“Earn thousands this week, no experience necessary!”
“Data Entry works, no skills needed, make $4,000 by Friday!”
Who hasn’t seen one of these ads posted somewhere online or in an email? If you spend any sort of time on the Internet, you know these ads are everywhere. But like your Mom used to say, “if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” And that’s right. There is no way to make an easy buck in the world anymore. Well, they never was a way to make easy money. But everyoneloves money and wants more of it. So how can you earn thousands more per year? By continuing education!
Continuing education is any learning that you do after High School. Your time spent in college was a form of continuing education because you did not have to go to school after you graduated. These days,
continuing education tends to be education you receive after you college diploma. Record numbers of students are graduating from college each year. That is a great statistic; however, it also means that there are more people in the job market with backgrounds like yours.
You will not receive huge pay for your first job, unless you are in a highly specialized field like computer programming or medicine. However, you work your way up to making more money after you gain experience. On the job experience takes time, but you can cut corners with continuing education.
If you have some continuing education under your belt, you can easily prove to hiring managers why you are more qualified for promotions than someone who hasn’t taken additional classes after earning his degree.
You also show you have more initiative and ambition, which goes a long way in getting that new promotion or job. It shows that you are willing to take on a lot of challenges and aren’t afraid of the unknown. These are strong characteristics of good upper-level managers and executives. That could be you someday.
With continuing education comes the most coveted thing of all: more money. You could be earning thousands more per year that you do right now if you take the time to get more education and go for those jobs and promotions where you can prove your worth and make five, ten, twenty or thirty thousand more than you already make in a year. Just think of all you could do with that!