Alternate Pathways
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
When ‘Pup got laid off from the Huge Bank, he could have taken classes to get a Project Management certificate. It might have made a difference in what kinds of jobs he would have qualified for, but who knows? ‘Pup really prefers to manage only himself, so…perhaps it’s just as well.
My take is that it’s never a bad idea to have an updated skill set. Education is a good thing. Education you can do something with is even better.
I have a brother out of work now. He’s smart and has experience managing groups of people, hiring and firing, and everything in between. What he doesn’t have is a 4 year degree. He’s just a few hours away from it, but never finished. His grades were good, very good in fact, but somehow… he just never quite finished. I have to admit that I am mystified by that. If something is out there, that can help you get a job, or make you better at your job, you should go and get it.
So, here’s my bro, a very computer literate man, smart and personable and someone I think would be a good person to work for (he cares, and gets good responses from his people), and I am asking myself… why is he not going here and doing this?
His last job was moved out of the country, right out from under him. I’d like to see him get into something that can’t do that again, and I’d like to see him be able to…shrug it off and go on, if it does happen.
