date:Aug 13, 2012
rtunities for advancement and incentives such as salary increases and benefits. Without career paths and opportunities for advancement, many promising individuals will leave the profession, and new students will not enter the profession. Unfortunately, career paths in food safety (and many specialties in environmental health) are often poorly defined or nonexistent. Furthermore, as pointed out by John Guzewich in a previous article, budget crises in governments have resulted in reduced salaries