If the workfield for law is that bad, what other fields can I look into?
I'm a smart person, straight up. I don't want to do anything in the medical field or engineering field, so I'm sure If I wanted to, I would be able to. I live in Canada and nor do I plan on moving to the US. My province has about 1 million people and our top Univeristy has a quota for Law students of only 101 (though last year they took about 200 out of over 900). I want to do Law but I don't like the idea of lowering myself down to jobs below me and getting nowhere in my future if I got a law degree and the idea of being like a billion in debt isn't that great either. Are there are other fields similar enough to Law that do have job markets? Where I live, the jobs in demand are nurses but considering that many of the immigrants here are doing nursing courses, that'll likely be a overloaded workfield soon enough too (plus,I dont even want to be a nurse). I'm good at writing. Also, I love physics but I don't care enough to persue a career in it. There's just a billion people writing/ranting about how the job market is terrible and that it'll be hard finding job since some people refer to the internet not lawyers.
Law & Legal - 4 Answers
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I'm not sure I understand your reasoning for concluding that law is not a viable career in your area. Have you compared the number of vacancies in the legal sector compared to the number of graduates who may or may not successfully complete their degree in the next 3 years or so? Have you looked at the destinations of law graduates in the last 3-5 years ( many unis provide this information) Have you looked at the different types of legal sector specialities you could pursue, and the availability of jobs in these areas? Might be an idea to be more specific about what jobs would be 'below ' you- do you mean jobs you don't want ( like medical/nursing), jobs you believe to be not worthwhile either socially or financially, or jobs that fail to recognise and reward your extensive skills, knowledge and experience? You sound as though you haven't done enough serious research here, but based your decisions on a number of assumptions drawn from minimal information- not a good sign for someone who wants a career in law.
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You have to make up your own mind......doesn't really appear to me that you don't want to do anything that's really in demand.......sorry.
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You're smart about law. I agree with what you said there. I would suggest leaning about business and how to start one. The whole employment model is that you put in your time and you get a check. But by the time you get it, the government and boss take most of it. In a business, you put in money to free up more time for yourself. That time is used for you to learn about other businesses to buy and soon other investments.
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Ignore the people talking about how the job market is terrible for lawyers. They are referring to the U.S. job market for lawyers, which is unique and very different from the Canadian job market for lawyers. Some of them just mindlessly post about the U.S. job market for any question about lawyers even when it is not relevant because the questions are about lawyers in the UK, Canada, Asia etc. and they are totally ignorant about how the legal profession and law schools function outside the U.S. The U.S. is fairly unique because it has neither quality nor quantity control over the number of law schools that may exist and the number of law school students they may enroll and graduate. The end result is an oversupply of poorly prepared entry level lawyers, and not nearly enough job/work availability in a healthy economy let alone one in recession. In contrast, here are the relevant facts you should be aware of with regards to law practice in Canada. The bar association in Canada tightly restricts the amount of schools and students and Canada graduates about 3% as many lawyers as the U.S. annually (about 30-35% per capita). In Canada, a year of articling is required after graduation, meaning that everyone must find an apprenticeship with a firm, government organization or solo practitioner before they can write the bar. Articling rates are above 95% at all schools and class sizes aren’t allowed to increase faster than new articling spots open up. Education in Canada is publically funded and law school tuitions are around 10-15K/year. This is misleading however as there are many generous provincial bursaries available and the average student there graduates around $50K in debt (mind you, you end up paying in the end in the form of higher taxes when you become a lawyer). In Canada, big law firms ("BigLaw") hire around 1/4 to 1/3 of the class from most schools and pays around $90K to start (BigLaw partners still make north of $500K). The distributions aren’t bimodal in Canada however and small firms pay $60-70K with government paying about the same. Basically everyone is guaranteed about $60K and will have a manageable debtload. One other major difference is that there are no easy law schools to get into in Canada. There may not be any as competitive as top American schools like Harvard and Yale but even Canada's “bad†schools have LSAT medians around 160. If you get under 158 on the LSAT in Canada, you really have no chance of getting into law school. This is much higher than the requirements to get into dozens of law schools in the United States where people with 155 LSAT scores and 3.3 GPA's are deluded into believing that they have a path to above average wealth through law school, when they are in fact, of very average (or below average) ability. That being said, if you are good at writing you could also look at careers in journalism. You also need not pursue one career to the exclusion of the other. There are former and practicing lawyers that are journalists and writers.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
I feel like I'm going to have a nervous break down
I feel like I'm going to have a nervous break down...?
