The New Year is fast approaching, and now is the perfect time to take inventory of your goals for the upcoming year. Do you hope to take a family vacation, drop a few pounds, or pay off a car? For many people, the New Year offers the chance to pursue another goal: a career move. The...
InterCoast Colleges Joins NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction)
InterCoast Colleges Joins NAWIC InterCoast is happy to announce its membership in the National Association of Women in Construction, or NAWIC. This partnership will allow InterCoast to join NAWIC in improving the position of women in the construction industry by educating a new generation of women workers in skilled construction trades. Some people think women...
The Role of Addiction Counselors in Recovery
Addiction is a deep-rooted disease. Drug and alcohol addicts suffer from more than just the effects of substance abuse. Their issues are psychological, usually resulting from a mental disorder or even from an event in their past. This is why addicts need professional psychological help during the recovery process. Addiction counselors aid an addict in...
Sitting on the Electric Fence? The Risks and Rewards of Being an Electrician
Are you looking to launch a potentially lucrative career without spending four years (or more!) attending college? Being an electrician might be a great option for you. At the moment, there are more than 650,000 electricians in the U.S., and that number is growing every year. (According to the BLS as of December 2018) While...
5 Tips for Starting an HVAC Business in California
Congratulations! You just completed your heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and cooling (HVAC) training program. All of that class time and field training is about to pay off for you. HVAC careers continue to be steady employment in California’s job market. Jobs for HVAC professionals are expected to grow 15 percent from 2016 to 2026. This...
Top 10 Signs It’s Time to Make a Career Change
Our careers are a huge part of our lives and they take up a lot of our time. The average person spends around 92,000 hours of their life working. With so much time spent at work, it’s important that we actually enjoy the work we do. There’s nothing worse than dreading your work day and...