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| Let’s face it--the economic news during the past few months has not been good. Unemployment is rising, and many blue-chip industries are struggling. If you are concerned about your future, you’ll want to position yourself in a career with long-term prospects and the potential for growth. Believe it or not, according to the U.S. government, there are many career areas that are growing! | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| With high unemployment rates in the United States, many people are either out of work, underemployed, or hoping to move out of a dead-end job. Analysts say that many jobs that have disappeared – particularly those in manufacturing – won’t be coming back. But amid the gloom there are rays of light. At the start of the new decade some job categories are growing and providing opportunities for people who have the right training. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| In the old days, many students selected a career college based on just two criteria: the program offered and the distance from home. For example, if you wanted to earn your certificate as a medical assistant, you would locate the college nearest your home or workplace that offered a medical assisting program. As long as the college and the program were professional and affordable, your search was over. Once you enrolled, you would find that most of the other students came from a radius of not more than twenty miles from school. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| If you are applying for financial aid at a private college or university that makes institutional awards to students, then you will be asked to fill out the CSS / Financial Aid PROFILE application. The CSS Profile (as most people call it) is a service of the College Board, a national, not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| Unless you’re very wealthy, when you apply for college you need to explore financial aid opportunities. But the process can seem confusing, and before you seek the assistance of your college financial aid advisor you should know how the system works. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| Unless you are one of the very few who can pay your own way, when you apply for college you will also be applying for financial aid. A key part of the process is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application, which most students fill out online. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2010 | | | | |
| College can represent a substantial personal investment. The good news is that most schools on Education-For-Careers.com strive to make college affordable, and most are approved for federal Title IV financial aid programs. When you make the decision to enroll, an important part of the process is finding out if you are eligible for one or more federal financial aid programs including the Pell grant, Stafford loan, PLUS loan, or work-study program. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2009 | | | | |
| You’re a working adult who has made the decision to go back to college. You’ve done the research and with the help of Education-For-Careers.com you’ve compared schools and narrowed down your choices. You may be thinking of an online program to get that degree that you always wanted, or perhaps your boss is sending you back to school to prepare you for advancement. However you choose to further your education, and for whatever reason, the prospect of going back to school after ten or twenty or even thirty years is very exciting. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2009 | | | | |
| The education world is changing fast! Twenty years ago the idea of online education was in its infancy. The first opportunities to earn degrees online were welcomed by adventurous students, while most students, especially adult learners who were seeking master’s or doctorate degrees, played it safe by attending programs on campus. | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2009 | | | | |
| Congratulations—you have decided to continue your education and work towards a brighter future. You know that by earning your degree—a certificate, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or doctorate—you’ll be better positioned to move ahead in your career. And according to the U.S. government, the more education that you have, the better chance you have of earning a higher salary and of staying employed. For example, people with a bachelor’s degree earn 60% more per year people with only a high school diploma. People with master’s degrees earn twice as much per year than high school graduates.* | | By Thomas A. Hauck, 2009 | | | | | 1 |
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