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Occupation Survey Winners
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Following are the winning occupation survey entries for June, 2008, as
chosen by Vault's editorial team. Winning survey entries are chosen by
our editors for their detailed information and are judged to be the most
helpful to the Vault audience when evaluating career options.
The entry chosen as the Best Survey each month receives a $250 prize,
each of 5 runners-up receives 2 free Vault guides and a free 1-year
Vault Gold subscription.
Vault also chooses monthly winners for its Employer Surveys and College and Graduate School Surveys, each of which offers a $250 prize,
and 5 runners-up who win 2 free Vault guides and a free 1-year
Vault Gold subscription.
Winners are chosen at Vault's sole discretion and the decision of our judges is final. Note that by highlighting these surveys we are not in any way endorsing
or making any statement about their accuracy -- just the surveys' level
of detail and specificity.
These surveys are not independently verified
by Vault's researchers and editors and solely express the opinions of
the survey takers themselves, which may or may not be valid. These
surveys are also in no way endorsed or approved by the schools
described therein.
We thank all of our survey respondents for their input.
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Trust Officer
Survey Excerpt: I have an undergraduate degree in business, but it is a
marketing degree so I don't know how helpful it has been in this
line of business. An accounting/finance degree would probably
be helpful. To work in this field you need to have a broad
range of knowledge including ERISA knowledge, investments, and
some basic tax knowledge (but only wit
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Flight Operations Officer
Survey Excerpt: Work hours are standard at 40/week but with flight delays, there may be many
times where overtime becomes mandatory. Business travel need would arise when
covering the manpower of other stations and are limited to the US region.
However, training is done in Japan and there are opportunities to travel to
Japan
during the training phase. There are
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Marketing Production Coordinator
Survey Excerpt: Job responsibilities:
Supports the sales & marketing teams in terms of producing presentation
materials
for account presentations/conventions, video reels, brochures, etc.
Responsible for updating and supplying & Daily Announcements with creative
assets,
label artist assets and marketing information
Coordinates all merchandising and marketing as
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Programmer and Database Developer
Survey Excerpt: Analyzed project's software needs. Designed, implemented
and maintained databases for census data collection. Involved
with the project throughout its life cycle from specification to
testing and maintenance.
Met with team members and leader to set goals, looking
for possible obstacles and suggesting solutions and resolve.
Used SQL Server 2000
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Customer Service Rep
Survey Excerpt: My educational background includes: data entry operator and
data processing. I have organizational skills, time management
skills, leadership skills, computer skills, customer service
skills, and general office skills. While working as a
Technician Service Rep, I gained experience software and
hardware experience. I enjoyed fixing handset
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Public Affairs Specialist/Writer-Editor
Survey Excerpt: Work in Public Affairs offices is very stimulating and often involves teamwork.
Core hours are 9:00-5:00, but many people have flexible work hours to accomodate
their need to stay late for press calls or to leave early have a day off to go to
classes or to pick up children at day care, etc. You may be required to go to a
nearby laboratory to inte
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