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  Week of September 21, 2009
  Focus On: Making Your Next Move

Where would you like to be in five years? In your same job? Still with your company, but higher up? Earning more? More challenged and less stressed? Education can play a major role in your ability to move up or switch careers completely.

To help you make your next move with confidence, eLearners has built relationships with over 200 quality, online schools to provide you a comprehensive, searchable database of their degrees, courses, and certificate programs (over 2,000 at last count!).

To help you get started, the chart below lists the most popular degrees sought on eLearners. Do you want an associate's, or are you ready for your master's?

SubjectWhich Level Degree Do You Want?
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 Check Out  Saying "No" to Unnecessary Obligations

HaltYou might be a people-pleaser, but saying yes too often can actually backfire and leave you feeling taken for granted, overwhelmed, angry, or stressed. Knowing one's limits and accepting that you can't "be everything to everyone" might help you feel closer to zen. Some suggestions include:

  • Find employees you can trust to help you and learn to delegate.
  • Learn to say no nicely. Don't get flustered or feel defensive.
  • See if you might still be able to help in a small way.

Read our new article from the eLearners Back to School Survival Guide, "Saying 'No' to Unnecessary Obligations."



  Presenting: Career Stimulus Package Continues...

The Empowerment Tour RV made its way across the country this summer offering free career counseling.

The tour is over, but the Career Stimulus Package continues. You have until 10/31 to enter to win one of 100 full tuition scholarships for online study, along with a one-week paid internship in your chosen field.

Visit the Career Stimulus Package website to learn more.




  Student Spotlight: Marie

Ph.D. in Business Administration, Northcentral U

This 47-year-old online instructor practices what she preaches. Cindy is a married mother of two from Alabama working on an online Ph.D. from Northcentral University while working and teaching online classes for the University of Phoenix.

 



  eLearners Community News



This week's highlight from the Online Education Blogs:

  • Steve asks a very compelling question in this week's blog: Are we in an education bubble? Is the cost of education going up in an unsustainable way, and does that mean a crash is coming?




A new question from our Distance Learning Discussion Forums:

  • We love when e-learners update us on their progress. Forum user harris30 does exactly that in this forum post. Only 3 classes left to an MBA and a 3.86 GPA!


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Career Stimulus Package

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The Career Stimulus Package, is awarding nearly $4 million in full-tuition scholarships and  job shadowing stints at some of America’s most innovative companies.

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Project Working Mom


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Project Working Mom...and Dads, Too! awards one $4,000 scholarship each month for use towards your education in any way you'd like.

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