Growing into Project Management
If you’re considering the timing, cost and work requirements of earning an associates degree to boost salary or raise your level of responsibility, you may already have the right mind-set for project management. Project management covers a lot of ground, and can vary widely depending on the size of the company, the project team and […]
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Paralegal and Related Careers: Mediator
Rising legal costs and lengthy court proceedings have prompted corporate, government and even civil cases to be resolved outside of the court, through a faster process called Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This opens career opportunities for Paralegal degree holders. The ADR process is handled by mediators – also known as facilitators and arbitrators. Mediators act […]
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Paralegal and related careers… then, now and going forward
In the four decades since the launch of paralegals and legal assistants as an adjunct to lawyers, much has changed on every side and area of specialty within the law. In the late 1960s, the desire to extend legal services to a wider cross-section of Americans introduced the concept of paralegals and legal assistants as […]
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What Employers Value When Hiring Candidates
Students pursuing an Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts at William Woods University may ask whether employers fully value critical thinking and communication skills. Forbes last year highlighted a survey of 200 employers run by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) a Bethlehem, Pa. non-profit group that links college career placement offices with […]
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Five Tips on how Adult Learners Can Use LinkedIn
A good question to ask when thinking about starting a degree like the William Woods University online Associate of Liberal Arts degree is this — can I begin to polish my online professional profile? Start with LinkedIn, a networking social site that’s been around for 10 years. If you do not already have a profile, […]
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Learning to learn
You’ve gotten along well enough to this point — so why pursue a college degree? It’s a question that three quarters of a million Missouri adults — 23.9 percent of the state’s adult population — routinely ask themselves. That’s how many Missouri adults report having gone to college only to exit before gaining the credential […]
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Taking the first step back toward a degree
Life comes with any number of reasons to avoid or step away from earning a college degree. In 2011, nearly 755,000 Missouri adults — 23.9 percent of the state’s adult population — reported having gone to college only to exit before gaining the credential of a two- or four-year degree. That same Lumina Foundation report […]
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