I filed for permanent residency to Canada in March this year. While it has been processing I have traveling back and forth between Canada and the U.S because my family is so negative and antagonistic that I had to stay with my husband (a Canadian) in Canada most of the time. An example of how they are is-I lent my parents money I had saved for college, they said they'd pay me back so I could continue with my degree, instead they spent the money on clothes and other things and when I asked for it back they told me how ungrateful I am and that I have no right to ask them for anything because I'm a child (I'm 22 years old) They also hid a letter I received from immigration requesting fingerprints. I should have received the letter in April, but like I said someone hid it and I found it while visiting them in September. My husband and I have also been supporting my grandmother who was placed in a nursing home by my parents that had no running water, no light and had a deceased women sleeping in the same room with her. So we are spending about $800 a month to keep her in a better nursing home. I sent my fingerprints to the FBI as part of the immigration process it's been 12 weeks they are stalling and I am running out of money, I have overstayed my time in Canada and I am desperate I don't know who to contact because the FBI keep telling to call back next week (I've been calling for 3 weeks now). So basically now I am left with the choice of putting my grandmother on the streets, figuring out which embassy, diplomat or whoever I need to speak to get some sort of help quickly or just sit and be depressed. I know and understand a lot of people out there have it worse than me and I think about that everyday and think that everything will be okay, but lately everything has been too much and I don't know what to do...please help.
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Your husband should be supporting you even if he lives in Canada. Contact the American Consulate and see if they can help speed things up. Meanwhile try and find a job, any job to support yourself until you can move. Contact United Way to see if they can help with grandmother. You can also contact Human Resource department and see if they can help. Look into low cost housing and if you have to, apply for food stamps. If you have worked at all see if you can apply for unemployment benefits. Other sources you can try is contacting your local Representative, your senator, congressman, and state Governor to help with your application to Canada.
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I filed for permanent residency to Canada in March this year. While it has been processing I have traveling back and forth between Canada and the U.S because my family is so negative and antagonistic that I had to stay with my husband (a Canadian) in Canada most of the time. An example of how they are is-I lent my parents money I had saved for college, they said they'd pay me back so I could continue with my degree, instead they spent the money on clothes and other things and when I asked for it back they told me how ungrateful I am and that I have no right to ask them for anything because I'm a child (I'm 22 years old) They also hid a letter I received from immigration requesting fingerprints. I should have received the letter in April, but like I said someone hid it and I found it while visiting them in September. My husband and I have also been supporting my grandmother who was placed in a nursing home by my parents that had no running water, no light and had a deceased women sleeping in the same room with her. So we are spending about $800 a month to keep her in a better nursing home. I sent my fingerprints to the FBI as part of the immigration process it's been 12 weeks they are stalling and I am running out of money, I have overstayed my time in Canada and I am desperate I don't know who to contact because the FBI keep telling to call back next week (I've been calling for 3 weeks now). So basically now I am left with the choice of putting my grandmother on the streets, figuring out which embassy, diplomat or whoever I need to speak to get some sort of help quickly or just sit and be depressed. I know and understand a lot of people out there have it worse than me and I think about that everyday and think that everything will be okay, but lately everything has been too much and I don't know what to do...please help.
Family - 1 Answers
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Your husband should be supporting you even if he lives in Canada. Contact the American Consulate and see if they can help speed things up. Meanwhile try and find a job, any job to support yourself until you can move. Contact United Way to see if they can help with grandmother. You can also contact Human Resource department and see if they can help. Look into low cost housing and if you have to, apply for food stamps. If you have worked at all see if you can apply for unemployment benefits. Other sources you can try is contacting your local Representative, your senator, congressman, and state Governor to help with your application to Canada.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Is the Australian RN degree equivalent to the Canadian RN degree
Is the Australian RN degree equivalent to the Canadian RN degree?
Is the Australian Bachelor of Nursing Science degree equivalent to the Canadian Bachelor of Science in Nursing? If I obtained a degree in Australia, is it transferable to Canada? I had e-mailed the College of Nurses in Ontario to find out, but they said that I needed to apply for an assessment. I'm nowhere near ready to apply for an assessment, so I was just wondering if anyone else had experience in the matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Health Care - 2 Answers
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If you posess a degree - or any extra qualification - then you'll already be ahead of the masses when it comes to hunting for careers. My mate has a degree and he wasn't certain what direction to go with it, but he unearthed some good tips on the website in the resource box below which guided him to settle that he wanted to be a lab assistant. There is a lot of assistance on the website regarding extra careers.
