Directories like www.fire-find.com, firefighting.about.com and www.fire-ems.net have links to hundreds of sites for individual fire departments, equipment pages, conventions, clubs, memorabilia and professional improvement.
That makes sense: no organisation wants to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into a promising executive's professional improvement, only to find him poached away by the competition upon graduation.
Along with low pay, long hours, little job security, and lack of benefits—only a quarter of respondents report receiving any one of the most disheartening aspects of the adjunct life may be the absence of any real prospects for professional improvement.
The results of the analysis of the in-class and out-of-class activities designed for observing the development of translation-oriented research competence are discussed with a special focus on the ways of providing students with the insights into the essential requirements of life-long professional improvement as translators.
Fresh off our New Year's celebrations, many of us chart a course for our personal and professional improvement.
A meeting of the minds for those interested in personal and professional improvement, goal setting, and accountability.
Instead, we encourage development of a database of registry, outcomes, and cost information as a reliable resource for supporting performance-based payment, public recognition, and professional improvement efforts.
The aim in promoting insightful practice was to help individuals build beyond the conscientious collection and reflection of evidence to include independently verified outcomes for professional improvement.
They cited factors such as an increased sense of responsibility, the opportunity for professional improvement, seeing positive results and getting feedback and attention from senior management.
