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Veterinary medicine is an extremely popular career choice in the animal industry, even though it requires a challenging, demanding education. It can be difficult to get accepted to vet school, but it can be well worth the effort in the long term. If you are considering attending veterinary school, it’s important to know the many factors that could affect your decision. Financial Options Students have some options to attend vet school for free or, in some cases, have significant chunks of their student loans paid off, but, of course, there are strings are attached....

Once you break into the world of music journalism, the most glamorous part is interviewing the artists. But that first interview with a musician can be a very daunting process indeed. On top of the usual jitters about doing something new, it can be a little intimidating to sit down with the artists, especially if you happen to be a fan of the musician or band. If you’re getting ready to conduct your first musician interview but don’t know where to begin, these tips will help....

Indeed’s Job Search app makes job opportunities opportunities accessible with just the click of a button (or, in the case of your phone, a tap of the screen). According to Indeed, over half of Indeed’s job searches happen on mobile.  Their app allows these job seekers to take their job search with them, making mobile job searching fast, efficient, and easy. Get the Indeed Job Search App The Indeed Job Search app is free and available for iPhone in the iTunes Store and for Android on Google Play....

Project managers use Gantt charts as a highly useful tool for tracking and coordinating all of the small steps that go into a large project. Gantt charts can quickly become overwhelming and messy. They can prove especially confusing for people who don’t know how to read them. Try to use a Gantt chart to explain your progress to a client or a colleague in another department, and you may have quite the challenge on your hands....

If you are a college student and considering military service in the Marine Corps after graduation, you can test out the process with the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Course (PLC). Sort of a military boot camp for officer candidates and part summer camp for those thinking about joining the Marines. However, come physically prepared as your physical fitness will be tested throughout the recruitment and PLC process. This is serious training that is designed to find officers for the Marine Corps and not meeting the standard is a sure-fire way to not getting accepted into the program....

One person’s “best” job may be the “worst” for someone else. Want to make the most money or have the most fun? Do you prefer a high-stress job or slower pace work with more flexibility? It all comes down to personal goals and experience - and what’s the best job for you at this stage of your career.Here are the best and worst jobs looking at a variety of factors....

Do you know that happy employees are the most significant factor when you think about raising work productivity and creating happy, satisfied customers? Not all managers get this simple fact. When you see a manager scream at their employees, nit-pick over every document, and give performance reviews that bring up errors from eight months earlier, you may think that they believe a miserable employee is the best employee. Nothing could be further from the truth....

Every small business owner wants their business name to resonate with their target audience, be memorable and catchy, and help establish the company’s brand. That can create a lot of pressure to come up with the perfect business name. There are hundreds of styles in business names, but six rise to the top as the most common. Consider these popular styles as you decide what name is right for your business....

Some of the most frightening stories of the paranormal involve ghosts or spirits seizing control of technology, interrupting connections or transmissions to startle the living. Think of the spectral hand reaching through the TV set in “Poltergeist,” or the cursed videotape in “The Ring.” Today, in a world saturated with devices, there are even more opportunities for this kind of meddling. Ghosts no longer have to possess your television, or even make a call—all they have to do is text you....

Android developers build and test mobile apps. If you’re in this field, you’ll need a number of hard and soft skills, ranging from coding to programming to designing to written and oral communication. However, having these skills is not enough to get a job. You also need to have a strong resume that displays your android developer skills and experiences to have an advantage. Review tips on how to write a resume for an Android developer job....

What exactly is feedback and what’s the best way to give it for the best results? From a managerial perspective, feedback is your evaluation of an employee’s work quality and performance, given to that employee. Feedback lets an employee know what they did right or wrong, and gives methods to improve upon the tasks they didn’t complete or did incorrectly. Given in a positive manner, feedback is one of the key methods of developing an employee....

Submarines have long been a fascination of Navy enthusiasts, and for those brave and dedicated Navy members, life on board a Navy submarine, and how they are used in national defense is kept in relative secret. They do not call it the Silent Service for nothing. Since World War II, nuclear-powered submarines have played a strategic part of the nuclear triad throughout the Cold War as well as tactically into the War on Terrorism with highly advanced weapon systems....

Getting a small business loan can be a tough job for a small business. Canadian banks are traditionally conservative, and start-up ventures are notoriously risky, says Dianne Buckner, former host of CBC’s Dragons’ Den. After all, she says, “Banks aren’t supposed to be giving away money … it’s mostly true that only if you can prove you don’t need the money will they give it to you.“ But traditional banks aren’t the only places to get small business loans....

Every lease agreement that a tenant signs with a landlord has an implied warranty of habitability. This means that a landlord has a responsibility to keep the rental in a fit and habitable condition. It is a general requirement that all vital services must be functioning and in good repair and that the rental property must be clean and safe. Specific Maintenance Responsibilities While every lease agreement has a general implied warranty of habitability, landlord-tenant law also places specific maintenance obligations on every landlord....

When you’re looking for a job, it’s easy to become focused on job boards and search engines and forget about other ways to find open positions. This kind of tunnel vision can mean missing out on the hidden job market—unadvertised job openings that are accessible only to those who look beyond what they can find online. For a variety of reasons, you won’t find every open job during an internet search....

The modern internal combustion engine is a complex ballet of hundreds of parts, all working together to convert fuel energy into motion. When you look under the hood of your car, not much is visible, much less heard—that is, when everything is in working order. An engine rattle is usually a sign that something has gone wrong. Once you identify the source of the rattle, you can take steps to make the proper repair....

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy is an action-adventure video game published by LucasArts in 2006. It’s based on three movies in the Star Wars franchise: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. You can play any of the more than 50 Lego versions of characters from the three movies. If you’re looking for some help, here’s a quick guide to the game’s cheat codes and unlockables....

Description: MLB’s Opening Day 2021 Pick ‘Em Contest is challenging you to pick which team will win opening day games. Guess at least 12 correctly and you’ll be in the running to win a huge cash prize! Sweepstakes Links: Click Here to Enter this SweepstakesClick Here for the Official Sweepstakes RulesClick Here for the Sweepstakes’ Home Page Note: If the sweepstakes entry link doesn’t work for you, try entering through the home page and looking for a link to the sweepstakes....

Your small business can help employees pay (tax-free) for medical expenses and insurance costs by setting up a qualified small Employer health reimbursement arrangement (QSEHRA). This arrangement is part of the 2016 law called the 21st Century Cures Act. In the past, large companies have been able to set up health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) for their employees. The new QSEHRA allows smaller companies to help employees set up similar accounts. Employees can get reimbursement to pay for their own health coverage, and the employer doesn’t have to pay the cost of a group health plan....

The hiring and training standards of state troopers are some of the most stringent in the nation. These are law enforcement positions at the state level, rather than the community or local level, adding an additional degree of responsibility to protecting the public, and sometimes more diverse duties. Approximately 807,000 men and women served as state troopers in 2016. State Trooper Duties & Responsibilities In addition to meeting these responsibilities at the state level, troopers also sometimes provide support and assistance to local law enforcement units....