How To Guide

Bill Herbst

Bill Herbst was raised in the middle class suburb or St. Louis, Mass and has been a professional astrologer for 36 years. In his younger days he tried doing psychology but it did not interest him and then he got interested in astrology and soon became a professional astrologer.

In his long career he has done more than 11,000 readings. He uses natal charts which show the basic personality of the person and around this he adds other tools as required. He has also written two books and authored many articles and essays.

He says that most people are interested in three aspects of their life: work, health and relationships. People mostly have particular question to ask or specific issues they seek guidance for. He tries to help them whichever way he can, telling them about positives and negatives. He also does web readings via email.

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t blogging. My income started at like $500 a month, then $1,000 a month, $2,000, $5,000, $10,000.’ He then started teaching via blogmastermind.com which is a membership site. ‘I love writing blog posts. And as long as I still love that, I get a lot of leverage out of it, so it builds my audience. And those people eventually, some of them, buy my products. They help me buy affiliate products. They click my advertisements and allow me to get sponsors, so I am able to make hundreds of thousands of dollars from collectively 10 hours a week worth of work.’ Now he is one of the top internet marketers. http://www.incomediary.com/yaro-starak-interview-blogging-superstar-reveals-his-secrets/ “>Michael Dunlop

Michael Dunlop started working from home when he was only 16. He sold stuff on eBay at first, and then started a game forum. Then he started a web site, WebDesignDev.com and used Google Adsense which gave him $50 a day. He later started a web site Retireat21 which became a big success.

He then went back to WebDesignDev and revamped it. The traffic… Read More

Michael Potter

Michael Potter is a driver, personal assistant and bodyguard in Los Angeles, CA for famous author, Stephen J. Cannell. He has had three years of college and used to live in San Diego where he managed a grocery store for 10 years, till he got tired.

His brother called him to LA, saying that he could buy a limo and start his own business. He moved there and ran his chauffeuring business for sometime with one car, but did not do well. Then another brother asked him if he wanted to work for Stephen. At first he did not want to move to Pasadena, but then he did.

‘My main function is to drive. In addition to that, I am running errands, taking clothes to dry cleaning, grocery shopping, I have even babysat. My employer has several cars; I am in charge of maintaining the cars, keeping them running and looking good,’ he says.

‘For those who want to work for a driving service, one of the questions they always ask is, “Do you know where all the… Read More

A chauffeur is the person who drives a car, usually a high end one.

A chauffeur’s position is a global one, and the work is basically driving a car. If you live in a developed country having a chauffeur may be a luxury unless you are working at a top level job. In developing countries or countries where the cost of living is lower, a chauffeur may well be called just a driver and will be more commonly found. He may well be driving very ordinary cars too, not just big, fancy cars and limousines.

The Work

While a chauffeur may be driving a car, that is not all that is to his work. He has to see that the car is clean and well maintained. If there is any problem, he may have to take it for repairs or servicing. He will also be expected to handle small repairs and the like.

If his employer is a high end person or a celebrity, he may well have to see that beverages and drinks are stocked in the car, where… Read More

Simply put a cashier is the person who handles cash and is in a position of great responsibility and trust.

Mostly all businesses and shops require the services of one or many cashiers, also called check out assistants. Major careers are in retail shops, supermarkets, gas stations, movie theatres, chain stores, restaurants and other food outlets and even large offices.

The Work

In retail or wholesale trades of all types, the work of the cashier is to do the billing, take payment by cash or card and sometimes even pack the stuff bought. In food outlets bills will be made and again payments accepted. All this work may be computerized or even done by hand depending on the scale of operation, though nowadays mostly cashiers use scanners, swipe the cards and the bill is generated by the printer.

In some cases as in movie theatres, the cashier who may also be called the ticketing executive or clerk will probably have to give ticket printouts as well. The work can be long and arduous, particularly if the cashier has to be… Read More

Anna Marie Bowman

Anna Marie Bowman lives in Florida and writes on a variety of subjects. In her blog she writes about her experience of working as a cashier. She says that she has worked in different places as a cashier from a ‘big box’ store to a department store. She has written very honestly about the upsides and downsides of the work.

Among the benefits are employees’ discounts; which can help a great deal when you are on a budget. Then there are clearance items – as an employee you always know what a good deal is and where the items are. Downsides are not so great pay, having to deal with difficult customers and standing all the time. Also there is a certain lack of job security as retail shops often shut down.

‘This can be a great part time job for a parent, who is usually stuck at home, to get out, and interact with other adults.  Even if it’s just a few hours a week, just to get out of the house and have something to… Read More

A costume designer is a professional who designs costumes for movies, theatre, shows, artistes and even for retail.

