Careers
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Career Corner: Want a Job That Doesn’t Test for Marijuana? A Philadelphia Guy Built an App For That
Many believe that, as long as it does not harm anyone or interfere with your ability to take care of your responsibilities, that what you do in your personal life is your business alone. For a long time, many employers have not shared that sentiment, reserving the right to terminate you for a positive drug…
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Career Corner: New Children’s Book Normalizes Non-gendered Careers
Despite messages parents may share with their own children about the ability to be anything you want, what is depicted by other parts of the world doesn’t always show that. Plenty of children still assume certain jobs correspond to a person’s gender, which may deter them from aspiring for such a career. A boy who…
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Career Corner: Millennials Lead the Pack As More Americans Reboot Their Careers
Millennials were dealt a tough hand for starting out in their careers, with 2007’s recession creating a rough job market to enter. And now with the pandemic, we have yet another financially catastrophic event making it a struggle for young professionals. But it is those very obstacles that may have made this generation more comfortable…
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Career Corner: The Top 10 Highest Paying Non-Medical Jobs Around Philadelphia
When contemplating what careers have both longevity and a high earning potential, people often settle on the answer of the medical field. And while that is true, the focus on nurses and doctors might overshadow some of the many other viable options worth considering. Earlier in September, Stacker analyzed the highest paying jobs that you…
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Career Corner: The Best Paying Jobs You Can Get in Philadelphia with a Bachelor’s Degree
Maybe you are deliberating going back to school for a master’s degree. Or maybe you are just starting out in higher education and trying to plot out your major. Either way, it is helpful to know exactly what opportunities are available to you at each degree level. If it is a high salary you are…
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The Great Resignation and Tips for Updating LinkedIn
The Great Resignation – it’s a thing. People are quitting their jobs for many reasons, and when they do, they have to update their LinkedIn profiles. Why are people participating in the Great Resignation? Bad bosses, irritating coworkers, toxic culture, return to in-person when remote was working fine, better opportunities, better benefits, better pay, long…
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Career Corner: High Paying Jobs You Can Get Around Philadelphia with Just an Associate’s Degree
Many people view earning an associate degree as nothing more than a stepping stone towards an even higher degree. But an Associate’s Degree absolutely has value on its own. Don’t be fooled into thinking you can’t get any good jobs if you can’t invest those extra years into schooling yet. In the summer, Stacker released…
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Career Corner: Where are the Jobs? Delaware Valley Industries Hiring the Most People
Beyond the personal and health issues caused by COVID, it has also massively altered what industries are in need of workers. If you work in a field that has been damaged by the pandemic and have been thinking of making a change, you no doubt want to know what industries are doing well now. An…
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DELCO Careers – Bryn Mawr Trust
For 130 years, the professionals at Bryn Mawr Trust have focused on being a trusted partner in helping individuals, families, businesses, and organizations create, manage, preserve, and transfer wealth. Newsweek named Bryn Mawr Trust America’s Best Bank in Pennsylvania this year in the Small Bank Division. Branch Service Manager This position is responsible for managing…
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Career Corner: The 10 Most Common Jobs in the Delaware Valley
If you want to know where you have the best job prospects, it helps to look at what the current trend in careers is. If lots of other people are being hired in a certain field, that’s a pretty good tip that career is in demand right now. A recent article for Stacker compiled a…
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Career Corner: Can a Mentor or Career Coach Accelerate Your Career
While you are in school you have teachers to instruct you, and at work, you typically have an orientation period where an employee with more experience shows you the ropes. But after that, society kind of drifts away from people who can offer you advice being a part of your daily routine. The assumption is…
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Career Corner: How to Take Smart Risks to Advance Your Career
Smart Risks, Forbes, Perfectionist,
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Carousels Are Trending on LinkedIn and How to Make Them
Carousels are trending on LinkedIn. Carousel posts include multiple images that users can swipe through. Want to know how to make them and post them? First, let’s start with a bit of background info, though the focus of this article will be on LinkedIn carousels. Carousels are visually appealing, and they can be posted on…
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VISTA Today Seeks Self-Motivated, Detail-Oriented Writer/Editor
American Community Journals – the parent company of VISTA Today, MONTCO Today, DELCO Today, and BUCKSCO Today – is seeking a self-motivated, detail-oriented, and versatile writer/editor to assist with the editorial operations of VISTA Today. This position begins as part-time (hourly) with a pay range between $10 and $20 per hour based on experience and…
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Career Corner: Finding Career Satisfaction and Happiness Is Possible
Despite what you might assume, most people feel satisfied in the work they do. In fact, according to a recent poll from Gallup, even during the start of the pandemic last year, 89% of people reported being satisfied in their careers. With how many people were losing money, that statistic might shock you. However, as…
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Career Corner: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Shares Why Career Success is Doing Both What You Love and Hate
To say Janet L. Yellen is accomplished is putting it mildly. She was the first ever female chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, she was the head of the team of economic advisors for Bill Clinton during his Presidency, and she is now the first female secretary of the United States Treasury. So she knows…
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Over 300 Powerful Accomplishment Verbs for Your LinkedIn Profile and Resume
Accomplishment, or action verbs, are used when starting bullet points under your work experiences on a resume, and these can also be used on LinkedIn. Using a variety of accomplishment verbs helps make it more interesting for the reader and will catch their attention more. For example, instead of three bullet points under one work…
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Delco County Women Who Was 1 of Yale’s First Women Undergraduates, Has Died
A Moylan, Delaware County woman, who was one of the first women to be admitted as an undergraduate to Yale University, died Aug. 22, writes Gary Miles for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Dr. Barbara DeGrange Kieran, 70, was an accomplished medical marketing researcher. Dr. Kieran was admitted to Yale in 1969, studying Spanish and German…
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