Best deals on Black Friday 2018 courses

Best deals on Black Friday 2018 courses by Amber Rolfe Britain’s biggest shopping event is here…And with a number of exclusive deals on for a limited time, finding the best deals can often feel like finding a needle in a haystack. Luckily, we’ve done all the hard work for you â€" and found the best deals on online and classroom-based courses this Black Friday.Here are eight of the top sectors you can get qualified in for less this month:Cyber SecurityWhat’s available? Courses in everything from CompTIA to Cisco are expected to go on sale this week, suitable for learners of almost every level.Why study cyber security? With cyber-crime on the rise, qualified professionals are becoming increasingly in demand. By becoming certified, you’ll open yourself up to roles based around countering threats and protecting the UK’s data.Perfect for: People who can solve puzzles (and/or want to feel like Q in James Bond).Top deal: Cyber Security courses with the Learning People, which include exclusive CEH, exam fees, C V detox, BCS membership, NUS Extra card more all completely free.How much can I save? Up to 64%. View all Black Friday cyber security coursesITWhat’s available? A range of IT courses at discount prices, allowing you to gain industry and worldwide recognised qualifications in coding, Photoshop, databases, and more.Why study IT? Not only are IT professionals always in demand, they also have an excellent earning potential. And with a number of roles available in the field, there’s bound to be something to suit your skills and abilities.Perfect for: Anyone who wants to get IT certified without breaking the bank.Top deal:  CompTIA-IT Certification Career Advancement Bundle for just £69 from E-courses4you.How much can I save? Up to 83%.View all Black Friday IT coursesProject managementWhat’s available? Primarily PRINCE2 ® courses (Foundation and Practitioner), focusing on agile, change management, along with everything else you need to become a great project manager.Why study p roject management? PRINCE2 ® has become an essential benchmark of capability for anyone looking for a project management roles, improving both your career prospects and earning potential. And since the certifications are quick to complete, you could be qualified within days.Perfect for: People who like to be in control.Top deal:  PRINCE2 ® Foundation Practitioner course (plus exam) for just £229 from Balance Global.How much can I save? Up to 94%.View all Black Friday project management coursesAccountingWhat’s available? A wide range of accountancy courses, providing industry recognised qualifications in AAT, Sage, ICB, and more.Why study accounting? By obtaining an internationally recognised qualification, you’ll be able to gain practical accounting skills that you can apply to your day-to-day â€" making roles in the field more obtainable. With a qualification such as AAT, you could also exceed the industry salary average.Perfect for: People who can do the maths.Top deal: AAT Level 2 course for just £199 from e-Careers.How much can I save? Up to 70%.View all Black Friday accounting coursesTeachingWhat’s available? Courses for current or aspiring teaching assistants or tutors. In addition to Level 3 courses in supporting teaching and learning in schools, you can also get qualified in general mathematics and business.Why study teaching? Learning about the key aspects that help to support a successful classroom is extremely rewarding. Not only will you learn how to support learning activities and the development of children, you’ll also be able to apply this knowledge to both your personal and professional life.Perfect for: People who want to teach children a lesson.Top deal: Level 3 Teaching Assistant Diploma for just £99 from Global Edulink.How much can I save? Up to 84%. View all Black Friday teaching coursesHealth and careWhat’s available? A wide range of health and care courses, enabling you to learn about nutrition care, mental health, dement ia, learning difficulties, and more.Why study health and care? Educating yourself on how to care and support people with common health problems is a great way to boost your professional development and overall awareness. It could also help you to care for a friend or family member.Perfect for: People who want to work in health or social care.Top deal: Level 2 Diploma in Care for £397 from Harpar Qualifications.How much can I save? Up to 34%. View all Black Friday health and care coursesGCSE A levelsWhat’s available? GCSE and A Level courses in a wide range of subjects, from English, Maths, and Science, to Politics, Philosophy, and History.Why study GCSE A levels? With a certain amount of GCSEs (particularly in English and Maths) seen as a prerequisite for many roles, and A levels often essential for entry onto further education courses, getting qualified could be the best way to break into your chosen field.Perfect for: People who want to go back to school (without actually go ing back to school).Top deal: GCSE A level courses for £220 from Absorb Online.How much can I save? Up to 20%.View all Black Friday GCSE A level coursesHuman ResourcesWhat’s available? CIPD accredited courses in HR management, HR learning and development, HR employment law, and more â€" available for students of all learning levels.Why study human resources? With an internationally recognised qualification in HR, you’ll be able to rapidly expand your skillset, improve your career prospects and earnings, and open yourself up to opportunities all over the world.Perfect for: People who want to take their HR career to the next level.Top deal: CIPD Level 3 Certificate for 20% off RRP from ICS Learn.How much can I save? Up to 20%.View all Black Friday HR coursesStill searching? View all discounted courses nowFind a job What Where Search JobsSign up for more Career AdviceSign up for moreCareer Advice Please enter a valid email addressmessage hereBy clicking Submit you agree to the Features

