Month: March 2019

I’m working on another article and will post it soon. I started a new job 3 hours away from home 2 weeks ago, signed our lease for the next living space (moving over the next 4-6 weeks), and fighting off a nasty case of bronchitis that hit me early last week. Living in a hotel in a foreign town, new on the job, and keeping your neighbors up all night
with an annoying cough adds a bonus points to life’s latest challenge.

The next post will be about keeping your patience in check, the “decay of modern society”, and driving. Sounds provocative, right? That might be a little over-the-top, but I promise it’ll be thought-provoking!

One of the things I love most about LinkedIn is their Learning site. It is Premium access content but it has a wide variety of topics to obtain training.

Before the trigger words “Premium access” scare you off, please let me explain something very important. It’s a monthly fee for multiple features and the Learning access is only one facet. The courses are all included. If you bill one month for premium for about $30, you can take as many courses you can possibly fit into your day. If you’re already using it for your job search and didn’t know what Learning had to offer click that icon on the upper right in your LinkedIn window! Start searching for something new to learn!

Here’s the link to all the features: https://premium.linkedin.com/

Training Course Examples

For example, have you ever wanted to take Six Sigma Green Belt training but aren’t able to at your current job? No problem! They have a full 17 hr 19 min course consisting of 11 major segments that you can take at your leisure in the evenings. If you took one course per day you’d be done in less than 2 weeks. Some of the course segments are closer to an hour so you could easily double-up a couple courses in a night.

There are courses for practically anything such as:

• managing up
• leading without formal authority (psst, nudging all fellow engineers)
• leading or participating in a global team
• creating a career plan
• career pivoting
• learning Minitab (also part of the Green Belt training)
• learning to say “no”
• negotiating a job offer

You can even learn how to build video games with Unreal Engine! The possibilities to learn are practically endless!

Take Training to Create Training

Keep in mind, maybe you already have a certification in something but you’re tasked with building a training course at work. By taking a course on LinkedIn Learning you could get some ideas for how you’d want to structure your employee training at work.

Questions, Comments, Concerns?

If you still have any questions after reading things feel free to leave a comment here on this site or connect with me on LinkedIn through my link on the sidebar.

Disclaimer: if you take so many training courses in a day that you forget to eat or sleep I do not take responsibility for your time management – but there is a course for that!