- Industri: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who researches and prepares cases relating to administrative appeals of civil service members. Responsibilities include:
* Examines state government, personnel, college, or university rules and regulations.
* Answers members' questions regarding rights and benefits and advises on how rules apply to individual situations.
* Presents arguments and evidence to support appeal at appeal hearing.
* Calls upon witnesses to testify at hearing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who researches law, investigates facts, and prepares documents to assist lawyer . Responsibilities include:
* Researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, recorded judicial decisions, legal articles, treaties, constitutions, and legal codes to prepare legal documents, such as briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills, contracts, initial and amended articles of incorporation, stock certificates and other securities, buy-sell agreements, closing papers and binders, deeds, and trust instruments for review, approval, and use by attorney.
* Appraises and inventories real and personal property for estate planning.
* Investigates facts and law of case to determine causes of action and to prepare case accordingly.
* Files pleadings with court clerk.
* Prepares affidavits of documents and maintains document file.
* Delivers or directs delivery of subpoenas to witnesses and parties to action.
* May direct and coordinate activities of law office employees.
* May prepare office accounts and tax returns.
* May specialize in litigation, probate, real estate, or corporation law.
* May prepare real estate closing statement and assist in closing process.
* May act as arbitrator and liaison between disputing parties.
* May act as law librarian, keeping and monitoring legal volumes and ensuring legal volumes are up-to-date.
* May search patent files to ascertain originality of patent application and be designated Patent Clerk.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who holds in escrow, funds, legal papers, and other collateral posted by contracting parties to ensure fulfillment of contracts or trust agreements. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares escrow agreement.
* Executes terms of contract or trust agreement, such as holding money or legal papers, paying off mortgages, or paying sums to designated parties.
* Files and delivers deeds and other legal papers.
* May assist buyer to secure financing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts religious worship and performs other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination as authorized, and provides spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members. Responsibilities include:
* Leads congregation in worship services.
* Prepares and delivers sermons and other talks.
* Interprets doctrine of religion.
* Instructs people who seek conversion to faith.
* Conducts wedding and funeral services.
* Administers religious rites or ordinances.
* Visits sick and shut-ins, and helps poor.
* Counsels those in spiritual need and comforts bereaved.
* Oversees religious education programs.
* May write articles for publication and engage in interfaith, community, civic, educational, and recreational activities sponsored by or related to interest of denomination.
* May teach in seminaries and universities.
* May serve in armed forces, institutions, or industry and be designated Chaplain.
* When in charge of Christian church, congregation, or parish, may be designated Pastor or Rector.
* May carry religious message and medical or educational aid to nonchristian lands and people to obtain converts and establish native church and be designated Missionary.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who chants and reads portions of ritual during religious services, and directs congregants in musical activities. Responsibilities include:
* Arranges musical portion of religious services in consultation with leader of congregation.
* Chants or recites religious texts during worship services or other observances and trains and leads congregants in musical responses.
* May create variations of traditional music or compose music for services.
* May train and direct choir or teach vocal music to youth or other groups of congregants.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who provides support and nonmedical physical care, through practical knowledge of Christian Science, to patients receiving treatment from christian science practitioners. May work on staff of Christian Science sanatorium or Christian Science visiting nurse service. May contract independently, usually with one patient, to provide individual care in Christian Science sanatorium or private home.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who practices spiritual healing through prayer alone in accordance with religious teaching of Christian Science.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of various denominational groups to meet religious needs of students. Responsibilities include:
* Meets with religious advisers and councils to coordinate overall religious program.
* Assists and advises groups in promoting interfaith understanding.
* Interprets policies of university to community religious workers and confers with administrative officials concerning suggestions and requests for religious activities.
* Provides counseling and guidance relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.
* Plans and conducts conferences and courses to assist in interpretation of religion to various academic groups and to promote understanding of individual faiths and convictions of other groups.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, organizes, and directs religious education program designed to promote religious education among congregation membership and counsels members concerning personal problems. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes revenue and program cost data to determine budget priorities.
* Analyzes member participation, and changes in congregation emphasis to determine needs for religious education.
* Develops study courses and supervises instructional staff.
* Counsels students.
* Plans congregational activities and projects to attract attention to, and encourage active participation in programs.
* Promotes student participation in extracurricular congregational activities.
* Visits homes of congregation members and confers with clergy member , congregation officials, and congregation organizations to solicit support and participation, and to stimulate interest in religious and educational programs.
* Participates in such denominational activities as giving help to new congregations and small congregations.
* Interprets work of school to public through speaking or discussion-leading in related fields, and contributes articles to local and national publications.
* Orders and distributes school supplies.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who assists ordained clergy in conducting worship services; provides spiritual guidance to church members; and plans and arranges educational, social, and recreational programs for congregation. Responsibilities include:
* Assists clergy member in conducting worship, wedding, funeral, and other services and in coordinating activities of lay participants, such as organist, choir, and ushers.
* Visits church members in hospitals and convalescent facilities or at home to offer spiritual guidance and assistance, such as emergency financial aid or referral to community support services.
* Assists clergy member and lay teachers in selecting books and reference materials for religious education classes and in adapting content to meet needs of different age groups.
* May write and deliver sermons.
* May teach history and doctrine of church to church members.
* May assist clergy member in coordinating committees that oversee social and recreational programs.
Industry:Professional careers
