Posts Tagged ‘Green IT’

Back to School: eLearning and Choosing Your Career Path

Thursday, September 1st, 2011

For the past few weeks, we have been sharing a series of articles related to the Back to School season.  We will be wrapping up our Back to School series today with an article about choosing a career path.  Although distance learning, or eLearning, has been around for many years, it is considered to be the most technologically advanced way to earn a degree or certification.  If you have chosen eLearning as your method of obtaining your education or training, chances are you are a forward thinking type of person who likes to keep up with the latest news and trends.  So this week we are going to discuss a few course offerings from Gatlin International that would lead you into a stable and cutting edge career.

Sustainability

One career area that has seen lots of growth in the past couple of years is Sustainability sector.  With the popularity of environmental responsibility for business leaders and consumers alike, it is no surprise that “Green Business” prospects would be on the rise.  Gatlin International offers several eLearning courses for students interested in the Sustainability sector.  One such course is Green Business and Sustainability Professional.  This is a course that will provide students with a working knowledge of green business principles, practices and opportunities.  The course will also provide the foundation needed to be able to integrate environmental sustainability so that it adds value to a company’s bottom line.  Another Sustainability course offered by Gatlin is Green IT – Information and Communications Technology for a Sustainable Future.  This course is designed to prepare working professionals and university-level students to be the sustainability leaders of the future by educating students on the basics of sustainability and technology.

Lean Business

Another very promising career area is what is referred to as “Lean Business” or simply “Lean”.  The Lean Business model almost goes hand-in-hand with sustainable business practices mentioned above in that the goal of a Lean business is to reduce waste and resource usage while maximizing customer benefits.  Courses on the topic of Lean Business offered by Gatlin International Include: Lean Mastery for Manufacturing – This Lean Mastery Online Training Program contains clear, concise information on transforming a business enterprise and making it Lean, Lean Mastery for Healthcare – This course explains the importance of Lean for Healthcare, how to implement it, and why it produces substantial benefits, and Lean Mastery for Administration (Office) – like the Lean Mastery for Healthcare course, this course also explains the importance of the Lean Office, how to implement it, and explains its benefits.  If you are interested in any of these courses, please visit our Sustainability category at http://gatlininternational.co.uk/catalogue/category/sustainability.

ACCA

The last career area we are going to talk about today is Accounting.  Often referred to as a “recession-proof” career, jobs in accounting are relatively abundant and stable.  If you are interested in the field of Accounting, Gatlin International offers a series of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) courses that would be an excellent investment.  By completing this seventeen course series with Gatlin International, you will have all of the tools and knowledge necessary to earn ACCA membership.  For more information on these courses, visit the Business and Professional link in the Gatlin International course catalogue today.

Economy forces tuitions higher; students and teachers suffer

Monday, March 8th, 2010

March 4th, student protestors in Oakland picketed as part of  ‘National Day of Action for Public Education.’ Protests started back in September 2009 at UCLA, and has now spread across the United States as an all-out movement to fight increased tuition costs for college students. The protests  migrated to Colorado last week when about 600 people marched from Denver’s Metro Campus to the State Capitol.  At the same time, protests turned violent at Northern California’s UC Berkley when police attempted to block a walking demonstration. Participants around the country were trying to shine a light on the growing number of students who will no longer be able to afford an education at their current colleges or universities. (more…)