Comments on: How To Finance Your New Career http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/education/how-to-finance-your-new-career/ Giving You Ideas About Your Career Choices Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/education/how-to-finance-your-new-career/comment-page-1/#comment-373 admin Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:26:09 +0000 http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/?p=112#comment-373 Brooke thanks for your insight. I'll check out the noShortOfWork site too. Brooke thanks for your insight. I’ll check out the noShortOfWork site too.

]]> By: Brooke @ NoShortageOfWork.com http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/education/how-to-finance-your-new-career/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Brooke @ NoShortageOfWork.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:52:33 +0000 http://www.careeradvicebyrandy.com/?p=112#comment-371 While I am 100% in favor of education, I think that, particularly during these tight times, it is important to make every education dollar pay. Here are some ideas: One course at a time might be ideal. I worked as a programmer full-time while I worked on an MBA in Finance part-time. The education and interest in Finance put me way ahead of the other programmers. However, when I graduated, the school did a salary survey and my number was the highest by far of all, so I took my degree off my resume for 3 years – I didn’t want to be lumped in with all the other newly minted MBAs. The week after graduating, my employer offered me a new job created just for me! See if you can get an intense education for free from someone who is unemployed. A friend had landed a career changing interview in a financial firm. She asked me if I could tutor her on derivatives, but I was super busy, so I introduced her to Wayne, a senior exec who had been recently given a package. He spent four intense 8-hour days with her. She landed the job – 20 years ago – and she’s still going strong – all due to Wayne (She had a degree – but it was Wayne who gave her what she needed.) His fee? A heartfelt, “Thank you.” Last April I was speaking about the economy at a conference of peers in Quantitative Finance when I said, “There is no shortage of work. And, during hard times, when there isn’t enough money to pay salaries, the work piles up.” A bunch of us formed www.NoShortageOfWork.com to explore how people can help educate each other and collaborate on projects. I hope you’ll check us out (we’re entirely non-commercial). Regards, Brooke While I am 100% in favor of education, I think that, particularly during these tight times, it is important to make every education dollar pay. Here are some ideas:

One course at a time might be ideal. I worked as a programmer full-time while I worked on an MBA in Finance part-time. The education and interest in Finance put me way ahead of the other programmers. However, when I graduated, the school did a salary survey and my number was the highest by far of all, so I took my degree off my resume for 3 years – I didn’t want to be lumped in with all the other newly minted MBAs. The week after graduating, my employer offered me a new job created just for me!

See if you can get an intense education for free from someone who is unemployed. A friend had landed a career changing interview in a financial firm. She asked me if I could tutor her on derivatives, but I was super busy, so I introduced her to Wayne, a senior exec who had been recently given a package. He spent four intense 8-hour days with her. She landed the job – 20 years ago – and she’s still going strong – all due to Wayne (She had a degree – but it was Wayne who gave her what she needed.) His fee? A heartfelt, “Thank you.”

Last April I was speaking about the economy at a conference of peers in Quantitative Finance when I said, “There is no shortage of work. And, during hard times, when there isn’t enough money to pay salaries, the work piles up.” A bunch of us formed http://www.NoShortageOfWork.com to explore how people can help educate each other and collaborate on projects. I hope you’ll check us out (we’re entirely non-commercial).

Regards,

Brooke

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