Graduating from college and transitioning into the world-of-work can be filled with both excitement and fear. Among the “adulting” skills needed to survive life after college is, first and foremost, a budget.
A budget can be helpful… During Salary Negotiation: …
By Laura Kestner-Ricketts
Laura Kestner-RickettsExecutive Director, Career and Professional Development
Tammy Zapata, Class of 2018.
“During my time at Augustana College, I majored in Political Science (Comparative Politics) and International Business and minored in French. I also studied abroad during my junior year in Australia! Currently, I am a second-year …
One of the best ways to learn more about a particular program is through research. This can be done by utilizing online resources and/or conducting informational interviews with recruiters or participants who are engaged with the …
By Laura Kestner-Ricketts
Laura Kestner-RickettsExecutive Director, Career and Professional Development
The following article was written by 2021 Augustana graduate, Jazmin Martinez. During her time as a first generation student and Biology major, Jazmin was a Biology tutor, and member of Phi Beta Kappa, American Academy of Physician Assistants …
By Beth Ford
Beth FordCareer Coach for the Health Sciences & First Year Student Advisor
It was a fantastic Day One session today of the Career & Life Design: Strategies for Career Success course here at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois! I am beyond thrilled to be teaching this new full course during J-term …
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.