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Every Country even the States in Australia all have different rules, regulations, standards and passes for the EN's, Div 1 RN's and the most complicated Division 2 RN's. Who may or may not have endorsement. They can have oral and topical. Now outdated. IM and Sub cuts with oral and trans-dermal. Now the Endorsed, which I'm one of, who have IM, Sub cut, oral, topical and Schedule 8,9 and DD's. Such a mess in Australia! Canada will except your Bachelor of Nursing BUT they will make you go through all there stuff to bring you up or down, whichever, to meet their requirements. When are we just going to be all the same???? It was hard enough changing my EEN in South Australia to Endorsed RN Div 2 in Victoria. Yikes! Really puts you off doesn't it?
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Is the Australian Bachelor of Nursing Science degree equivalent to the Canadian Bachelor of Science in Nursing? If I obtained a degree in Australia, is it transferable to Canada? I had e-mailed the College of Nurses in Ontario to find out, but they said that I needed to apply for an assessment. I'm nowhere near ready to apply for an assessment, so I was just wondering if anyone else had experience in the matter. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Health Care - 2 Answers
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If you posess a degree - or any extra qualification - then you'll already be ahead of the masses when it comes to hunting for careers. My mate has a degree and he wasn't certain what direction to go with it, but he unearthed some good tips on the website in the resource box below which guided him to settle that he wanted to be a lab assistant. There is a lot of assistance on the website regarding extra careers.
2 :
Every Country even the States in Australia all have different rules, regulations, standards and passes for the EN's, Div 1 RN's and the most complicated Division 2 RN's. Who may or may not have endorsement. They can have oral and topical. Now outdated. IM and Sub cuts with oral and trans-dermal. Now the Endorsed, which I'm one of, who have IM, Sub cut, oral, topical and Schedule 8,9 and DD's. Such a mess in Australia! Canada will except your Bachelor of Nursing BUT they will make you go through all there stuff to bring you up or down, whichever, to meet their requirements. When are we just going to be all the same???? It was hard enough changing my EEN in South Australia to Endorsed RN Div 2 in Victoria. Yikes! Really puts you off doesn't it?
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Friday, April 1, 2011
My family's making me suicidal, but I'm stuck here. What to do with my life, I need advice desperately
My family's making me suicidal, but I'm stuck here. What to do with my life, I need advice desperately?
I know this is long, but I'm very desperate for help, and I don't have any friends to go to with my problems... - Im 20 and live at home with my family while Im job searching. I had to leave college, because I couldnt afford it any longer (Im absolutely broke and cant pay for it & no fin. aid is available except taking out large loans) - While living at home, Im having tons of family problems with my mom. To the point where she's tried smacking me around, because I think she sees what she wants to see. She flipped out at me when i was looking in our freezer for my frozen meal & random prepackaged food she over-stuffed in our freezer fell out & i couldnt catch it, so she thinks I'm 'throwing' food around intentionally. I dont how she can come up with something so preposterous & how that would even make sense in her mind. :S - My brother is just as hateful as my mom and says hurtful things like "no one likes you" whenever I come out of my room to grab a drink or if I walk by him. He bullies me like this almost daily. - The hatred and negativity from living here got so bad that I emailed the only 2 people who I know for a temporary place to stay so that I can get away. Although neither replied back so Im literally stuck here, broke, and job searching with no results. I want to work desperately so I can move out. - Im stressed out and cant fall asleep at night for the last 2 weeks. Im crying almost every night and cant control how hopeless I feel about my future. - Also, Im starving and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. My mom stopped buying food for me (Ive been a vegetarian for 10 years) when she grocery shops for my family. Its like i dont even exist and she spends my dads money on food for everyone but me. - The only positive in my life is my *one* real friend from Canada, who said he can help me and I can stay with him while I get my life straightened out. But moving to Canada is impossible, Im in the US and the paperwork + the fees + the time to process the paperwork makes it so that I cant even see my only friend when I really need to. - Im thinking of seriously joining the military because its the only way I'll be able to get away from my toxic 'family,' get some food, and a FT place to work... - Ive been depressed for years, but never this severely depressed... I feel like Ive lost everything, my hearts been ripped out, Im crippled emotionally and mentally, and I have no way out of this situation. I want to become a nurse, but I cant pay for it on a minimum wage job and I CAN NOT still live here for 2-3 more years while taking nursing classes. I honestly feel like without a nursing degree, I have no future because Im shy and that kills my chances of getting most jobs. What can I do? Take the plunge and join the military? I have no friends to stay with, I cant find a FT job to pay rent. Im broke and cant move to Canada. I cant stay here any longer because it's crippling me and tearing me down day by day.
