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TRAINING Planning a dramatic career change or to return to the career ladder? The right training could make all the difference to your chances of success… Whether you’re looking to get back into work after a period of absence or you’re eager to make a career change, gaining the relevant qualifications can help make this transition a smooth one. Improving your skills and expanding your knowledge can open up a host of new opportunities, so if your dream job seems out of reach, don’t rule it out until you’ve researched the study options open to you. your skills gap or the abilities that you need to have under your belt to ensure that that dream job is no longer just a dream. Colin McDonald, Head of Learning at learndirect.co.uk (an e-learning organisation) says: “Online learning is a great way for you to improve your skills to enable you to get back into work or to change career. You can learn at a time and place to suit you and it means learning can be fitted around other commitments, so it’s a particularly good choice if you’re a busy mum looking at improving your skills to get back into work after having children.” The Open University (www.open.ac.uk) is one of the most well-known distancelearning providers in the UK and has both full-time and part-time courses on offer. Train your brain Higher Education Studying at university is a great opportunity to broaden your horizons both educationally and in a social sense; meeting people from all walks of life and being offered the chance to engage with them in an active learning environment. Don’t be fooled into thinking that university is only for 18-year-olds fresh out of college though; if you’ve already embarked on the career ladder or are keen E-learning Online training, sometimes known as e-learning, is a great way to maximise the value and opportunity that the world wide web has to offer when it comes to education and learning. One of the greatest merits of e-learning is the flexibility that it presents to its users; after all, as long as you’re armed with a computer and internet access, you can study on an as-and-when basis: if you’re an early bird, then you can by all means complete some of your course at the crack of dawn but if you’re at home looking after the kids all day and your only free time is when they have tired of their energetic games, then night owl mode is also an option. There’s a whole host of courses and degrees available, so take the time to assess 042 www.jobsandcareersmag.com http://learndirect.co.uk http://www.open.ac.uk http://www.jobsandcareersmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Jobs and Careers with James Caan 2012

Career bites
What really counts
Weighing it all up
Around the world
Ask the experts
Growth sectors
Train your brain
Homework
Carve a career in care
Here come the girls
Mum’s the word
An apple a day
It’s for you-hoo!
A step forward
His & hers
Bank on it
Risky Business
In the money
3 Specialist medical jobs
The stuff of life
Power on
Engineering heroes
Outside the box
Keeping it clean
Your Business with James Caan
Go Go GadGets
On trend office
Take my advice
Getting Going
The bank job
Make the most of your assets
Back to business
The law and you
HR Matters
Make it work
Into the cloud
Design & shine
Reach out
Gorkana and Gurkhas
Protect and prosper
Making it count
Your business or your life?
Nice supplies
Beginning business
Ship it
Ethical business
Backing business
Standing together
Top 10 hiring tips

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