While you’re in school people are constantly asking what you want to do when you finish school, what do you want to be when you grow up. We are under constant pressure to know what our future is, and have it already mapped out when we are only 17 or 18. But how are we to know where our enjoyment lies and where our strengths can truly be lived out. This takes many years to shape and form. Sometimes we only really start finding true depth and direction in our career path when we start hovering around the age of 30. It is currently that we also want to be steadily climbing the ladder and advancing into more senior and higher organisational positions. And finding ourselves there, we now know what it is we want to study and where we want our career to go. With this extended knowledge gained by being an adult, we can then pursue further learning. There are several courses that are available part-time or modular which can be done while working. Here are a few that are worth considering.
Project Management
Pretty much any business, job diploma or any position requires a large portion of project management practice in its portfolio of skills. Diploma project management is one course that is guaranteed to strengthen your capability and deepen the effectiveness of your work. It will enhance your knowledge and understanding of part-time, the theories pertaining to management and different practices and methodologies.
Finance for non-financial Managers
You may find yourself sitting around the board room table with colleagues and subordinates and struggling to make sense of all the jargon and figures being thrown around. It is not that they’re smarter than you, it is just not an area that you’ve spent as much time learning about. So, although you’re not planning on going into finance or being a financial manager, doing a short course on finance for non-financial managers is a great option to consider. Even if you own your own business and you’re wanting to have a better grasp of how the financial side of the business works so that you can make better business decisions.
Strategic thinking and execution
As you grow your career and advance your position, you will be more and more involved in strategic thinking. It is a skill that you should develop as early in your career as possible because this is what will make you stand out above the crowds. Your ability to offer strategic ideas and insights into current and future situations or scenarios will make you a great candidate to hire or promote. And if you can offer a degree of systems thinking connected to the suggested ideas and creative innovations, this will indicate your ability to put thinking into practice so that it’s not just active imaginations at work. Companies look for people can do more than just the hard skills that their day to day job requires.
