Getting Your Degree While You Work

When it comes to getting a degree, it’s best to start sooner rather than later. The longer you wait the more chances you’ll miss out on to maximize your earnings.

According to 2003 Census Bureau statistics, professionals with bachelor's degrees make on average nearly $23,300 more a year than high school graduates, and Master's degree holders average $11,300 more annually than their bachelor's degree colleagues.

The benefit to your career is clear. And by enrolling early you’ll be able to get your tuition payments out of the way sooner, which means more time for you to really enjoy your salary boost.

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In a Career Rut?

It’s happened to many of us. You wake up one Monday morning and roll over to hit the snooze button. You lay in bed and think to yourself how you’re going to manage another week working the same job that you’ve been at for what seems like forever.

You’ve lost the excitement and fulfillment that your job once gave you. You don’t like what you do every day anymore. You’re in a career rut.

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Starting A Business Degree

If you’re considering starting a business, chances are you aren’t going to do it on a whim. At times it can probably feel like there are a million things you need to know about to successfully start your own business. Some of those things might be completely foreign to a self-starter who doesn’t have a “formal” business education, and some of them are probably foreign to any novice business operator.

For instance, even if you’ve been a mechanic for years and know everything there is to know about cars, do you know what accounting method or business structure you want to use in your garage? Do you know how to get the word out that you’re open for business? Do you know what paperwork you have to fill out just to hire some help? Do you know to ask these kinds of questions?

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