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The Secret to Upgrading Your Career Without Years of School

Friday, July 17, 2009 | (0) Comments

by Amelia Gray

Sure, it's possible to get a job without an education. The downside comes when you find yourself stuck on a lower level of the career ladder, watching others move up around you who might be less experienced at the work.

The good news? If you already have some experience, a little education can mean a big leap in your career future. Earning a degree or certificate online means you can set your own pace with your education, often working on your degree without having to quit a full-time job.

Students of online education programs are motivated and ready to take their career futures into their own hands. Take a look at the top picks for career upgrades, with degree and 2008 salary information by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read Full Story

Back to School: Online courses popular with people too busy to go to classes

Monday, July 13, 2009 | (0) Comments

by Jennifer Dunville
Daily Gleaner, July 11, 2009

Bruce Minnes, an emergency services doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, wanted to upgrade his education and learn more about the management side of the hospital. But with full-time, unpredictable shift work and two teenagers, the single father didn't have time to attend a bricks and mortar university.

"One of my nursing colleagues had pursued his EMBA (executive master of business administration degree) online, and he had only positive things to say about it," Minnes said. "As I started looking into my options for obtaining my own EMBA, I realized that online was my best option as well."

Minnes recently signed up to take courses for his degree at Lansbridge University, an online institution based in Fredericton. He said he's been able to study on his vacation while his kids are away, and he visits online classroom discussions whenever he has a chance.

Lansbridge president Daryl Lisson said 20-40 students graduate from the online institution a year from either its EMBA, bachelor of business administration or master of business administration programs. He said all the courses are taught by professors with a PhD from the United States or Canada. "We operate similarly to a traditional university except that we're 100 per cent online," Lisson said. "With the growing number of online institutions, we have to remain competitive. If we don't offer a good quality product, we lose our clients, so we have to stay focused on what our students are looking for. And I think that's one of the reasons we maintain a good reputation." Read Full Story

Social Media 101

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | (0) Comments

Everyone seems to be on Facebook or Twittering one another. This new phase of the Internet, known as Web 2.0 or social networking, is changing the way we manage our lives. Here's a look at how this Web 2.0 e-ruption has shaken things up. Full Story

5 Job Blogs You Should Be Reading

Monday, June 22, 2009 | (0) Comments

There's a great deal of career information available to job seekers on the Internet. And some of the most important, timely content can be found in blogs.

General work blogs, like CareerBuilder.com's The Work Buzz (TheWorkBuzz.com), cover a wide array of topics and trends and give readers resources to help them search for a new job. Here are five other blogs that are filled with compelling content and sound advice for today's job seekers and workers. Full Story

Womenomics 101: Why Women Make Good Managers

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | (0) Comments

Relegating the "all or nothing," mommy-wars mentality back to the 20th century, Womenomics offers a refreshing new take on the largely hidden power that women have in the current marketplace. How? With facts. Companies with more women managers are more profitable. Women do more of the buying. Peppered with the real life experiences of TV journalists Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, as well as stories of other professional women, Womenomics shows every woman that a high-octane career doesn't require an all-or-nothing lifestyle. Full Story

Shape Up! Career Cross Training

Monday, June 08, 2009 | (0) Comments

"Many people spend long hours working harder and harder on their sport or activity, only to hit a plateau that they just can't break," observes personal trainer Lisa Regan. "The answer could lie in doing something completely different." Sound advice -- for athletes or career professionals. Cross-training promotes versatility, giving you the edge in a dynamic economy. Read full story

10 Ways Twitter Will Change American Business

Friday, June 05, 2009 | (0) Comments

24/7 Wall St. has come up with 10 ways in which Twitter will permanently change American business within the next two to three years, based on an examination of Twitter's model, the way that corporations and small businesses are currently using the service and some of the logical extensions of how companies will use Twitter in the future. Some of these firms are already using Twitter, but their efforts are in the earliest stages of development. 24/7 Wall St. evaluated other sensible and potentially highly profitable ways Twitter's real-time, multiplatform presence is likely to be exploited — in the best use of that word — to expand businesses both large and small.

To read the entire article, please visit: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1901188_1901207,00.html

New Study Suggests it Pays to go to School

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | (0) Comments

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090422/school_pays_090422/20090422?hub=Canada

Highlights:

A higher proportion of graduates with a master's degree were working full time than college graduates or those with a bachelor's degree or a doctorate.
Findings showed differences in earnings from one level of education to another, with the largest earnings gap existing between the bachelor's and master's levels.
The median annual earnings among those working full time in 2007 was lowest for college graduates at $35,000. This increased to $45,000 for bachelor's graduates, $60,000 for master's graduates and $65,000 for doctorate graduates.

The Canadian Press, April 22, 2009

Online Education Offers Access and Affordability

Thursday, April 16, 2009 | (0) Comments

Improvements in the quality of online courses are attracting millions of people to enroll:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/online-education/2009/04/02/online-education-offers-access-and-affordability.html