The Work Buzz's Latest News: “Dream job: You could be the Chicago Cubs next ball boy or girl” plus 1 more

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Dream job: You could be the Chicago Cubs next ball boy or girl Posted: 07 Mar 2012 10:26 AM PST If you've always dreamed of working for a professional baseball team, here's your chance. The Chicago Cubs are hiring ball boys and girls to work home games at Wrigley Field this summer, and you could be one of them. The team is searching for four new staff members to handle job duties including: Monitoring out-of-play lines for right and left field Retrieving foul balls Delivering new balls to the home plate umpire Serving as a brand representative for the Cubs Interacting with fans To be considered, you must: Be able to safely field balls hit by Major League Baseball players Demonstrate that you are in good physical health (able to walk and run on uneven ground, walk and stand for extended periods of time, and lift and carry at least 40 lbs). Possess a solid understanding of the rules of Major League Baseball Be available to work a minimum of 65 games during the summer, including on weekends, nights and holidays Be at least 18 years of age by Opening Day (April 5). Applications are due by March 12. Fifty semifinalists will then be selected to participate in tryouts at Chicago's Bash Sports Academy on March 19. From there, a group of finalists will travel to Mesa, Ariz. March 26-28 to perform job duties at a spring training game. Final selections will be chosen by March 30.  For a full job description, list of candidate requirements and to apply, visit http://cubs.careerbuilder.com/

25 best-paying jobs for women Posted: 07 Mar 2012 09:14 AM PST In the last 30 years, the wage gap between men and women has narrowed considerably. In 1979, the year the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking salary information by gender, women earned just 62 percent of what men did. Earlier this year, the BLS reported that, in the fourth quarter of 2011, that figure had risen nearly 20 percent. Women now earn an average of 81.6 cents for every dollar men do. But in a time when women make up close to half of the workforce and are graduating college at a higher rate than men, why is there still a nearly 20 percent difference in earnings? There are a number of reasons why the pay gap persists – women are more likely to work part time and less likely to negotiate their salaries, for example. But perhaps the biggest factor? Women make up a smaller percentage of the workforce in high-paying careers like engineering, computer science and finance than men. According to the BLS, for example, "In 2008, only 9 percent of female professionals were employed in the high-paying computer and engineering fields, compared with 45 percent of male professionals."  Additional research from Bloomberg BusinessWeek found that, among business school graduates, men were more likely to pursue high-paying fields like finance and consulting, while women were more likely to choose lower-paying careers in human resources and marketing. "Women often pursue careers like social work, publishing, non-profit and education where the pay is historically lower than in fields like finance and engineering," says Roy Cohen, author of "The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide." "Even in medicine, more men will become surgeons whereas female physicians tend to pursue dermatology or internal medicine, which also tend to offer lower compensation." That's not a bad thing – research has shown that women are more likely to choose work they find interesting and fulfilling over work that is lucrative. But, from a purely financial standpoint, we wondered what careers would narrow the wage gap if more women pursued them. According to the BLS, these 25 jobs are the ones that give women the most earning potential. 1. Pharmacists  Median weekly earnings: $1,898* 2. Lawyers  Median weekly earnings: $1,631 3. Computer and information systems managers Median weekly earnings: $1,543 4. Physicians and surgeons Median weekly earnings: $1,527 5. Chief executives Median weekly earnings: $1,464 6. Nurse practitioners Median weekly earnings: $1,432 7. Software developers Median weekly earnings: $1,388 8. Operations research analysts Median weekly earnings: $1,326 9. Human resources managers Median weekly earnings: $1,273 10. Psychologists  Median weekly earnings: $1,244 11. Computer programmers Median weekly earnings: $1,238 12. Physical therapists Median weekly earnings: $1,216 13. Occupational therapists Median weekly earnings: $1,193 14. Management analysts Median weekly earnings: $1,174 15. Physical scientists Median weekly earnings: $1,167 16. Medical and health services managers Median weekly earnings: $1,166 17. Computer systems analysts Median weekly earnings: $1,144 18. Architecture and engineering  Median weekly earnings: $1,140 19. Marketing and sales managers Median weekly earnings: $1,127 20. Medical scientists   Median weekly earnings: $1,127 21. Postsecondary teachers and professors   Median weekly earnings: $1,093 22. Speech-language pathologists Median weekly earnings: $1,076 23. Education administrators  Median weekly earnings: $1,061 24. Managers, all other  Median weekly earnings: $1,047 25. Registered nurses Median weekly earnings: $1,034 *Based on BLS data from 2011

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