| A night course can help you take control of your | | | | skills - which are useful for people of all |
| own career development and speed your ascent | | | | backgrounds and careers. In today's fast changing |
| up the corporate ladder... | | | | and competitive job market, employers often |
| One of the main reasons why people decide to | | | | require candidates to have shown initiative and |
| take a night course is career development. A | | | | gained extra qualifications, especially when hiring |
| night course can give you the extra skills, | | | | for highly sought after or prominent positions. |
| professional training, work experience, industry | | | | A nightcourse can also be the easiest way for |
| contacts and insider know-how to allow you to | | | | people to move careers. Many people reach a |
| take your career onto the next level. | | | | stage in their life when they need a change, but it |
| On the job training is now a reality in most | | | | is not that easy to walk out of one career and |
| occupations. The idea of the same person doing | | | | into another. The option of going back and |
| the same tasks each day for forty years is long | | | | applying to third level as a mature student is not |
| gone. Modern work practices and equipment, as | | | | that plausible for many people. Taking a night |
| well as broadening of career horizons and individual | | | | course, while continuing on in your present job, is |
| ambition, have changed all our working | | | | a very useful way of smoothing the transition. |
| environments. Today's worker must be highly | | | | This website also contains many courses that act |
| trained, flexible and technologically adept. | | | | as a gateway to the professions. For example, |
| Bigger companies generally have HR departments | | | | law or accountancy graduates - who already have |
| that look after the training and learning | | | | a third level qualification - still need to pass exams |
| requirements of their staff. Structured career | | | | to gain entry to the professional societies and |
| development programmes can guide staff up the | | | | work as solicitors, barristers or accountants. Many |
| corporate ladder, but many people decide to take | | | | people study for these exams at night, while |
| control of their own careers themselves and find | | | | working full time during the day in a related job. |
| the right course that suits their particular interests | | | | Professional societies also run many career |
| and ambitions. Either way it can be possible to | | | | development diploma or certificate courses |
| persuade your employer that your further learning | | | | (examples of subjects include marketing, HR, |
| is a good investment for the company, as you | | | | engineering, IT and sales) for people to augment |
| can bring your new skills and knowledge to bear | | | | their skills and progress their career. |
| on their behalf. | | | | Enrolling in a night course can be a big |
| It is common to augment a CV with a qualification | | | | commitment, and takes a good deal of dedication |
| in a discipline that is related but not exactly the | | | | and investment of time and resources. However |
| same as your basic degree. For instance someone | | | | more and more Irish people each year are making |
| with a business degree may take a night course | | | | these sacrifices to open up new and exciting |
| in PR or marketing, while a design graduate can | | | | opportunities, and ensure that their career |
| add a multimedia qualification to his or her | | | | develops in the most challenging and rewarding |
| resumè. There are some subjects - such as an | | | | way possible. |
| extra language, IT qualification or communications | | | | |