IS IT WORTH THE TIME?

Pursuing Higher Education

About your facilitator:

CEO/Founder, The Youth Career Coach Inc. Certified Professional Career Coach (PARW/CC) Employer Relations and Career Program Manager, at MIT Faculty: Northeastern University, University of Rhode Island

Board of Directors: Dimock Community Health Center Greek Life: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Pi, Sigma

Epsilon Rho

Education includes: BA, MBA, MS, Exec. CERT, CPCC, currently pursuing Doctorate in Education (Leadership &

Communication )

Former: MIT Sloan (MBA Admissions), BU, JWU, A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc., Wells Fargo, State Street, Neiman Marcus, Macy’s, Beth Israel Hospital, Roxbury Public Defenders

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What we’ll discuss….

1. What is continuing education 2. Why continue your education 3. When is a good time to start preparing 4. How do you prepare5. Benefits 6. BFDS Presents…

7. OPEN DISCUSSION

What is Continuing Your Education

is an all-encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada. Recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the domain include: degree credit courses by non-traditional students, non-degree career training, workforce training, formal personal enrichment courses (both on-campus and online) self-directed learning (such as through Internet interest groups, clubs or personal research activities) and experiential learning as applied to problem solving.

Why Pursue Higher Education

What are your thoughts on why? To keep your skills and knowledge base

current Reducing employment limitations Self Achievement | Personal Satisfaction Enhanced traits such as: Discipline

It takes great discipline to study properly, avoiding procrastination and preparing adequate notes and study aids each week. It also takes great discipline to distill months of knowledge.

Money | Prestige

UNEMPLOYMENT

INCOME

According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The report titled "The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings" (.pdf) reveals that over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million; those with a bachelor's degree, $2.1 million; and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million.

Persons with doctoral degrees earn an average of $3.4 million during their working life, while those with professional degrees are around $4.4 million.

When is a good time to prepare

Your thoughts? Now! I don’t believe there will ever be a good

time.Example:

Fire in our home My brother in my MBA Program

When you’ve notice the jobs you have an interest in require a degree

When you notice the people you want to do business with have degrees (People like to do business with people they know or have something in common.)

How do you prepare?

1. What are some tools that you’ve used to prepare? 2. Self Analysis3. Leadership and Peer Analysis (Biographies)4. Talk to your career coach 5. Family Inventory | Time Management | Resources 6. Work flexibility | Corporation Culture 7. Attend an open house and orientation 8. Research

About the Schools Regarding Academic Programs Picking a Major Is it important? Does it matter which major?

(Transferable skill sets) Online or OnCampus or Both

How do you preparecont.

8. Meet with admissions, registrar, career services, meet the dean

9. Financial Aid Meeting | FAFSA10. Books where to purchase them (used,

library reserve, friend takes course different terms)

11. Meet with past schools attended

HR POLICIES ON TUITION REIMBURSEMENT……

Q & A

GUEST HUMAN RESOURCE PRESENTER FROM YOUR

COMPANY

Benefits

1. Consider the social and cultural benefits, for instance: making friends, learning social rules and norms and understanding civic roles.

2. Some of the most sought-after benefits from education are economic. For example, specialized knowledge and technical skills, for example, lead to higher incomes, greater productivity and generation of valuable ideas.

3. Educated people make more money in traditional careers “except for the exceptions – idea generators”

4. People respect people with education more than those who don't

6. Having an education allows you to work in a field that you enjoy

7. Have more stimulating conversations8. Skill set such as writing | communication |

team work 9. Learn From Masters of your Field

Sure, many things learned in college can be learned at the library. What you miss out on, however, is someone to put those texts in context. Professors are hired because they're at the top of their area of expertise. Of course they won't all be goldmines, but when you find one, latch on. You'll learn more than you'll find in any book.

Benefits cont.

My success & survival tips

Stayed at work vs. Stayed at home to study (Where?)I used my current job as part of my research and papers –

opened doors to networking and expanded my knowledge base

I read many organizational charts of employees in my company & my competitors that went to the school I was attending

I did a semester long internship from the school but used my current job as the site it knocked out 1 whole term and I was able to pitch and craft a special project for my job

My study groups were specifically selected by me – kids whose parents sent them to school before they take over their family business

SOCRATES once said that “the more he learned, the more he became convinced of his own ignorance”.

Questions | Discussion Time

Resources

Employee Online Courses Audit a course at the school you have an interest Alumni Associations | Company Groups MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

Such as: Classics, Languages, Chemistry, History, Economics, International Relations, Political Science, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

Hosted by: Emory, MIT, Oxford, UC Berkeley, Harvard etc.

THANK YOU!

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