The Importance of an Exit Strategy in the Offboarding Process

The Importance of an Exit Strategy in the Offboarding Process I recently read an interesting article about an employee who took a job at a company with less-than-favorable working conditions. Once he tired of the toxic work culture and decided to move on, he put in his two weeks’ notice, only to have his manager reject it. Instead, she took his resignation as a personal insult, telling him to pack his belongings and leave immediately. Unfortunately, hindsight is always 20/20, and had the employee known of management’s treatment of departing employees, he surely would have thought twice before accepting the job offer. I have worked for employers in the past that made a practice of not accepting employees’ two weeks’ notice, opting instead to show them the door the day they resigned. Fortunately, in my case, there was no animosity or toxic work culture. However, it did cause unnecessary confusion and a few challenges that could have been avoided had there been at least a few days to transition out of the company. There are a number of reasons why it’s beneficial to formulate an exit strategy for departing employees. Let’s look at a few ways it can benefit both employers and employees. 1. An investment in the future In today’s modern workplace, a company’s offboarding process is crucial to its future success. Gone are the days when employers can pick and choose new talent by offering high salaries, while letting their current workforce fall by the wayside. Skilled employees now have their pick of employers, and culture is king. Sometimes these top performers need room to grow, and this often involves outgrowing one role and moving on to another with a different employer. By supporting this growth, employers position themselves for success in two ways. First, they leave the door open for boomerang rehires, which account for 15 percent of departing employees who end up returning. Second, by supporting an employee’s decision to move on, there’s a good chance he or she will remain a valuable brand ambassador of the company who is willing to speak positively of their time working there and recommend it to other prospective employees looking for work, or possible clients looking to do business. This speaks to the two top indicators of on-the-job performance and ROI, with employee referrals ranking first and boomerang rehires ranking second. By eliminating the offboarding process and taking offense to employee departure, an employer has burned two valuable bridges. 2. Sending a message After receiving an employee’s resignation, management’s insistence upon his or her immediate dismissal raises questions as to what they’re afraid of that would cause them to mistrust anyone choosing to leave the company. It’s hard to imagine an employer maintaining good relations with company alumni after insisting upon their immediate departure as if they had committed a crime. All employees want to feel appreciated for a job well done. Those who leave the company would like to know their hard work made a positive impact during their time there. Employers that recognize this and act on it are destined for future success. Apple’s “clap out” is a great example of how a show of appreciation and support for departing employees as they enter the next stage of their careers can have a positive impact on employee satisfaction and company culture. 3. Room for improvement Nobody’s perfect. Even the best of us can improve at something, and those who are the greatest usually strive the hardest. This applies to employers as well as employees. Companies with an outstanding work culture who rank high in employee satisfaction don’t achieve this by accident, but by staying closely in tune with what attracts top talent, and being willing to change with the times. When an employee leaves, management is given an excellent opportunity to improve by conducting an exit interview. This allows a departing employee to provide constructive feedback that the company may not otherwise receive from current employees, and provides management the opportunity to better the company for current and future employees. In addition, it sends the message that a departing employee’s feedback is still valued, even though he or she will no longer be part of the team. 4. Unburdening the workload One of the strongest arguments for maintaining a smooth employee exit strategy is the unnecessary burden that failing to do so places on remaining employees. After a resigning employee is unceremoniously escorted out, their coworkers are left to sort out their assignments, contracts or client lists with no instruction or transition period. This shows disrespect to the employees assigned to pick up the pieces, as the transition of work could have been made smoothly were it not for management’s impetuous reaction to the resignation. In many cases, those who inherit the work are forced to contact the former employee for instruction on how best to proceed from where they left off. However, what incentive does the newly departed worker have to assist their former employer who showed them so little respect during their last interaction? Hopefully, they would take the high road in assisting their former coworkers who never asked for the added work. But the incentive to help would be far greater had they been shown the respect they deserved by management during their departure. Changing jobs is never easy. While it’s a necessary step in ascending the corporate ladder, it’s equally difficult dealing with the emotion of leaving a job you love, or the frustration of leaving a job you hate. Regardless of the reason, the responsibility falls on both employees and employers to make an employee’s departure a smooth process. In the end, employers that burn bridges with departing employees by taking offense to their resignation may be destroying valuable connections, as well as leads to future employees and clients. In contrast, employers that show workers respect and appreciation upon their departure will see reward in the form of team morale, talent attraction and retention, and a positive company culture.

