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How to Get Ahead at Work Without a College Degree

Eat Your Career

I’ll give you a quick example: I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in marketing in 2001. That was before social media was even a thing. If not having your degree is weighing heavily on your self-esteem or if you simply want to have the experience of higher-education, I personally believe there’s never any drawback to learning.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

Claudienne Hibbert-Smith President, TRU Prep Academy/ TRU Real Estate Exchange Hibbert-Smith became a mom at the age of 14 and obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2001 from the University of Florida. What started as a crowd-funded project has now garnered over 600 million episode views and more than 10 million social media followers.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

This generation of workers is still highly desirable because of their skills in technology and their (social media) connections,” Finnigan says. Then the 2001 recession hit the Telecom and IT sector. Destroying someone's self esteem doesn't actually make them better. And that’s a good thing.”

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Especially when you’re inexperienced, self-esteem issues come into play – having people you respect say that you’re doing something right. Alasdair McGregor: how to write non-fiction well Reply poch January 4, 2010 at 6:23 am This post reminded me of a wise advice from a site: Anticipate and watch social media trends.

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