology with an emphasis in Industrial Management Technology. This partnership provides you with the opportunity to complete the first three years of your bachelor's degree at Harper and then transfer to complete your fourth year at NIU's Hoffman Estates campus.
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Are you interested in a career as an illustrator? If drawing is your thing, there are all kinds of avenues for illustrators. Whether used in medical textbooks, magazines, or children's books, illustrations inform, educate, amuse, and just make the world a prettier place. Talent alone is not enough in this highly competitive field, but if you're willing to work hard and apply your talents where they're needed, you may not be a starving artist for long.
Illustrators create images for everything from books to greeting cards to advertisements. Many specialize, working mostly on children's books or medical illustrations, for example. "Illustrators are concerned with what is the most appropriate image to help the reader fully understand or make an emotional connection to the author's point.", says Dave an Editorial Illustrator. "Illustrators get to explore and learn about subjects they might not normally research on their own."
It helps to be creative, talented, and committed to your craft: a lot of people may try to talk you out of pursuing this "impractical" profession. "The ability to promote yourself is important, too, because competition is fierce.
Government economists expect gob growth for illustrators to be as fast as the average for all careers through 2016. Computer graphics programs make it possible for publishers to create their own illustrations, which will limit opportunities. However, demand for illustrators who work on computers will increase as websites use more detailed graphics. Medical illustrators are another exception; as there are so few of them, demand for their services will continue to grow.
Illustrators (grouped in with painters and sculptors) earned an average yearly salary of $48,300 in 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But many illustrators work on a freelance or part-time basis, so incomes vary widely.
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The CollegeBoard has the following estimates of occupations that will have the most job openings between 2006 and 2016.
Occupations Requiring a Graduate Degree:
Occupation Total Job Openings
Postsecondary teachers 662,000
Lawyers 228,000
Doctors & surgeons 204,000
Clergy 130,000
Pharmacists 95,000
School counselors 84,000
Physical therapists 68,000
mental health/substance
abuse social workers 62,000
Rehabilitation counselors 60,000
Mental health counselors 50,000
Occupations Requiring a Bachelor's Degree
Elementary school teachers 545,000
Accountants & auditors 450,000
Secondary school teachers 368,000
Computer software engineers 300,000
Middle school teachers 217,000
Network systens & data analyst 280,000
Financial services 161,000
Network & computer systems 154,000
Construction managers 152,000
Occupations Requiring an Associates Degree
Registered nurses 1,001,000
Nursing aides, orderlies 393,000
Licensed practical nurses 309,000
Automotive technicians 265,000
Computer support specialists 242,000
Preschool teachers 187,000
Hairstylists 151,000
Real Estate agents 115,000
Welders, solderers 107,000
Fitness trainers 107,000
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Listed below are links to websites that will help you with career exploration. Click on the links for more information.
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