3 Killer Tips for Blogging Regularly When You Dont Have Time

3 Killer Tips for Blogging Regularly When You Don’t Have Time As a working professional, you have a heck of a lot of responsibilities to deal with on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis.  Even if you love blogging, finding the time to write and publish regularly can be a major challenge.  Fortunately, it’s not impossible to start a blog and write consistently even if you’re short on time. In order to do so, however, you’ll need to find ways to maximize efficiency.  To help you with this, here is a look at a few killer tips for blogging regularly when you don’t have time. #1 â€" Develop a Daily Writing Habit If you want to maintain a successful blog, you’ll  need to be able to produce great content  consistently.  But, as overwhelming as it sounds to write  a few posts per week, it’s not  as difficult as it seems. Think about how long it takes you to write 300 words.  10 minutes? 20 minutes? 30 minutes?  Now think about your daily routines and how much free time you generally have. For most working professionals, this number will hover around 1-2 hours. If you were able to commit 20 minutes of your free time every day,  do you think you’d have trouble producing 2,000 words per week? If you  develop a daily writing habit, it’s a pretty safe bet that most people would answer no.  And that 2,000 words, once edited, could easily be broken down into two 1,000 word posts that are ready to be published.  Even some of the top bloggers in the world don’t publish long form articles at that rate. And that can all be done in about 3-4 hours per week. #2 â€" Establish an Efficient Editing Process While it may not take long to write your content, editing it is a different story.  Because of this, it’s absolutely imperative that you work to establish an efficient editing process. While there are certain things, such as removing unnecessary words and spelling/grammar issues, that are universally accepted editing best practices, most of the process will come down to personal preference. As time goes on, it’s important that you continually look to improve upon your editing process to ensure that it is as effective and efficient as possible. #3 â€" Utilize Trusted Tools and Resources There is a massive amount of content that is created daily. But because of the popularity of blogging, there have been many tools and resources created to help bloggers maximize efficiency. If you want to blog efficiently and productively, it’s obviously in your best interest to take advantage of these tools and resources.  Take some time when you first get started with your blog to experiment with some tools that you feel would be useful.  It may also be a good idea to scour the web for   blogs that can serve as solid resources. You can build a successful blog without dedicating dozens of hours per week to doing so. You can do it by developing a writing habit, establishing an efficient editing process, and utilizing trusted tools and resources. Images: Blogging  Sean MacEntee  Main  Amy Gahran

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Use Mindfulness in Leadership

On the Job by Anita Bruzzese How to Use Mindfulness in Leadership Meditation or mindfulness is seen by some as the latest new-age fad where people sit around on the floor humming with incense burning nearby. Its not often considered a top business practice at highly competitive companies. But some of the nations largest employers are embracing mindfulness as a way to ease the stress of a workday for employees, improve leadership and hopefully lead to happier and more productive workplaces. One of those employers isGeneral Mills,one of the worlds largest food companies, which supports employees as they pursuemindfulness. Sandy Behnken, corporate continuous improvement leader at General Mills, recently shared her experience with Anita Bruzzese in this closer look atmindfulness and leadership. AB: How did you come to use mindfulness at work? SB:I learned about mindfulness in September 2009 when considering development opportunities for the Women in IT networking group I was involved in at General Mills. At that time, several leaders at General Mills had received mindful leadership training. One leader in particular inspired me to learn more because I noticed how he always seemed to deeply listen when others spoke and then responded versus reacted to what was said.I wanted to be less reactive and tobe a better listener. With the support and sponsorship of leadership, I coordinated a group of 25 IT leaders to participate in a seven-week mindful leadership course. Within a couple of weeks of the course starting I could see how my mindfulness practice impacted my interactions at work. I became more aware of the many stimuli impacting me and was better able to decide how I was going to respond versus react to them. AB:How long have you been using it? SB:Ive been practicing mindfulness for the past 4 years. To help strengthen my practice and support other practitioners at work, I lead a weekly drop-in practice session for General Mills employees. AB: Can you describe a work situation you felt like using mindfulness made a difference? SB:During a time in which I managed a large project for the company, having a strong mindfulness practice helped me when stress levels were high and we had more questions than answers. It helped me create the mental space I needed to bring clarity and focused attention to the work my team and I needed to accomplish. This mental space also allowed room forcreativity to find answersto all those questions. AB: How to you think mindfulness has made a difference in your leadership? SB:I believe the biggest difference it has made is in my ability to deeply listen to what is being said. Whether its working through business plans or addressing personnel challenges the act of really listening and being open to what is being said has been invaluable. Its so easy to come into a conversation with preconceived notions about how to proceed forward that we can miss important insights. Its equally easy to want to solve all the challenges that are presented when the best thing may be to listen without thinking about how (read the rest here) -

