Since we seem to have a variety of ages here, I thought I'd start this topic. Whether someone is entering the workforce for the first time or whether someone's considering a change, I thought this might be a good place for people to exchange information about careers.
Here's a little bit of news. Was watching the war channel (History channel) tonight and they were interviewing a female helicopter pilot in the US Air Force. She is one of only 7 female helicopter pilots out of over a 1000 male helicopter pilots in the Air Force. The cool thing is that she was 5 months pregnant. The Air Force now lets women pilots fly up 'til their 6th month. They don't have to if they don't want to. They also get 6 weeks of maternity leave afterwards. Again, only if they want to. It looks like at least one branch is getting hip to how things should be. She was saying that they still have a long way to go for full equality with male pilots but it's a start.
I am intrested in going into is forensic science or medican. Its analyzing evidnece from crime senes which I think would be pretty kewl.
I have a friend who does crime scene investigation. I'll get in touch with him and see what schooling you'll need. Will post in a day or two.
AILy,
Thanx for the links!!
If anyone's interested in library careers, below are a couple of links. They're a bit UScentric, but if anyone's interested in another country's organization, well, I can probably look it up :-) Feel free to ask questions too.
American Library Association
Special Libraries Association
By Gilmoure on Thursday, September 3, 1998 - 12:42 am:
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By AlLy on Saturday, September 5, 1998 - 05:28 pm:
By Gilmoure on Saturday, September 5, 1998 - 05:49 pm:
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By Endora on Sunday, September 6, 1998 - 09:55 am:
I don't know if you're in the US or not, but here are a couple of links you might find interesting. I didn't spend too much time on the sites, but I did see a career brochure on the American Academy of Forensic Sciences site.
Even if you're not in the US you might e-mail them to find the exact name of a similiar organization in another country. Also, if you are in the US, you may want to ask them about state level organizations. Some professional organizations have mentoring programs &/or organize events for people interested in the field.
American Academy of Forensic Sciences
FBI's Forensic Training Unit
By AlLy on Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 07:32 pm: