1. Access various employment websites (e.g., www.monster.com and www.dice.com) and find several job descriptions for a database administrator. Are the job descriptions similar? What are the salaries offered in these positions?


2. Access the websites of several real estate companies. Find the sites that do the following: take you through a step-by-step process for buying a home, provide virtual reality tours of homes in your price range (say, $200,000 to $250,000) and location, provide mortgage and interest rate calculators, and offer financing for your home. Do the sites require that you register to access their services? Can you request that an e-mail be sent to you when properties in which you might be interested become available? How do the processes outlined influence your likelihood of selecting a particular company for your real estate purchase?