10 Microsoft Outlook Hacks To Change The Way You Use Email At Work

10 Microsoft Outlook Hacks To Change The Way You Use Email At Work In recent years, certain technological developments have really revolutionised the way in which we work.For example, the development of portable devices such as tablets, laptops and smartphones means that more of us can work out of office than ever before.This has lead to the development of new workspaces for those who like more comfort while on the move. Take a look at this interesting post from Business Insider which discusses the positives and negatives of the new mobile work trend.evalWhile it seems rather prehistoric now, email really is about as essential as it gets when it comes to any business communicating.The simple messaging tech has evolved greatly in recent years, enabling us to do so much more than before.Now we can reach out to more people than ever, quicker than ever, whilst all sharing lots of multimedia much easier than we previously could.However, the increased ability of email apps means that many of us spend way too much of our working days reading and replying t o them.Fear not though, as a new infographic can help you speed up this process, making your emailing a burden no longer!It has been created by silverdoor.co.uk and it’s called ‘10 Microsoft Outlook Hacks To Change The Way You Use Email At Work’. You can take a look for yourself below.Infographic Credit â€" silverdoor.co.uk

Understand Your Work Values Land Your Dream Job

Understand Your Work Values Land Your Dream Job On my SIRIUSXM show  Making a Living, I was always interested in the questions and comments of my listeners.  On one show about work-life , a caller brought up the question of work values.  (Click on my radio page to listen to my show in podcast form.)Work values are the rewards we get from our work. For example, if you value creative expression, you might really enjoy a career that involves design and seeing your finished product on store shelves.   Its these values that get us out of bed in the morning, excited for the work day ahead.To figure out your top values, it helps to use an exercise like this WORK VALUES exercise.  Its similar to the exercise I use with my clients. To get a copy of my worksheet, contact me and let me know more about your specific career needs and goals.  This way I can support you in the best way possible.If youve been feeling less than excited about work lately, chances are your work values are not being met. Most of us havent formally examined or sou l searched to know what really motivates us.  We assume that more money or a bigger title will make us more motivated when time freedom or a feeling of helping others might better do the trick.To me work values are a great litmus test of job satisfaction.  I used my top values as a test when deciding to become a career coach.  My highest priorities were independence, helping others, time freedom, location, and exercising competence.  Now 13 years later, I get those and more from the work I do.  Im motivated and excited to help people Soul Search, Research and Job Search their way into ideal careers.What would you like more of in your job?  Advancement? Excitement? Creativity?  Share your work values here and let me know what your top priorities are.  It will help you become one of those people who look forward to Mondays!

Resume Writing Service in Troy Michigan

Resume Writing Service in Troy MichiganWhen you are looking for a resume writing service in Troy Michigan, it is good to know that there are many options available. In fact, the good news is that you do not have to work hard to find the perfect resume writer. Many agencies can be found online, and finding the right one is as easy as making use of the World Wide Web.The first thing that you will need to do when you are searching for a professional resume writer is to narrow down your choices. You should start by reading through a few of the reviews that are available. This will help you understand the positive and negative aspects of the service.Once you have short-listed a few candidates, the next step is to go over their portfolio to get a sense of their capabilities. You should also interview some of the writers to get a better feel of how they communicate with their clients. This will give you an idea of what kind of professional you are dealing with. Remember, it is always import ant to get to know your writer as much as possible.The next step is to contact the writers who are on your short-list. Make sure that you get feedback from the writer as soon as possible. This will help you avoid any disagreements. You can also ask for references so that you can verify the information provided by the writer.The next step is to conduct a search on the search engines. It is very important to understand the spelling and grammar in order to ensure that you are getting the right message across. You should also look at the professionalism of the writers before you hire them. This will help you understand whether or not the writer can handle your expectations.The next step is to look for writers who can write about different topics on a given subject. Remember, no matter how difficult your situation may be, there are still numerous writers who can provide you with a professional resume writing service in Troy Michigan. The key is to look for a writer who can fit your uniqu e needs.You should also be able to identify the kind of resume writing service in Troy Michigan that you want to work with. This will enable you to avoid wasting time and money on services that are not going to serve your best interests. It is also important to note that there are many types of resume writing services in the state of Michigan.You can choose to work with a freelance writer who will provide you with a professional resume writer in Troy Michigan. Alternatively, you can check out the websites of many professionals who are offering this service for a fee. Take the time to research and determine which one is right for you.