How to Land a Job at an Engineering Company with Little to No Experience

15 Aug 2017

How to Land a Job at an Engineering Company with Little to No Experience

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How to Land a Job at an Engineering Company with Little to No Experience

As recent research from Higher Education Research Institute has shown, more than a third – roughly 36% - of first-year students in the United States plans to major in science and engineering, while less than 10% of college freshman intend to concentrate on engineering proper.…Read more... →

9 Aug 2017

5 of the most sought after qualities in care workers

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5 of the most sought after qualities in care workers

Care workers provide an important service and to do the job well there are a number of qualities you’ll need to exhibit. If you’re considering a career in social care, it may well be that you personify these sought after traits: …Read more... →

3 Apr 2017

The Nightmare of Moving House

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Moving house is exactly that -- a nightmare! This applies whether you’re moving to a brand new house that was just built from the ground up or indeed if you’re moving to what is now…Read more...

11 Mar 2017

Tapping Into The Healing Power of Mother Nature

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Tapping Into The Healing Power of Mother Nature

Look, I know that getting “treatment” for my OCD is pretty much something which is optional, in other words it’s supportive care instead of something like having a very expensive medical condition that needs critical…Read more...

19 Feb 2017

Helping Your Kids Navigate Religion

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Despite what anyone who’s on the ‘outside’ may think, having OCD doesn’t necessarily mean your entire life comes to standstill like how a computer throws up the dreaded blue screen of death when a logical…Read more...

16 Nov 2016

The Importance of Family Pets

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I can jump on the bandwagon as well and also discuss some of the more obvious reasons why a family pet can make for a really important addition to the family, but I won’t since…Read more...

15 Sep 2016

Supporting Your Child’s Long-Shot Dream Career Choice

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Supporting Your Child’s Long-Shot Dream Career Choice

One of my boys came home from school one day convinced he’d found his “calling in life” and yes, he actually did refer to it as a calling, although I suspect he’d heard that word…Read more...

16 Aug 2016

When is the Right Time for the Birds and the Bees Talk?

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When is the Right Time for the Birds and the Bees Talk?

As if just being around to make sure your children don’t eventually find those creative ways to kill themselves they seem to be looking for as they grow up isn’t enough of a challenge on…Read more...

29 Jul 2016

Get Involved with Your Children’s Education

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Get Involved with Your Children’s Education

Having been involved in my children’s Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), I’ve had the pleasure of being able to look in on the lives of this great institution we call the school and also to…Read more...

6 Jun 2016

When Children Reach the Experimental Stage

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When Children Reach the Experimental Stage

One of the biggest challenges parents will ever have to deal with in their lives is that dreaded period in your children’s lives when they reach the experimental phase. From the time they become conscious…Read more...

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