So if you have ever asked yourself what your professor gets paid or are curious about what researchers make the following website will help you find those answers and will direct you to all of quarterly and annual reports on what UO employees are paid.

• http://ir.uoregon.edu/alpha

For the non programmer, there is the Selenium-IDE, which is a Firefox plugin.  The plugin allows you to navigate through Firefox to verify or assert that the expected page content exists.  It also tracks as you click on links and navigate page to page.  You can even fill out forms. The IDE allows you to save your tests to HTML or one of several other programming languages. These scripts can then be passed on to Selenium RC.  Supported languages for the Selenium IDE are  HTML, Java, C#, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby.

Selenium-RC allows you to integrate the Selenium API into your development environment.  As long as your programming language of choice supports sending and receiving HTTP PUTs and GETs, you can use Selenium RC.  What this means is that you can build more advanced test suites that can respond to failed tests.  Being able to incorporate an API also allows you to utilize programming logic such as loops and conditional statements.

Selenium-GRID expands on Selenium RC by allowing your tests to run simultaneously on multiple browsers, dramatically speeding up large testing suites.

http://www/SeleniumHQ.org

If a company is unable to manage its finances, if their customers are unable to make timely payments, or if your project gets cut due to corporate reorganization the result is often getting shifted to another position, but in all likelihood the result is getting laid off.

Fortunately, I am not stressed out. I know the ropes so to say and am in an industry that will likely lay me off in the future. I my have higher risks working with startups, but to me, the rewards are worth it!

According to The Best Degrees, it would appear that the most popular online degrees being chosen by students are those with the biggest market share.

The top 10 most popular online programs:

1. Business administration and MBA programs
2. Psychology
3. Nursing programs
4. Engineering
5. Liberal Arts/Humanities
6. K-12 Education
7. Information Systems and Technology
8. Criminal Justice
9. Early Childhood Education
10. Health Administration

Source: The 10 Most Popular Online Degrees

Of course, that doesn’t provide immediate solutions for those who are still unemployed. My best advise for those individuals is to consider further education, other fields of employment, as well as relocation.

Hopefully the economy will continue to improve and these issues will be a problem of the past. But when all things are considered it sometimes comes down to being willing to change fields or relocate. Doing whatever needs to be done in order to survive is an important consideration. One can live off of unemployment benefits, but for how long.

I have personally gone on unemployment twice, each time for about a two month stretch. In all honesty I wasn’t super gone ho a out finding work. I still tried and got lucky but each time needed to recover psychologically from the blow of losing my job. I feel I got to use some of the benefits I pay for each year through taxes.

A friend of mine had a different situation. He was in a highly specialized field. One that is very difficult to get work in. Unfortunately this friend had to use all of his benefits and eventually ran out. In the end he had to change fields, but was willing to self teach himself the knowledge necessary to enter a new field. I look forward to seeing him succeed.

The jobs are out there, but are rarely listed. Most companies avoid listing these positions due to the sheer quantity of unqualified applicants they receive. Keep in mind that this doesn’t mean they aren’t interested, just that they are may not know how to acquire the right talent.

One place to start out is to see if your current employer would be willing to let you work from home on a full time or even part time basis.

If you don’t think your current employer will go for a work from home situation or if your current job just won’t convert well, consider taking your external search to sites like about.com and dice.com. Your chances of landing a telecommuting job go way up if you are in a technical computer based industry. Many companies don’t allow telecommuting immediately. This is usually to ensure that you are familiar with company protocol and to ensure that you can do the work while being managed.

As a side note, watch out for scams. Transcription jobs do exist, but are a popular scam area. Never take a job that makes you send them money or that send you a check that you get to keep part of after sending the rest on.

2work-at-home.com/telecommute.shtml offers a list of telecommuting friendly companies. You may also want to check out gilgordon.com as it is a great resource for telecommuting research.

In the end, remember to treat the job search seriously, putting in the same type of effort that you would for a traditional job. Anything less and you may be left day dreaming.

The Oregon Department of Employment is a valuable tool in aiding you find your next position. Of course if you don’t go, you will they can’t help you. I definitely suggest dropping in. Their staff is friendly and available to help your job search. It is a well known fact that job seekers have walked in the door and on occasion walk out with a job.

Employers, like Edward Jones, a neighborhood-based investment firm have had so much success with iMatchSkills that they are increasing their use of the program statewide. The efficiencies and no-cost nature of iMatchSkills makes it the place to go for companies such as AppleBees when they are opening a new resturant.

It is no wonder why employees all over the state rely on iMatchSkills. Whether you are seeking work in a blue or white collar industry, the tools that iMatchSkills provides will help match you up with an employer who needs someone with your background.They are so successful at this because iMatchSkills uses a skill based approach to job placement.

iMatchSkills: https://empportal.emp.state.or.us/imp_imscod_dad/!pkg_startup.proc_home