ITs never too late

You can see no future for you in this type of work, no light at the end of the tunnel. You wish you could get one of the great-looking jobs you see advertised every day in the papers; but there’s no use even applying for them because you haven’t got the qualifications they demand.

If you actually are in that position, you won’t have to imagine it – it’s all too true. Many people in go-nowhere jobs are just resigned to the fact, because they assume it’s too late to do anything about it. After all, they say, how can I quit my job and go back to college? The bills have to be paid, and this is the only job I’m qualified to do.

Well, the good news is that it’s never too late to get new qualifications or certifications. Distance learning means that you can study a new skill or get a professionally recognised qualification without having to leave your current job.

How is this possible? Simple. Distance learning is home study. You can take almost any kind of IT course or acquire any commercially useful skill, all from the comfort of your own home. Take IT, for instance. There will always be a demand for good IT technicians, programmers, designers and managers – and there are many IT courses available through home study.

A good course provider will offer you excellent support from qualified tutors, who can assist you and regularly assess your progress. They will also send you all the course material you need, and you can submit your work by post or email.

The great thing about home learning is its flexibility. You work at your pace, and at your time – so you can fit your home study regime around your current lifestyle commitments. Because you work in the comfort of your own home, distance learning is often cheaper than studying nine to five in a school or college.

And there’s no travel cost to worry about. Indeed, it doesn’t matter how far away your course provider is. It could be on the other side of the world and still be only an Internet connection away.

Home learning is modular, so you can work at your own speed to complete the course. Some people with very little spare time might take a couple of years to get a particular qualification; others might do it in less than half the time. But whatever your circumstances, you should be able to find a course and a schedule to suit you.

So, thanks to home study, you really can change your destiny to something brighter and more exciting than you ever imagined. Sign up for a distance learning course today – and you’ll soon find that there is light at the end of the tunnel after all.