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The benefits of continuing education for your career

Continuing education is a key component to ensuring your long-term career success. Whether you are just starting out in your career or are an experienced professional, it is essential to develop and maintain your skills and knowledge in your field. In an ever-changing world of rapidly evolving technologies, work methods and business practices, it is increasingly important to stay current on the latest industry trends.

In addition to helping you stay competitive in the job market, continuing education can also help you increase your employability and career opportunities, but also increase your salary and benefits to improve your overall quality of life.

However, with so many training options available, it can be difficult to choose the right continuing education for your needs. You need to consider a number of factors, such as your career goals, your field of work, your current skills and knowledge, and the length and cost of the training you are considering.

In this article, we will explore the benefits of continuing education for your career and how it can help you achieve your professional and personal goals. We’ll also discover how to choose the right continuing education for your needs and how you can make the most of it to maximize your professional and personal benefits.

The benefits of continuing education

Continuing education offers many benefits to your career and your overall working life. It helps you acquire new skills and knowledge, update existing skills, develop new perspectives and approaches, increase your employability and career opportunities, and improve your salary and benefits.

Acquire new skills and knowledge

Continuing education also helps you gain new skills and knowledge for your current job or future career. Our continuing education programs cover a wide variety of topics, including technology, computer science, business, communication, leadership, soft skills, social sciences, office technology, management, and even graphic arts.

Update your skills and knowledge

Continuing education allows you to update your existing skills and knowledge to keep up with the latest trends and developments in your field. This allows you to stay current and competitive in the job market and thus sustain your employability.

Develop new perspectives and approaches

Continuing education also helps you develop new perspectives and approaches to problem solving, learn new ways of working and discover new ideas and best practices to improve your daily work.

Improve employability and create new career opportunities

Continuing education allows you to increase your employability by improving your skills and knowledge, which can help you get a job or a promotion. It can also open up new career opportunities in related or different fields.

Increase your salary and benefits

Continuing education may lead to increased pay or other benefits, as employers may offer higher wages to workers with additional skills and knowledge.

How to choose the right continuing education for your needs?

Choosing the right continuing education is crucial. It is very important to take the time to select the right training to have a significant impact on your career. By choosing quality training, you can gain additional skills and knowledge to achieve your professional goals and advance in your career.

Here are the steps to follow to choose the most suitable continuing education course:

1. Identify your current and future professional needs

Before you begin your search, assess your current and future professional and personal needs. Identify the areas in which you wish to progress, the promising areas in which you wish to move. You can also simply identify the subjects or areas in which you wish to acquire new skills or knowledge necessary to achieve your goals.

2. Assess your current skills and knowledge

Take an objective assessment of your current skills and knowledge to determine where you stand and where you need to improve. This can be done through online testing, one-on-one assessments, a workplace behavioral assessment, an annual review, or anything else that highlights your strengths and weaknesses. This will help you find the most appropriate continuing education for your current level.

3. Research the best continuing education options

Research the best continuing education options available to meet your goals. This may include different training formats such as online training programs, face-to-face training, seminars, workshops, conferences, coaching, or corporate training. Compare their costs, duration, content and delivery methods to find the course that best suits your learning habits and is most effective in providing you with the solid, long-term skills and knowledge you need to achieve your goals.

4. Evaluate the costs and duration of the training

Evaluate the cost and duration of the training to determine if it is aligned with your personal and professional goals. It is important to evaluate the return on investment when it comes to acquiring real skills. There is no point in investing in information but rather in quality training. You also need to consider ancillary costs such as travel, accommodation and educational materials. These can represent a significant portion of the total cost of the training. Finally, we advise you to find out about the financing methods offered by the cantons and the confederation or even by your professional branch.

5. Choose the training best suited to your needs

Once you have assessed your business needs, your current state of skills and knowledge, the best training options available, costs, ROI and duration of training, you can choose the most appropriate continuing education for your needs.

At ITTA, we offer a wide range of continuing education programs to meet the needs of all professionals. Whether you want to improve your IT, digital marketing or project management skills, our training courses offer you the opportunity to gain new knowledge and skills to succeed in your career.

Conclusion

In conclusion, choosing the right training for your needs is a necessary and essential task to improve your skills and increase your employability. It is important to take into account a variety of criteria such as your level of knowledge, your field of activity, your career objectives and your budget in order to choose the continuing education that will help you achieve your professional or personal goals.

Our team of continuing education experts is on hand to help you find the training that suits your needs and your budget. Do not hesitate to browse our training catalog to discover all the training we offer and to contact us for personalized advice on continuing education adapted to your professional needs.

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