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Career
Education
May Advance Your Career
Career education can often be the "make or break" factor during your
job hunting process.
Information has always been one of the cornerstones for career
development.
And education has always been the basic tool to get you
there.
A career in today's business world is different than it was several
years ago.
In order to be a successful job finder, you must adapt to
the changes.
It wasn't that long ago when a person would be employed with the same
company for his/her entire career.
A person would go through school,
study a skill and then worked at that craft for most of their life.
Nowadays, the average person holds down about 5-6 different jobs
throughout their career.
Finding good career advice
was hard to come by not that long ago.
The
idea of a career advisor (a specialist) telling us what career to
pursue or what new knowledge, skills and abilities to achieve, was
nonexistent.
During our parent's (grandparent's for some of you) time, career
training was not an option after your primary education.
Businesses
rarely provided any internal education other than possible training to
use a certain machine or tool.
Of course, times have changed. Continuous education and training are
no longer an added benefit, but are often seen as a requirement for
career growth and new business opportunities.
Many top level managers and leaders realize too late to address their
career education.
They may have stagnated while others around them
passed them by. Don't let that happen to you.
Career training is a broad concept, and one that is continually
evolving. As new technologies come along and society changes, so does
career development.
There are many ways for you to broaden
your career education goals,
such as:
- company sponsored education
- evening classes provided by your local
education provider
- online career development programs
- self taught learning
- (library, job fairs, trade shows, career
expos,
etc.)
One strategy I used was taking seminars and various management training
classes.
A site I have used in the past was the American Management
Association.
This site has a lot of management type training and allows
you to select your field of interest and location.
Organizations like this will provide an example of various types of
outside training and education available to you.
Finding a mentor or career
advisor is another strategy you can use to
help you achieve your career goals.
Check out the career
development
section for more information.
For additional career advice,
such as the career education
section here, please check out the following topics, such as
the career finder,
homebased
business, new
career and telecommuting areas.
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