Learning A Living: Career Success Without Formal Credentials

Looking for a job? Want to keep the one you have, or maybe be promoted? Learning a Living says it all. The secret to landing and keeping a job is to take charge of your own education. Employers are looking for competence, and in these lean times, demonstrated knowledge and ability can count more than paper credentials. Full of useful tips, Learning a Living reveals simple and proven ways to build your competence and improve your standing at work, whether or not you have a degree or certificate in your pocket. It’s not enough to squeak by with what you already know. From his own experience, author Hayes can attest to the value of deliberately adding to that knowledge base and also studying organizational behavior. When they see you as the go-to person, he notes, they want to keep you around. (5254 words)