Friday, June 13, 2008

Advancing your career

Not everyone wants to have their own business. Alternatives to being financially independent are career advancements or switching careers. In the course of my working lifetime I have done both. I have switched careers when the market for my type of work had dried up. I have also taken college courses to enhance my career when the company I worked for suggested it and paid for it.

Career advancement in the age of the internet means you can take college or certification courses online through reputable companies. IT and software certification courses are the most common online education opportunities. QuickCert is one of the major online MicroSoft certification companies to choose from. They offer a certification course for MicroSoft engineers called MCSE. Other online certification courses offered are for Cisco systems.

I have learned that it is wise to keep up on your education long after you have been working for many years. You never can tell when the industry you are working in will change dramatically or cease to exist.

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