Make the Most of Your Unemployment by Learning

Make the Most of Your Unemployment by Learning What are you doing during this period of unemployment to increase your skills and marketability? Teach yourself new things. Learn new technology. Become better at taking initiative. There is no shortage of information available to you online today. Much of it is F R E E.   With extra time available, make the most of your unemployment by learning new things. You may have noticed job ads requesting skills or technology you dont have. Wouldnt you feel more confident if you possessed some of them? You can. Create a list of things you want/need to learn and check out the following resources for courses to develop new skills. MOOCs MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. Stanford, Harvard, MIT and many other universities have opened up their courses for public consumption. These are the top 3 according to this New York Times article. COURSERA: There are 33 university partners edX:   Collaborative effort between M.I.T. ; Harvard; the University of California at Berkeley; and the University of Texas system UDACITY: No university affiliation but started by a Stanford professor Online Learning Opportunities There are certainly many opportunities available to you for low- or no-cost. Ask around for recommendations. It all depends on what you want/need to learn. Here is a post I wrote with several recommendations for online learning at no-cost. The Rest Is Up To You Chances are, if you have a favorite, go-to source for job search information (or any favorite source), they offer free or low-cost webinars or videos. Just like in the real-world of work, it is up to you to seek out opportunities to learn! Go for it!