Agents and Business Managers of Artists, PerformersThe career of an artist, performer or athlete can be like a roller coaster ride. You can be an unknown one day, and on top of the world the next. A key to success is having a good Agent and Business Manager.
An Agent is hired to represent a client. The agent does this by promoting the client’s work to contacts in the industry.
It is the agent’s job to handle all negotiations with the potential employer, from specifying working conditions to determining the salary
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Arts Audio-Video Technology and CommunicationsThere’s an old saying in the theater. Everyone has two fields of expertise: their business, and show business.
Most of us love to be entertained, and with television shows and magazines that focus on the entertainment business, people know a lot more now about what goes on behind the scenes, than they did in the old days. Even so, the headlines make it seem as though it’s possible for anyone with talent to make a lot of money in this industry
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Driver/Sales Workers Job DescriptionFrom the bread to soft drinks to toothpaste, the products you find on the supermarket shelves have been placed there by one of the legions of driver-sales workers employed by nearly every company with a product to sell in a retail store.
In some businesses, a salesperson persuades a store to buy the product, a driver delivers it, and the store owner has the items unpacked and placed on the shelves
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First-Line Supervisors / Managers of constructionBuilding a new high rise, shopping mall or factory is a complicated effort. Construction Managers supervise these projects, make decisions about daily operations and keep costs within budget.
Construction managers represent the building owner or developer and coordinate the entire construction process. They decide on construction methodsthe number of workers needed, hire contractors and setupschedules and do cost estimates
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Gas Plant Operators Job DescriptionGas is a product of nature. But it takes a lot of technology to extract gas from nature, and to distribute it for use in industry and homes.
Gas Plant Operators are responsible for performing these tasks safely and efficiently.
For example, they’re in charge of complex equipment that extracts nitrogen and oxygen from the air.
Or they might be in a plant that liquefies, compresses, or re-gasifies natural gas
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Help Desk Technician Job DescriptionIn many companies, one job title represents a person who is almost always welcomed with a sigh of relief or an urgent question: the help desk technician.
It’s a title that didn’t exist before the computing era made modern offices and small businesses dependent upon the person who can make the computers function.
Even though there is “HELP” available within computer software, it’s much more comforting—and efficient—to have a human available to help resolve a problem, fix a glitch, or simply teach the best way to use a program
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Manufacturing Job DescriptionMost of us depend on others to make the things we use, and the food we buy at the store. We look to manufacturers to produce the material goods we need to live.
At every step of the production process, there are jobs in manufacturing. There are machines for making machines, and someone has to design them. Then those machines have to be operated, fed materials, and their products have to be finished—sometimes by hand-- packaged, marketed and delivered
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Numerical Tool and Process Control Programmers Job Description Automation is making manufacturing more efficient while increasing productivity. Some of the credit for this goes to numerical tool and process control programmers.
These professionals write the programs for computer-controlled machine tools, or robots, that cut and shape parts made of metal or plastic. The programmer writes the code that enables a computer to tell the machine which tools to use and how to use them
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Photographers Job Description The subjects vary.
And so does the equipment.
Photography is a business in transition from the old ways, with 35-millimeter film developed in chemicals…
…To the new digital imaging that is more immediate, and can be manipulated with computer software.
Photography is an art form. But very few photographers who specialize in “fine art” make enough money to support themselves solely through their artwork
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