The Advantages of an Undergraduate Online Education for Recent High School Graduates
For most recent high school graduates, the temptation to take a little time off for fun, relaxation or travel is ever present. Many want to work and save in order to pay for at least a portion of their postsecondary education, while others simply wish to get away from academia for a while and sort out their options. Unfortunately, every delay in earning a degree can have adverse consequences on a person’s future ability to be financially independent and secure.
It’s no secret that a college degree at the bachelor’s level is almost a requirement for obtaining gainful employment in most industries today, and the sooner a degree is earned, the sooner one can embark on establishing a career. Online undergraduate degree programs have become a standard part of the academic landscape in great part because they afford high school graduates the ability to have their proverbial cake and eat it too.
The truth of the matter is that online undergraduate degree programs offer the same level of competent instruction without the imposing schedules, long commutes and location based research associated with traditional campus based programs. Students can work on their curriculum anytime they choose, for the most part, be it on a lazy afternoon or at three in the morning. The benefit is that online undergraduate degree programs won’t interfere with travel plans, part time or full time employment or almost any activities that might not be possible with campus based learning.
We live in an information age where research for most fields of study can be conducted from the comfort and privacy of a person’s own home. In the infancy of online education several years ago, online resources provided by distance learning educators were cumbersome to navigate and offered little outside of what was absolutely necessary to learn the requisite information presented by the courses offered. Today, that’s no longer the case, and most online institution’s web based resources rival those of even the best brick and mortar colleges.
As far as personal instruction is concerned, having online access to faculty members is facilitated with greater ease through distance learning universities. Because of their very nature, online colleges and universities make finding the right person to speak with, question or if need be, interrogate much less demanding than hunting down a campus based professor with a one hour window every other Tuesday.
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Job Forum
Posting and reading job forums come along with many benefits. If you are interested in finding a new job or simply want to keep up with what is available, you will want to seek out a job forum that can give you all of the information that you are after. Luckily, over the past few years more and more job forums have popped up. Of course, you need to go online to find these forums, but for most people this is not difficult.
One thing that you should remember about job forums is that there are many to choose from. For instance, there are general job forums that are simply meant as a catch all. This is where people talk about industry news, and course, they can post jobs as well.
But there are also many niche job forums as well. These are the ones that are more specifically focused on certain types of jobs, areas of the world, and much more. For instance, you may want to use an India job forum if you are going to be living in the country for an extended period of time. The benefit of doing this is that you know everything you read will appeal to you. After all, what is the point of finding a job in North Carolina if you are only interested in what is available in India? These niche job forums are really becoming more popular for the way that they are focused.
Finally, job forums are free to join. This means that no matter who you are you can join one of these forums and from there get started reading and posting. This sure beats having to pay money to speak with others or to find jobs.
As you can see, job forums have quite a bit to offer. If you have never used one of these before, you should consider doing so if you need to find a new career. You may be surprised at all the information you can find by simply searching a job forum.
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6 Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Trying to Grow Their Bottom Line
Have you ever felt like you were running a rat race? Everything seems like it takes forever, costs 10 times as much as you expected and you still feel like you are a million miles away from achieving your financial goals?
That’s because people often approach their financial growth with the wrong strategies. You may have heard the saying, “The strategy you used to create your million is drastically different than the strategy to maintain it.” It’s the same thing here. The strategy you used to get started is drastically different than the one you need to grow consistent six and seven figure revenue.
Here are six of the common mistakes entrepreneurs make when trying to grow their bottom line.
Mistake #1: Setting unrealistic expectations. I conducted a workshop where one of the students shared she planned to create $500,000 in new revenue in the next 12 months. She was barely making $50,000 and was launching a brand new business. This plan seemed unrealistic to me. Unrealistic expectations are different than setting ‘stretch goals.’ When you are unrealistic, you will often over spend and under perform because you believe you have everything on track for a huge leap in income.
Mistake #2: Focusing on price versus payoff. This being so focused on what everything will cost you that you miss the opportunities that will allow you to leap forward. The saying, “It costs money to make money” means that when you invest in high payoff opportunities, you will leap forward. Many people who are stuck financially don’t have the financial resources to invest in the tactics that would actually position them for a huge windfall.
Mistake #3: Making short-term decisions that sabotage the long term goal. I once knew someone who would say yes to any opportunity that crossed his desk if it meant he might make a couple thousand dollars. The problem was that most of these opportunities took a lot of his personal time, time he wasn’t spending on his own goals. This man couldn’t understand why his own programs weren’t profitable – when he spent up to 50% of his time on short term opportunities at the expense of his long term, more profitable projects.
Mistake #4: Trying to keep up with the “Jones.” Just because your competitor is experiencing huge financial wins with their strategies doesn’t mean it will work for you. It’s dangerous to just watch what others do and try to replicate it without understanding the entire strategy. A carefully crafted growth strategy will have many steps – you can probably see only one part of it. This mistake can be very costly because you invest your time and money “following the Jones” strategy only to experience a flop because you invested in only one piece of the whole puzzle.
Mistake #5: Doing everything themselves. I can’t tell you how many entrepreneurs find themselves in a growth trap because they won’t build a team. If it is just you, then you can only accomplish what you have time to accomplish. When you build a team, you can leverage your time exponentially. Think of it as a way to finally clone yourself. Delegating and outsourcing is one of the fastest ways to grow your results and your bottom line.
Mistake #6: Sacrificing quality for revenue growth. This is absolutely one of my big pet peeves. And I know it’s the opposite of what many gurus teach. But here is the deal. If you are so focused on growing your bottom line that you sacrifice the quality or experience of a client along the way, you will impact your future revenue opportunities. Unhappy clients don’t come back. And usually they tell A LOT OF PEOPLE along the way.
If you are making one of these mistakes, what should you do? Here are three quick fixes to get you back on the fast track to bottom line bliss.
1. Know your high payoff opportunities. Typically they are based on your values, priorities and goals. If you need help with this step, check out the Unstoppable Goals Method.
2. Slow down and evaluate the real profit story. Just because it looks good doesn’t mean its profitable and a good use of your time. Create a cost analysis for your opportunities. Look at things like: when will it make me money, how much money and time will it take, what are my “hidden” costs, etc.
3. Respond, don’t react. Opportunities will always come at you. If you have a strategic plan mapped out, you will be able to take action on the right ones. Without a plan, you are just reacting to “Bright Shiny Objects™.” Successful people create and follow a strategic plan.
About the Coach:
Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach, teaches entrepreneurs how to stop feeling overwhelmed so they can create more money, more freedom and more prestige.
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