| Getting your degree through distance | | | | who entered the workforce directly after |
| learning can be an enjoyable and | | | | high school acquired some of these |
| rewarding experience. Education at the | | | | skills on the job, but with the broad |
| post-secondary level certainly has its | | | | range of challenges facing employers |
| challenges, but it brings with it | | | | these days they have raised their |
| tremendous rewards, not only upon | | | | expectations with respect to what |
| completion, but also during the process | | | | constitutes an employee worth investing |
| of obtaining it. If you are an adult who | | | | in. If you did not have the opportunity |
| left school several years ago, it might | | | | to obtain a degree right after high |
| be difficult to view matters in such a | | | | school, you can now do so through |
| positive light, particularly if you try | | | | distance learning. |
| to compare yourself to the young people | | | | Completing a university degree through |
| entering university right out of high | | | | distance learning allows you to pursue |
| school. | | | | studies that will enhance your job |
| You might wonder quite naturally how you | | | | prospects, teach you to learn, build |
| are supposed to compete with these | | | | your confidence, and make you more |
| younger, more energetic, and seemingly | | | | competitive in the job market over the |
| better prepared students. The answer is | | | | long term. You will no longer have to |
| that you are not, because your | | | | feel that younger and better qualified |
| circumstances are very different. There | | | | people are passing you by, capitalizing |
| is no question that a university degree | | | | on the desirable promotion |
| is a tremendous asset in today's | | | | opportunities, while leaving you in a |
| society. More and more, employers in all | | | | dead end situation with few prospects. |
| sectors, whether business, industry, or | | | | You will also signal to your employer |
| government, irrespective of the types of | | | | that you understand the reality of |
| jobs that they have to offer, expect | | | | today's job market, and that you are |
| that candidates will have acquired an | | | | serious about maintaining and improving |
| undergraduate education. | | | | your position. Pursuing your degree |
| Often these potential employers are less | | | | through distance learning allows you to |
| interested in what specific subject | | | | accomplish all of this in a manner |
| matter you have studied than they are in | | | | consistent with your lifestyle and in |
| the fact that you have developed certain | | | | such a way as to minimize disruption |
| transferable skills through the process | | | | with work and family obligations. |
| of completing your program. Among other | | | | You will feel better about yourself and |
| things, these skills include time | | | | your enthusiasm and sense of |
| management, as well as increased | | | | accomplishment will rub off on those |
| facility in written and oral | | | | around you, including family, friends, |
| communication. Also, a person who has | | | | and co-workers. By your example, others |
| successfully completed four years of | | | | will come to see the benefits of working |
| university brings maturity, a level of | | | | towards a degree through distance |
| self-esteem, and a capacity to learn to | | | | learning, and you will come to |
| the work environment. | | | | appreciate just how multi-faceted the |
| In years past, those, perhaps like you, | | | | benefits of higher education can be. |