Online-Education.net Launches Career Coach Feature with Career Planning Advice
Online-Education.net has just launched a career coach feature to meet a projected interest in the booming education and health supersector. A variety of career and education questions are answered by Karen Platt, Ph.D. Having a career coach available to all online visitors is one way that Online-Education.net helps students plan their futures.
(PRWEB) February 27, 2007 -- Online-Education.net, a one-stop source for students and prospective students exploring e-learning, announces Karen Platt as the newest career coach to offer career and education tips. This resource meets a projected interest in the thriving education and health supersector. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that the education and health supersector will grow faster than any other in the coming years.
Visitors to Online-Education.net can bring questions to career coach, Karen Platt. Platt holds a Ph.D. in English and has taught college students for several years. Visitors can post their requests for career planning advice, and she replies on the site. Recent queries include:
| | - Nursing Degree Options for Postgraduates: A stay-at-home mom who would like to go back to work and enter the nursing field. Platt tells her about prospects in the nursing field, as well as the different types of degree options available.
- Becoming a Kindergarten Teacher: A full-time mother with a degree in business administration who loves teaching wants to enroll in an online degree program. The career coach explains various online education options.
- Headed for a Career in Counseling with a Doctoral Degree: A visitor has a variety of seemingly unrelated degrees. This person wants to apply this education toward a Ph.D. focusing on the psychology of self-esteem in women. Platt describes the credentials necessary to practice counseling, as well as the Ph.D. curriculum.
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According to the Office Team Career Challenge survey as reported in USA Today, not asking for help is the number one networking mistake. When asked, "In your opinion, which one of the following is the biggest mistake people make when networking with professional colleagues?" Thirty-seven percent responded: not asking for help when they need it.
"Students are often surprised to learn that the degree they want is available through an online degree program. They're delighted to find that not only can they make a career change through distance learning, but a degree from an accredited institution is as reputable as a degree earned in a traditional classroom," says site spokesperson Christyn Randolph.
Online-Education.net is a one-stop source for students and prospective students. In addition to interactive career coaching, the site offers information on courses, online degree programs and computer training.
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