Teacher aides, also called teacher assistants, perform a wide variety of duties to help teachers run a classroom. Teacher aides prepare instructional materials, help students with classroom work, and supervise students in the library, on the playground, and at lunch. They perform administrative duties such as photocopying, keeping attendance records, and grading papers. There are […]
Technical Support Specialist Career
Technical support specialists investigate and resolve problems in computer functioning. They listen to customer complaints, walk customers through possible solutions, and write technical reports based on their work. Technical support specialists have different duties depending on whom they assist and what they fix. Regardless of specialty, all technical support specialists must be very knowledgeable about […]
Technical Writer and Editor Career
Technical writers, sometimes called technical communicators, express technical and scientific ideas in easy-to-understand language. Technical editors revise written text to correct any errors and make it read smoothly and clearly. They also may coordinate the activities of technical writers, technical illustrators, and other staff in preparing material for publication and oversee the document development and […]
Telemarketer Career
Telemarketers make and receive phone calls on behalf of a company in order to sell its goods, market its services, gather information, receive orders and complaints, and/or handle other miscellaneous business. According to the Direct Marketing Association, the activities most frequently performed by telemarketers are inputting mail orders and verifying names and addresses. A reader […]
Telephone and PBX Installer Career
Telephone and private branch exchange (PBX) installers and repairers install, service, and repair telephone and PBX systems in customers’ homes and places of business. History of Telephone and PBX Installer Career In 1876, the first practical device for transmitting speech over electric wires was patented by Alexander Graham Bell. The telephone device Bell invented functioned […]
Telephone Operator Career
Telephone operators help people using phone company services, as well as other telephone operators, to place calls and to make connections. There are approximately 213,000 switchboard operators, 29,000 telephone operators, and 4,200 other communications equipment operators employed in the United States. History of Telephone Operator Career In the years since Alexander Graham Bell was granted […]
Temporary Workers Career
Employees who work on an assignment or contractual basis are called temporary workers. They usually work through agencies, staffing offices, or placement centers that place qualified workers in jobs lasting from one day to months according to their educational background, work experience, or profession. People work as temps for several reasons. The majority of people […]
Textile Manufacturing Worker Career
Textile manufacturing workers prepare natural and synthetic fibers for spinning into yarn and manufacture yarn into textile products that are used in clothing, in household goods, and for many industrial purposes. Among the processes that these workers perform are cleaning, carding, combing, and spinning fibers; weaving, knitting, or bonding yarns and threads into textiles; and […]
Tire Technician Career
Tire technicians, employed by tire manufacturers, test tires to determine their strength, durability (how long they will last), and any defects in their construction. Approximately 19,800 tire builders are employed in the United States. History of Tire Technician Career Before tires came into use, wheels were banded by metal. Copper bands were used on chariot […]
Title Searcher and Examiner Career
Title searchers and examiners conduct searches of public records to determine the legal chain of ownership for a piece of real estate. Searchers compile lists of mortgages, deeds, contracts, judgments, and other items pertaining to a property title. Examiners determine a property title’s legal status, abstract recorded documents (mortgages, deeds, contracts, and so forth), and […]
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