A person who loves clothes, both designing and sewing, can become a costume designer which is different from being a fashion designer. A costume designer makes appropriate costumes, whether they are set in a particular period or place, or fancy dress costumes or masquerade costumes.

The Work

If you want to become a costume designer you will have to great deal of research into costumes, given the setting, the time frame and the ‘look’ of the show. This would change depending on whether it is a movie or theatre, the opera or ballet, a masquerade party or a music video.

Whatever the kind of work, costume designer have to work within a strict time frame and budget. He or she will probably have to do a scene by scene break up and design costumes accordingly. The fabrics will have to be sourced and stitched into costumes and accessorized as well. Usually the costume designer will have to be in charge of all… Read More

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Airport security is a sensitive job as the security personnel have to check people and baggage and also be responsible for overall airport security.

After the terror attacks in the US on 9/11, airport security became extremely stringent. And an airplane is all the more vulnerable being up in the air to hijacking and other violent acts. Airport security is of great importance and the security personnel have to handle their work with a great deal of responsibility.

The Work

If you have been in an airport you will have seen airport security personnel right from the gate onwards. As a passenger you may not give them much mind, because they are people in uniforms and may even regard them as an annoyance. However, the airport security personnel are actually trained to handle people and security issues and are responsible for all kinds of security in and around the airport, hangars and the tarmac.

As an airport security officer, you could be male or female. You will have to be on your feet for long periods of time and learn… Read More

Matt Bulger

Matt Bulger started work in a private security agency in Dulles and then when TSA took over airport security, he got a job with TSA. Now he is in the management cadre of the airport. He screens passengers and covers two to four security lanes, rotating positions every half an hour to keep the work from becoming monotonous.

He may be moving from the walk-through metal detector to the X-ray monitor to the bag-search position to the secondary-screening spot to the explosive-trace detection machine and so on. If anything questionable is spotted, he has to take a call.

He is unflappable and calm through all the chaos, and always polite and deferential. He takes pride in his job and feels he is one among the many who is making a difference.

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The person who is the voice of a show on radio is called a Radio Disc Jockey or DJ.

A radio DJ is the person you hear when you put on a radio – he is the presenter of a show, even if it just music. The chatter which you hear is often transmitted live. Often DJs become famous in their own right when they get a fan following.

The Work

The work is interesting and creative. You have to often write your own script and read from it, or be spontaneous or impromptu. Depending on the show you are hosting, you have to be extremely familiar with the type of music being played and learn how to use the equipment.

You will have to work long hours and since many radio stations are on 24 hours, you will probably draw the graveyard shift initially or have to work odd hours. You know you have made it when you have your own show and many fans.

As a radio DJ, you may have to be take calls live, interact with… Read More

Scott Mills

Scott Mills had just completed his schooling at Crestwood in Eastleigh when he started work as the youngest radio presenter at Power FM at the age of 16. He had just got a few GCSEs from school.

Twenty years later and after becoming a well known public figure, he received an honorary degree from Southampton Solent University. Not a simple graduation degree, but honorary doctor of arts in recognition of his work in the field of broadcasting and radio.

His life story is being made into a musical which will be presented at the Edinburgh Festival. ‘All my family tell me that since I was really small I just wanted to play records,’ Scott told the Daily Echo in 2004 after landing his own prime time afternoon show.

‘It really was a dream of mine to work on Radio One, probably from the age of about eight. I liked the sound of the whole station and I wanted to be part of it – it sounded big and exciting.

‘I used to make tapes of myself pretending to… Read More

A jockey rides a horse in different types of races and may be working locally or globally.

There are two types of horse racing – steeplechase and racing. Steeplechase racing is of a different kind, over jumps and hurdle. However, the training is somewhat different but in the end it is winner who counts. Usually it is race horse racing which is globally popular. A dangerous, but exciting sport, horse racing requires rigorous physical training.

The Work

The work consists of riding horses, and hopefully winning races. However, jockeys have to start from the bottom. You need to understand horses very well, their gait, their behavior, their work and feeding routines and the way they race. You have to love horses, to want to become a jockey.

It consists of long hours of work and arduous training which needs to be undertaken, riding at the crack of dawn and retiring late at night. However, the work of a jockey is quite glamorous and thrilling, because you get to ride fast horses. And if you are really good, you can be… Read More

Brett Callaghan

Brett Callaghan was very short and lightweight and when he was only 10 years old he started riding horses in Barbados, in a riding school, close to his home. He wanted to become a jockey because he thought that there was nothing else he could do since he was only 4’7” and weighed 66 pounds.

At 14, he got his exercise jockey’s license. He rode race horses in Barbados from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. before going off to school. He got his full jockey’s license when he was 15 and he rode his first race in November 1989.

