| There's something to be said about today's job market | | | | working around our schedule. Something you cannot |
| more or less using college degrees as filters for job | | | | do at a brick and mortar school. Try convincing the |
| applications. It's almost as if employers are profiling | | | | registrars office to change the time slot of accounting |
| what type of resumes they'll receive just because | | | | 101 for you, doesn't work so well. |
| they require you to have a college degree. Is this true? | | | | Secondly, you don't always have to wait until the next |
| Not likely, I know a lot of people whom I started college | | | | semester starts to enroll for courses at an online |
| with and went on to finish but in my opinion won't | | | | college offering distance education. That's right, Often |
| make fantastic employees. What ever happened to | | | | schools start new classes at the beginning of each |
| good old fashioned experience? I guess at some point | | | | month. This means, you can start faster and finish |
| we just need to realize the old saying of if you can't | | | | faster. Since you're not in a classroom environment |
| beat em join em. | | | | often you can complete a course in only a couple of |
| So if we want to join them where the heck do we | | | | months and then move onto the next one. |
| start? Well that's easy a college degree, ok maybe | | | | Are online degrees as prestigious as one you'd earn |
| not so easy. If you're like me you likely started to | | | | offline? Well I'll leave that up to you to decide? Are |
| attend college after high school, but got lured into the | | | | you going back to school to earn a degree you can |
| job world before you could finish. I had the best | | | | brag about to your friends or are you doing it to |
| intentions of completing my bachelor of commerce | | | | advance your career? If you enroll in an online degree |
| before I started making more money, and seeing what | | | | program that is accredited by the local agency in your |
| it would be like to not live the poor student life. There is | | | | state then the paper you get when you graduate is |
| light at the end of our tunnel how ever. | | | | every bit as good as one you'd receive from a brick |
| Distance education used to be something that we'd | | | | and mortar school. Most employers just want to know |
| hear about on infomercials that came on at two in the | | | | you have it, their going to train you to do things the |
| morning when we couldn't sleep. You can call the | | | | way they want them done anyways. |
| number on the screen and soon enough we'd have all | | | | If you take anything away from this, let it be that if |
| the materials we needed to study to become what | | | | you're wishing you had finished your education, you still |
| ever it was we desired to become. Well guess what | | | | can. Don't sit around thinking about it take action, most |
| today it's even easier then that. Thanks to the Internet | | | | schools allow you to request free information about |
| Colleges have become smart enough to realize that | | | | their programs and courses. Take some time to |
| they can offer courses and complete online degrees | | | | browse the different programs available in your area |
| totally over the Internet. So what does this do for the | | | | of interest, and then make and educated decision on |
| average Joe such as you or myself? | | | | whether distance learning online is a viable solution for |
| First off it makes it easier to not disrupt our regular | | | | you. |
| day-to-day lives, but allow us to earn a degree | | | | |