Get Ahead
As a resource, the Web can connect you to the information you need to embark on a new career, find training, or get a degree.
Education
Online education is one of the best ways to improve job prospects, advance your career, earn or finish your degree, or simply learn something new.
Depending on the online education path you choose, you may never even have to leave the comfort of your home as you climb the career ladder, build up your resume, and enrich yourself and your skill set in areas of knowledge such as:
- Business and Marketing
- Career and Vocational Training
- Education and Teaching
- Health Care and Medicine
- IT and Technology
- Languages
- Law
- Personal Development
Also called “distance education” or “distance learning,” online education is an increasingly popular choice. Nearly 4 million students enrolled in online courses in 2007, twice the number who took advantage of online education just four years before; in fact, the growth in the online education over those years was 12% higher than in traditional college settings.
With so many former online students entering and moving up within the workforce, many employers are accepting this new wave of online education with pleasure as it provides them with better trained, more informed employees, sometimes without their even having to take time off from work.
Homework Help
Tutor is an online homework help and tutoring service. They have thousands of tutors online 24/7, and also offer the Tutor.com Learning Suite for libraries, K-12 schools, community colleges and businesses, with one-to-one learning solutions for students of all ages. The Learning Suite features services for K-12 students, college students and adult learners, including, Live Homework Help.
Jobs
Using the Internet for your job search can help you reach deeper into your local area as well as take your search far beyond your regular boundaries. There may be employers who would prefer to hire from their local area, but that doesn't mean you can't accept the job and, if it's worth it, make the move. You can also dig down deeper into your local area, finding the smaller employers within walking distance from your house who are dying to find someone just like you.
Whether you found the job listing online or did research online before your interview, make sure you tell the employer. This means you not only know how to use a computer but you also know how to navigate the Web.
The Internet can also help you explore career alternatives and options that you maybe haven't considered. Not quite happy with your current job? Is it the job or the career path you've chosen? Not sure? Explore! What are you doing now, and are there any ways to can take your skills and apply them in a new direction? You can find some self-assessment tools online, loads of occupations and disciplines to explore, and even lists of local career counselors and career center to help you if you feel you need it.
Here are some key places to start the job search:
Monster.com - You can narrow your search by location, keywords, and employer. Plus, Monster has plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job search alerts, and online resume posting.
CareerBuilder.com – CareerBuilder offers job searchers the ability to find a job, post a resume, create job alerts, get job advice and job resources, look up job fairs, and much more. This is a truly massive job search engine that offers a lot of good resources to the job searcher.
Yahoo! Hot Jobs – Yahoo! Hot Jobs is one of the largest and most well known job search engines on the Web.
Craigslist - Craigslist is increasingly becoming a popular place to find jobs and is localized to your city. Visit this page to choose a city in California near you.
Your local papers website is also a good place to search for jobs. Just check out the Los Angeles Times Jobs section.