Other - Careers & Employment - 3 Answers
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military is a big commitment and its a horrible idea to just join it because you want to runaway from your mother. i think you should just keep searching for a job and once you find one you can move out and look for a bachelor apartment because there very cheap to stay in. that way you don't have to worry about your mother. it sounds like you got into a big fight with your family. how did that happen? maybe you should try to become friends with them again. i used to get into arguments with my parents as well but your case seems a little extreme.
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I sympathize with your situation, mostly because I'm highly familiar with this exact scenario, with a few slight changes. I'm now a 30 year old vegetarian in the army. 6 years active duty and believe me there are a lot of screwed up people in the military because of screwed up families that we ran away from. I didn't speak to either one of my parents for the first 3 years or so. What you need to realize is that you do need to get away from the toxic environment you're in. The military is an opportunity to change your life but that would be your effort to make the changes, they just provide a change of scenery. My situation was my mom remarried and my stepdad was a royal ass. They both had a drinking and drug problem. It was awful. I left home, I worked incredibly hard, my work ethic became uncompromising because I knew I would do anything I had to in order to become absolutely independent from the life I left behind. It's taken years to be able to talk to them, I wouldn't say it's a good relationship but I did send a christmas card this year. A start, right? Anyway, to lock down your answers. 1. Yes, you can be a vegetarian, you need a strong will and thick skin. You will be made fun of, but not harassed. 2. The military can offer the opportunity but you have to put in the work. 3. Yes, get away from them if they are making you doubt yourself, they are family, but they are also hurting you. 4. The military is full of broken people, I'm one of them but I've worked hard and I'm happy. I don't even recognize that life I had before, it's like a bad dream. Some advice, if you do join the military, go into a medical field, use your Post 9/11 gi bill. It pays for almost everything associated with college. Go to school while you're in, they will pay for that as well. 3 years active duty will get you 3 years of full paid college. If you want to talk directly for specifics, contact me via yahoo at marbles331 take care of yourself, If you don't do it, who will?
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I am Welmart Melfield it is not really easy this days to find a real loan lender online this days i have search all through for the past few years but all i always come across are all scam and nothing less than that not until i met a friend of mine online of who introduce me to a loan company called the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE LOAN COMPANY and i said even if my own blood brother or sister introduce me to a loan company online as long it is the internet i would not applied not to talk of you, because i have been scam a total of GBP26,000 in this process and all of them are being referred to me by friends in the internet but i have to take it as a pain to locate this company and my most luckiest moment was that i am attending a seminal in that country where the firm is located so i went further to trace them if at all, such company is existence and when i arrived there i discovered that it was true that they where in existence and i met with the Management and i spoke with them that i am from the United Kingdom and i needed a business loan of GBP350,000 and they told me that been a foreigner i need to go through some process that will required the service of an attorney who will be representing me in making all the payment and they are going to pay for all fees that will enable the transfer to commence except that of my attorney that will be pay by me because am the one who he will be representing here what ever that goes on he will be the one informing me of what to do and i ask them about the insurance, they told me that they will pay for that and i said this will be a good one so i went further to seek for the service of an Attorney who will represent me and my loan was easily approved after all that process. if there is any one who is need of loan this is their email address: mybizz@businessmailbox.com or mybizz01@live.com am very glad that once in my life after i have been doubting every company that i came across on the internet to be a legitimate company i still find one that finally prove me wrong of my doubt.
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I know this is long, but I'm very desperate for help, and I don't have any friends to go to with my problems... - Im 20 and live at home with my family while Im job searching. I had to leave college, because I couldnt afford it any longer (Im absolutely broke and cant pay for it & no fin. aid is available except taking out large loans) - While living at home, Im having tons of family problems with my mom. To the point where she's tried smacking me around, because I think she sees what she wants to see. She flipped out at me when i was looking in our freezer for my frozen meal & random prepackaged food she over-stuffed in our freezer fell out & i couldnt catch it, so she thinks I'm 'throwing' food around intentionally. I dont how she can come up with something so preposterous & how that would even make sense in her mind. :S - My brother is just as hateful as my mom and says hurtful things like "no one likes you" whenever I come out of my room to grab a drink or if I walk by him. He bullies me like this almost daily. - The hatred and negativity from living here got so bad that I emailed the only 2 people who I know for a temporary place to stay so that I can get away. Although neither replied back so Im literally stuck here, broke, and job searching with no results. I want to work desperately so I can move out. - Im stressed out and cant fall asleep at night for the last 2 weeks. Im crying almost every night and cant control how hopeless I feel about my future. - Also, Im starving and lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. My mom stopped buying food for me (Ive been a vegetarian for 10 years) when she grocery shops for my family. Its like i dont even exist and she spends my dads money on food for everyone but me. - The only positive in my life is my *one* real friend from Canada, who said he can help me and I can stay with him while I get my life straightened out. But moving to Canada is impossible, Im in the US and the paperwork + the fees + the time to process the paperwork makes it so that I cant even see my only friend when I really need to. - Im thinking of seriously joining the military because its the only way I'll be able to get away from my toxic 'family,' get some food, and a FT place to work... - Ive been depressed for years, but never this severely depressed... I feel like Ive lost everything, my hearts been ripped out, Im crippled emotionally and mentally, and I have no way out of this situation. I want to become a nurse, but I cant pay for it on a minimum wage job and I CAN NOT still live here for 2-3 more years while taking nursing classes. I honestly feel like without a nursing degree, I have no future because Im shy and that kills my chances of getting most jobs. What can I do? Take the plunge and join the military? I have no friends to stay with, I cant find a FT job to pay rent. Im broke and cant move to Canada. I cant stay here any longer because it's crippling me and tearing me down day by day.
