Can Your Hobby Be a Career?

March 12th, 2012 @

Everyone dreams about turning a favorite hobby into a career. What’s not to love about working for yourself and earning money while having fun? Unfortunately, not all hobbies can produce full-time incomes. How do you know when it’s time to turn your favorite past-time into a career? Three signs that your hobby might make a [...]

Tips for Gaining Transferable Skills in College

February 26th, 2012 @

No matter what major you choose, gaining transferable skills should be a key goal in your college career. Transferable skills differ from technical skills in that they are useful in any industry or job. Examples of transferable skills include communication, organization, leadership, research and time management. By demonstrating these skills, you’ll experience a wider variety [...]

Essential Skills for Entry Level Job Seekers

September 24th, 2011 @

The following post is contributed by Nadia Jones who blogs at online college about education, college, student, teacher, money saving, movie related topics. You can reach her at nadia.jones5 @ gmail.com. As it has been said time and time again, today’s economic atmosphere is a desolate and dark place. With many highly qualified candidates on [...]

Seek Learning Offers Variety of Online Learning Options

September 22nd, 2010 @

The global economy combined with rapidly changing technologies require workers to constantly update their skills in order to remain competitive. Online courses offer convenient and flexible options for professionals looking to obtain  additional education and training. TAFE Courses Whether you have a degree or not, certification serves as proof of your expertise in a specific [...]

Five Mental Barriers to Speedreading

May 24th, 2010 @

This is a guest post by Stefan Knapen from StudySuccessful.com. I am a speedreader. Having the ability to speedread triggers a lot of people to ask the question: ‘Can you really do that?’ Yes I can. And it is not that hard to learn. But before you are going to learn it, you first have [...]