Archive: April 2008
My First Job: Ken Lizzi
Now: program director for Respiratory Therapy. Then: Inhalation Therapy trainee
What This Job Pays: Postal Service worker
The median pay of a Postal Service worker in the Seattle area is $29,282, with most making from $25,601 to $33,836.
Attention, high-schoolers: Internships aren't just for college kids
Internships aren't just for college students. High-school students are pursuing them to gain experience and test-drive industries. While some internships for...
Older workers looking more glamorous to company recruiters
AARP is adding three federal government agencies and six private companies to its list of employers looking to hire people 50 and older...
What This Job Pays: boilermaker
Median pay of a boilermaker in the Seattle area is $33,459, with most making from $31,667 to $37,419.
Doubling up on careers adds to job satisfaction
Early in his career as an internist at a teaching hospital and later in private practice, Jeff Gold felt he needed to add another dimension to his job to gain satisfaction. While he enjoyed his clinical work, Gold also yearned to be intellectually challenged in the business world.
What This Job Pays: retail salesperson
Pay: The median pay for a retail salesperson in the Seattle area is $23,929, with most salespeople making from $20,272 to $28,575, according to salary.com. Demand: Employment is expected to grow by 12 percent over the 2006-16 decade, which is...
State antes up to train students for jobs in trades
Bothell High School senior Lanie Wait thought about a career in health care, but until she interned at a local nursing home this semester she wasn't sure. The course, part of the state's career- and technical-education program, focused her sights on nursing, a field with a critical worker shortage.
Facebook, work collide
ORLANDO, Fla. – In the early days, the social-networking site Facebook had the feel of an exclusive club. You needed a college e-mail address to join, so for its young users, there wasn't much chance of a parent or boss crashing the party.
Mothers' work dilemma
Vossler took what she called a significant pay cut for her job as an in-house counsel. But she also had additional day-care expenses for her second child, hoisting the bill from $16,000 to about $30,000 a year.
Katherine Claeys, civil engineer at the Seattle Department of Transportation
As the City of Seattle’s lead light rail engineer, Katherine Claeys has seen the project through three years of environmental impact planning and four years of construction.
What This Job Pays: audiologist
The median pay of an audiologist in the Seattle area is $64,014, with most making from $57,853 to $74,248.
Job market good for college grads
Three years ago, when most of this year's college graduates were just finishing their freshman year, job prospects for those just entering the work force looked bleak.
How to earn the title of No. 2, if you aspire to be boss's adviser
You're sitting innocently at the desk and No. 1 (aka boss) walks in. "What do people think about my management style? " she asks. You have a choice:...
Soaring oil prices good news ... for engineering grads
With energy prices soaring and oil-company ranks graying, petroleum-engineering graduates have become a hot commodity. As a result, students...
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