Other - Careers & Employment - 3 Answers
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1 :
military is a big commitment and its a horrible idea to just join it because you want to runaway from your mother. i think you should just keep searching for a job and once you find one you can move out and look for a bachelor apartment because there very cheap to stay in. that way you don't have to worry about your mother. it sounds like you got into a big fight with your family. how did that happen? maybe you should try to become friends with them again. i used to get into arguments with my parents as well but your case seems a little extreme.
2 :
I sympathize with your situation, mostly because I'm highly familiar with this exact scenario, with a few slight changes. I'm now a 30 year old vegetarian in the army. 6 years active duty and believe me there are a lot of screwed up people in the military because of screwed up families that we ran away from. I didn't speak to either one of my parents for the first 3 years or so. What you need to realize is that you do need to get away from the toxic environment you're in. The military is an opportunity to change your life but that would be your effort to make the changes, they just provide a change of scenery. My situation was my mom remarried and my stepdad was a royal ass. They both had a drinking and drug problem. It was awful. I left home, I worked incredibly hard, my work ethic became uncompromising because I knew I would do anything I had to in order to become absolutely independent from the life I left behind. It's taken years to be able to talk to them, I wouldn't say it's a good relationship but I did send a christmas card this year. A start, right? Anyway, to lock down your answers. 1. Yes, you can be a vegetarian, you need a strong will and thick skin. You will be made fun of, but not harassed. 2. The military can offer the opportunity but you have to put in the work. 3. Yes, get away from them if they are making you doubt yourself, they are family, but they are also hurting you. 4. The military is full of broken people, I'm one of them but I've worked hard and I'm happy. I don't even recognize that life I had before, it's like a bad dream. Some advice, if you do join the military, go into a medical field, use your Post 9/11 gi bill. It pays for almost everything associated with college. Go to school while you're in, they will pay for that as well. 3 years active duty will get you 3 years of full paid college. If you want to talk directly for specifics, contact me via yahoo at marbles331 take care of yourself, If you don't do it, who will?
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I am Welmart Melfield it is not really easy this days to find a real loan lender online this days i have search all through for the past few years but all i always come across are all scam and nothing less than that not until i met a friend of mine online of who introduce me to a loan company called the INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COOPERATIVE LOAN COMPANY and i said even if my own blood brother or sister introduce me to a loan company online as long it is the internet i would not applied not to talk of you, because i have been scam a total of GBP26,000 in this process and all of them are being referred to me by friends in the internet but i have to take it as a pain to locate this company and my most luckiest moment was that i am attending a seminal in that country where the firm is located so i went further to trace them if at all, such company is existence and when i arrived there i discovered that it was true that they where in existence and i met with the Management and i spoke with them that i am from the United Kingdom and i needed a business loan of GBP350,000 and they told me that been a foreigner i need to go through some process that will required the service of an attorney who will be representing me in making all the payment and they are going to pay for all fees that will enable the transfer to commence except that of my attorney that will be pay by me because am the one who he will be representing here what ever that goes on he will be the one informing me of what to do and i ask them about the insurance, they told me that they will pay for that and i said this will be a good one so i went further to seek for the service of an Attorney who will represent me and my loan was easily approved after all that process. if there is any one who is need of loan this is their email address: mybizz@businessmailbox.com or mybizz01@live.com am very glad that once in my life after i have been doubting every company that i came across on the internet to be a legitimate company i still find one that finally prove me wrong of my doubt.
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