He rode 24 races in Martinique and Trinidad. In the middle he was out for four months following a riding accident and was in coma for two weeks, but made a complete recovery. In 1993, he moved to Toronto, Canada to pursue his racing career. He has ridden in over 1200 races with a total of 135 wins.

In 1998, he put his racing career on hold while he did a full-time Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Course. While studying… Read More

Becoming a lawyer is a respectable and usually lucrative profession, depending on what your practice is and what you specialize in.

Lawyers are found all over the world because both criminal and civil law cases are omnipresent. A lawyer has to study hard to become one and this involves innumerable hours poring over books. And then are different kinds of lawyers since most people prefer to specialize in one particular avenue and hone their knowledge of the laws pertaining to that particular subject.

All countries have their own systems in place for people to practice law ranging from studies and courses and licensing systems. Depending on where in the world you are you have to follow those systems.

The Work

Everybody who has seen television show, watched movies or read fictional legal thrillers will know one of the main tasks of the lawyer is to litigate and fight a case. However, there are many lawyers who many not even see the inside of a courtroom, particularly if their work is only to do the research and grunt work needed in… Read More

Kimberly DeCarrera

Though Kimberly DeCarrera was born in Texas she lived in Atlanta for most of her life and went to school there. Then she attended the Georgia Institute of Technology where she completed her undergraduate Bachelors of Science in Management in three years.

After that, she attended the Georgia State University College of Law earning her Juris Doctor. While in law school, she clerked for G. Roger Land, a local Atlanta attorney who maintains a general civil practice. She is licensed to practice in Georgia.

She runs her own firm DeCarrera Law, LLC and practices different kinds of law, including business law, family law, estate planning, trusts, wills, property matters and litigation. Whether it is starting a business or getting a divorce, she is runs a more inclusive practice.

A veterinarian or vet is the doctor who takes care of animals, so if you like medicine and animals this can be a career choice for you.

A vet is the animal doctor who attends to the medical needs of all pets in cities and wild animals in zoos and farm and other animals in rural areas. Apart from that there are many other places vets can get work. The scope is large, but you have to put in long hours of study to become one. You also have to put in long hours of work when you start working.

The Work

In veterinary practice, vets work with animals and human beings, because ultimately whether it is labs, zoos, farms or domestic pets, it is humans who are taking care of them. A vet will have to see about vaccinations, take care of minor and major surgery, treat wounds and infections and more. If the animal has a disease, the vet has to take care and prescribe the right medicines. If it is case of broken bones, again it is… Read More

Tanya

‘I chose to become a veterinarian because it allows me to combine my love of animals with my equal passion for science, problem solving and teaching. Unlike many people, my decision to pursue a career in veterinary medicine came later in my career, after I graduated from the university,’ Tanya says.

‘I particularly enjoy working in a research setting, and having the chance to contribute to science. Through research discoveries, we can help to improve medical diagnostics and therapies both for pets and people.’

Tanya has many degrees to her credit. She has done Bachelor of Arts, Archeological Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. She has also got a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. Finally she completed the course leading to Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

She is an advisor, researcher, teacher and speaker and wants to continue studying and learning about laboratory animal medicine so that she can become board certified.

‘What I like best about my job is working… Read More

Baking is an offshoot of cooking, but it is highly specialized at a professional level.

When you are cooking at home you will be doing all the work which would otherwise be probably done by professionals: cooking, preserving foods, baking, dessert making, baking, patisserie, making cocktails and more. However, on a professional scale, the work is much more and is highly specialized.

The Work

A baker has to learn how to make all kinds of baked goods ranging from breads, biscuits, cakes, pastries, quiches, muffins, various types of rolls, pies and more. If he or she is working is an established place, all the recipes and quantities will already be in place.

However, if the person is starting his own place or in a new place, there is a great deal of scope for innovation and creativity. If the place caters to fancy special occasion cakes like wedding cakes (the line between bakers and p?tisiers is quite blurred now) he will have the chance to use his imagination.

Personal Qualities

You should have a love for cooking and baking, be… Read More

Philip Shaw, CEO of ACE Bakery

“The bottom line is that it’s all about passion and passion about bread,” says Philip Shaw, president and CEO of ACE Bakery. ACE Bakery provides the opportunity to take a successful regional bakery that’s been named one of Toronto’s best by the local media and spearhead its transition into a fast-growing player in the broader market throughout Canada and the United States.

Overall, ACE Bakery produces more than 100 varieties of Old World breads and rolls in a plant situated in 50,000 sq. ft. of production space. These products range from the company’s top-selling baguettes, organic sliced breads and classic products such as Country Wheat and ciabatta to more neo-traditional varieties such as Cheddar Cheese Twists, Potato Chive Focaccia and the new Olive Fougasse made with whole black olives, sea salt and dried thyme.

It’s all about building a foundation and investing in the future, Shaw says while talking about expansion and quality control.

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