sábado, 20 de junho de 2015

The Ultimate Fighting of Professions

This blog talks about different professions, their pros and cons analizing aspects as key areas, remuneration, laboral market and requirements to work, with the purpose of helping students to pick the right career.

Are you ready?

Fight 1: Economy X Astronomy

Economy

Economy is a great profession that is necessary in all types of companies and countries. Economists are able to elaborate economic planning for companies or government agencies, public policy preparation, foreign trade, and others. The career follows the market trends, so if the market is in a bad place, so the career will be. The remuneration comes to R$ 3500,00 in the beginning, reaching R$ 12000,00 in the highest moment of the career. To work in this area, you need to be graduated in an economy course, and work as a trainee in the area.

Astronomy

Astronomy is a "hardcore" career, that requires a lot of study and dedication. The professionals in this area work with academic research or teaching in universities. In their researches, they analize the celestial bodies, based on data and using powerful computers and great equipaments. The career has been growing with the demand of professionals in this area, since the number of astronomers is very small. The remuneration comes to R$ 2000,00 in the beginning, reaching R$ 15000,00 in the highest moment of the career.
To work in this area, you need to be graduated in an astronomy course, or in a physics course with an astronomy pos-graduation, and these courses are considered very hard.

sábado, 30 de maio de 2015

Fight 2: Communication and Multimedia X Crime-scene clean up

Communication and Multimedia

The communication market is a well-known area and participating of it is really challenge because there are lots of people who want to work with it. A category of communication is the Multimedia. The professional in multimedia creates, executes and manages communication projects in multiple formats on different platforms. He can work in different places as TV broadcasts or Internet tools. The remuneration comes to R$ 2000,00 in the beginning to R$ 15.000,00 in the top of the career.
The requirements to work in this area is a graduation in communication and multimedia, skills in computer programs as Photoshop and others, lots of creativity and hard work

Crime-scene clean up

A new industry that isn't commum now a days is Crime Scene clean-up. In a scene of violent death (homicide, suicide or accidental), the police comes and the cleaning is a problem of the family who owns the place or the person. Crime-scene cleaners are hired to restore the scene to pre-incident state. The job is hazardous, grueling and not for the paint-of-heart or stomach. You need federal regulations to work with bodily fluids, use the right materials and permits to transport and dispose of biohazardous waste. It requires amount of training and special knowledge to complete properly. This job doesn't get a lot of competition and a base price up to $250 per hour, but most people would pay even more for the service.

This video shows some of the daily lives of cleaners crime scenes. Enjoy and prepare the stomach!