Online Career Courses that Pay Off

Top 4 Majors with Lucrative Career Potential

Whether you’re a recent high school grad or pondering navigating new career territory with online career courses, you were probably told you'd see success if you “learn what you love and love what you learn” by some very wise person in your life. Well, that sentiment may well have rung true once upon a time, but today, many once-popular career and college majors are more likely to boast high unemployment rates and low average starting salaries. While those majors lie mostly in the Fine Arts and Humanities, there are a number of majors that spur lucrative career and salary growth, some right out of college or career school. 

The good folks at Kiplinger put together a list of the best college majors for a lucrative career. The following list contains 4 of the best majors. PCDI online career school offers flexible and affordable training in each. 

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Advertising your Skilled Trades Business

4 Useful Ways to Drum Up New Business

Whether you’ve recently completed skilled trades courses or you're a seasoned HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Landscaping or other service-based professional, it's important to understand that building your client base takes more than a commitment to quality labor and excellent work ethic. Building your customer base in today’s plugged-in world requires awareness of the advertising and marketing tools at your disposal and how you can leverage them to your advantage. Here are 4 ways publicize your services and build your brand without breaking the bank.

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Criminal Justice Careers and Social Media

Timeline: Crime doesn’t pay on Facebook!

Facebook is as much a part of our social landscape in the new millennium as 20^th Century social communities like the Elks and Rotary clubs or Junior League were in their heyday. Many people don’t give a second thought to the content they share with their online friends and family. In fact, because criminal activity has taken a different form on Facebook, those immersed in criminal justice careers are being called upon to create new law as well as reinterpret existing laws.

All internet communication leaves a trail, especially Facebook. Cyberbullying, cyberstalking and relationship disputes are among the criminal activities that have sparked a change in how the criminal justice system uses the internet to solve crimes. The following infographic: 20 Cases Solved By Using Facebook, created by the Criminal Justice Degrees Guide, illustrates how criminals rat themselves out by posting photo evidence or status updated discussing their criminal activity…

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Education Careers: Teacher Assisting Careers

Flashcards: Still an Effective Learning Tool?

Do you remember learning your ABC’s and numerals using flashcards back in grade school? What about addition and subtraction? Well, it looks like flashcards are making a come-back (maybe they’ve never been AWOL)!

Whether you are considering teacher assisting school or are already studying for a career in education, you’ll no doubt tackle a wide variety of subjects such as principles of brain-based learning and cognitive and language development theory as well as embracing proven learning tools including flashcards.

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Veterinary Assisting Careers

You love animals! So, why not fold your love for animals into a career caring for their health and well-being? You can at PCDI's Veterinary Assisting School.

Like many online career schools that offer training in veterinary assisting, the fundamental courses you’ll study include subjects like surgical nursing and terminology, and pathology and preventive medicine. And, of course, each subject is designed to give you give you the expertise to really make a difference with animal patients of all species and sizes.

Plus, you’ll also take a deep-dive into the world of veterinary anatomy and physiology. Sounds intimidating but you’ll learn some really fascinating things about how animals function and you just might become a trivia night secret weapon.

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Fitness and Exercise Careers

The Personal Trainer and the App

You’ve seen them in just about every fitness center; old-school exercise “app”aratus. Treadmills, circuit machinery, stationary bikes and the like have all been as much cornerstones of the health and wellness industry as Fitness and exercise career professionals and personal trainers themselves. But now, thanks to smartphone technology there are a bevy of smartphone apps that are assisting fitness professionals and their clients alike.

An infographic recently developed by market research firm Lab42 titled Let's Get Physical and Digital, illustrates that 33% of smartphone owners polled use apps to track fitness and food regimens with another 31% doing the same on websites. And, a whopping 75% are sharing their fitness progress on Facebook.

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