Online training resources
A number of places you should look for courses (many of them free) that will help you gain skills of use to you:
- www.Alison.com – all sorts of courses on all sorts of topics
- www.ecollege.ie – the FAS ecollege
- www.lynda.com – online software training videos
- www.khanacademy.org – ‘learn almost anything for free’ –they boast of having over 4,000 videos and, at last count, they had delivered 162,800,596 lessons
- www.teamtreehouse.com If you already are quite IT-proficient, but want to move to the next level – design and develop for the web – they have over 750 training videos
- Learning to type – this has come up on a number of occasions on training courses we run. Here are recommended sites that will act as your teacher. Persistence is what’s needed: stick with it. www.PowerTyping.com and www.TypeOnline.co.uk
- www.SkillShare.net – a global community centred around creativity, collboration and learning by doing
Other sources for up skilling yourself
- Your local library
- YouTube
- Your personal and professional networks
- Your Jobs Club
If we’ve missed any, please email us at callback@slinuacareers.com with the details.