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Do employers or hiring managers value continuing education like a college class or two that is mostly relevant to a specific job position? For example taking a class on QuickBooks or Medical Billing Software considering that it relates to the type of office work that the person is applying to?
Some employers do value education. The last IT company that I worked for had 100% tuition reimbursement. I worked for that company for 28 years and they paid for three of my degrees. The degrees didn't even have to be in the line of the employee's work. It was a nice benefit to have in what was an otherwise loser company.
Employers value skills. If additional class work gives you that, do it.
But if you can attain the skill by studying on your own that's also a good path. I generally learn new things on my own because formal classes go too slow.
Sure. When I worked at the state, the pay was awful but they had a tuition waiver for state schools for many degree programs (basically anything that wasn’t strictly a professional degree program like law, medicine, MBA... but you could get a MPH, MPA, or other graduate degree that could be helpful for the state). Tons of people took advantage of that program to get undergraduate or graduate degrees. Most universities also have some sort of program as well. One of my friends used his employer’s program to help him get a low-cost graduate degree and now has a high-paying job in management that spun off from his university job.
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Yes, in fact so much so that we pay for it. One of the Admins in our Legal department went to law school with tuition assistance and is now one of our attorneys. I have send one of my people to advanced Sharepoint Design training. In our IT department people are going to outside classes all the time to keep up with the latest technology.
Where I am now, no, I don't think it's really rewarded. There would be no benefit to me for getting a graduate degree. My salary wouldn't change. Given low turnover at the manager and above level, there probably isn't anything for me to move up to anyway. Some jobs may require a license, and continuing education may be required as far as maintaining that license goes.
Some do, some don't. It only matters to what might benefit them and their bottom line. There are too many different companies and variables though to give one definitive answer to this question.
Are you taking the continuing education to get employment or as a part of current employment?
In a job search, your experience is going to matter first, but if you augment your bookkeeping skills by adding Quickbooks software to your tool belt, that will is usually a definite plus. If you are adding these skills, but have no prior experience where the continuing ed would be relevant, then it will be a toss up. You would want to pursue the employers that see the value is your additional skills.
If you are doing this as a part of current employment, most companies will encourage their employees to continue to upgrade their skills. They may even offer to pay for outside continuing education, so long as it is relevant to your current work.
Either way, I wouldn’t want to work anywhere that was against my growth. It’s a detriment to allow yourself to stagnate.
Find a company that offers tuition reimbursement, and a good manager at that company who'll fully support your growth and development. You don't necessarily need both, but both will make it much easier for you.
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Good ones do. In fact, I can't think of one bigger signaling factor than an employee who improves on his/her own time.
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