Sometimes, said Ms. Carroll, it is important to set up simple informational meetings just to learn about a field of work.
For those making a big change -- an accountant, say, who wants to be an investment banker -- a master's degree lets you learn about a field from the bottom up while offering networking possibilities.
The Center for Career Education (CCE) and the Columbia College Alumni Association Career Education Committee continued their "Dinner and Discussion" series — created with the thought that there's no better way for students to learn about a field than from people already working in it — on February 27 with speaker John MacPhee '89, '12 PH.
I value continual education in my life, and I saw a chance to earn a degree — one that might help me learn about a field that could help me in my day job as well as in what was becoming a profitable side-job — at a greatly reduced cost, I took the opportunity.
She is now working on signatures of mutational processes in human cancer, while learning about a brand new research field.
Researchers have the training and tools to learn about a new field and the associated methodologies, but it's much harder to find colleagues willing to dedicate precious time and resources to new, exploratory projects.
Events and activities sponsored by dedicated alumni volunteers are great ways to connect with alumni to network and learn about career paths in a field you may be interested in pursuing.
Let's say you're talking to a colleague who expresses an interest in learning more about a field or wants to specifically target Company X for a new job.
He's also constantly learning about his field.
You can never stop learning about the field of skin care be it ingredients, products, services, skin types, all of that.
As the era of clinical genomics matures, the patient and the physician will be learning about this field and how it affects their health at the same time.
