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Jobs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area to Soar By Angela M. Cranon, M.A. Editor-in-Chief With trillions of dollars being spent from a variety of sources to improve transportation and streets in the city and county of Los Angeles, the doors are opening for careers in the transit and transportation industry. Taxpayers’ dollars are in motion as approximately 40 different

By: Calvin Lovick There are many segments of the United States population that have legitimate reasons to gripe about the way they’re treated: African-Americans, women and disabled individuals, for example. But veterans are another group that certainly has been mistreated in this country – woefully so, as a matter of fact. Consider this: You spend time in the military knowing

By: Kimberly Durment Locke Regardless of whether you support the current presidential administration, there’s no debate when it comes to admitting that the U.S. economy and job market are thriving. The numbers are in and they show that the unemployment rate for November 2018 was a low 3.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The last time the

By: Allyson D. Yarbrough, PhD Engineer, STEAM Education Evangelist and Empowerment Advocate Today’s global career environment is exciting, competitive, and full of surprises. To succeed requires strong skills, the ability to adapt quickly, and seizing control of your destiny. Furthermore, as a recent Editorial in this journal explained in “Why Is Education So Important Today Than Ever Before?”, education is

By Kesha Williams Elizabeth City State University welcomes Dr. Gwendolyn Williams as the new chairwoman of the Department of Education, Psychology and Health. A native of Monroe, Louisiana, Dr. Gwendolyn Williams earned a B.A. degree from Spelman College. She also holds a master’s degree, a specialist degree, and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University (GSU). Williams says her arrival at

By Kimberly Durment Locke reswefbb@verizon.net When I recently came across an article titled, “Millennials, The Mystery Generation, How the Boomers Screwed an Entire Generation,” posted last October and written by Michael T. Robinson, founder of CareerPlanner.com, I have to admit I felt a combination of disbelief and uneasiness. Was it true that as a person born within the bandwidth of

Angela M. Cranon, M.A. acranoncharles@gmail.com Editor-in-Chief Why aren’t there more women politicians in America? When the word politics is normally brought up in a conversation usually the talk is about Republicans and Democrats, or today, of course, President Donald Trump. The talk of gender political gap is rarely discussed, which should be, considering the fact that, there are more women

By: Kimberly Durment Locke reswefbb@verizon.net There’s no doubt that many in the Baby Boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1963, have retirement on their mind. According to marketrealist.com, more than four million Boomers have retired since 2008 and that number is steadily rising each year. However, there are still a fairly high percentage of Boomers who are continuing to

Hugging isn’t illegal in the workplace. –  It’s also not always welcomed. When it comes to physical behavior in the office that could lead to court action, there’s no bright line between what’s accepted and prohibited, noted Dianna Johnston, assistant legal counsel with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “The only issue would be whether the nature of the touching or

Landing that all important first job after college can be a source of sleepless nights. There’s so much advice out there about what to wear, what to say, and what to do that it’s hard to know where to start. There are plenty of books to guide job seekers through the interview process. So, rather than go through a lengthy