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Think about your personal values and needs when considering your future career.  Carefully examining your own needs and wants when it comes to your career can help you choose one that is a great fit for your personality and skills.  Writing down your wants and needs can help you organize your thoughts and see them clearly. Think about where you would like to work.  For example, do you prefer an office, a restaurant, or the outdoors? Ask yourself if you prefer to work alone or with a team. Examine your preferences when it comes to deadlines.  Do you like a busy and tight schedule or do you prefer to have things more open ended? Try to think of positions that don't have a college education as a requirement.  Some examples are gas plant operators, subway operators, electrical power line repairers and installers, and farmers. Aptitude tests help you evaluate your skills and abilities, scoring you on specific criteria.  Knowing which areas you are already proficient with can help you narrow down your choices when looking for a future career.  Many aptitude tests are available online and are free. Some of the areas tested will be logic, numerical and verbal reasoning, spelling, math and computer skills. If desired, you can prepare before taking the test by taking an inventory of your interests, strengths, and weaknesses. There are many on-line quizzes that you can take that will help you to better understand which careers might be the best for you.  Many of these quizzes are created and offered by both professional services or governmental services and can give you an accurate idea of which careers you might enjoy.  Try some of the following quizzes to learn more about your career preferences:  http://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/officer/career-track-quiz http://joboutlook.gov.au/careerquiz.aspx http://www.careerbridge.wa.gov/survey_cluster.aspx http://www.rasmussen.edu/resources/aptitude-test/ A benefit of college is that it has very rigid requirements and schedules when it comes to learning new information and skills.  Since you may have to learn these skills on your own, you will have to set definite goals for your personal development and strive to meet them.  Try reviewing the details of the S.M.A.R.T goal-setting method to get started:  S – Specific : Goals should answer the questions of “how,” “what,” and “why”. M – Measurable: Goals should have components that you can measure and use to track your progress. A – Achievable: Goals should be realistic and obtainable while still presenting a challenge. R – Results:  Goals should focus on outcomes instead of the steps that will achieve the goal. T – Time:  Goals should have a specific length of time they must be achieved by, adding pressure and incentive to meet them.

summary: Examine your personal interests and preferences. Take an aptitude test. Try using on-line career quizzes. Set goals.


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Whenever it is available, you must include the last name of the author or authors responsible for the work. One way to name the author is to introduce him or her in the sentence before you introduce the information provided by that author.  According to Jones, this premise is false (2010). A study by Smith, Doe and Rowell indicates that this is only a misconception (2002). If you do not introduce the author or authors in the sentence, provide the last names in parentheses after the borrowed information. For works with multiple authors, separate the last two names with an ampersand (&).  This premise is false (Jones, 2010). Even though it was previously accepted as fact, this is only a misconception (Smith, Doe & Rowell, 2002). Whenever available, include the date of publication in parentheses following the borrowed information. If the author's name is included in parentheses, as well, separate the two with a comma. If no date is provided, indicate as much with the abbreviation “n.d.”  Erikson claims otherwise (1999). Some experts claim otherwise (Erikson, 1999). Research shows that this long-held belief is “nothing more than an old wives' tale, at best” (Johnson & Smith, n.d.). If the quoted or paraphrased information comes from multiple sources, cite the author and year for both sources in parentheses as normal and separate the individual sources with semicolons. Alphabetize the studies as they would appear in your reference list. Many wonder if the facts have been exaggerated (Doe & Simmons, 2009; Williams, 2007). If the author's name is not provided, include the title of the book in italics or the title of the article in quotation marks. Follow the title with the year of publication as usual. If not publication date is provided, use the abbreviation "n.d."  Recent research on the brain supports these claims (“New News about the Brain,” n.d.). The study of psychology continues to expand in this area (Psychological Discoveries, 2012).

summary: Introduce the author in the sentence. Alternatively, name the author in the parentheses. Specify the year of publication. Separate multiple citations with semicolons. Substitute the title for the author's name, if needed.


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Click the iTunes program icon, which resembles a multicolored musical note on a white background. You'll typically find it in the Mac's Dock. It helps to be connected to the Internet while doing this, since otherwise your songs might not import with the correct information (e.g., artist name, song name, track order). Most Macs don't have built-in CD drives, so you'll most likely need to buy an external one and plug it into your computer. You'll find it in the upper-left side of the window. Doing so will prompt the CD to begin importing into your iTunes library. You can also click No, uncheck any songs you don't want to import, and then click Import CD. Once the import is complete, you can click the blue-and-white "Eject" button in the upper-right side of the page to eject the CD and save your songs.
summary: Open iTunes. Insert the CD into your computer's disk drive. Click the disk icon. Click Yes when prompted. Wait for the songs to finish importing.