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What's New at ACS
Courses in HIGH DEMAND in today's workplace.
10% Discount on Selected Courses
- B & B Management
- Horticulture I
- Introduction to Psychology
- Introduction to Photography
- Landscaping I
- Marine Studies I
CLICK HERE to take advantage of the special offers
Our new CD courses have advantages over both paper based and online courses.
CD courses offer
- interactive self tests (not included in traditional paper based courses).
- fees are cheaper
- more photos are included in most courses
- course materials generally download faster than the online study option
….and if you want hard copy notes, it's easy to print a copy of anything you want as needed.
Bookshop Now Offers 1000's of Titles
We've added a new feature to our online bookshop this month which allows you to choose from thousands of different books to purchase by mail order.
Click here for more http://www.acsbookshop.com/Publishersdir.aspx
----------------------------------------------------------- Specialist Web Sites Upgraded
Work is now well underway upgrading and expanding the contents of several specialist areas on the web. Check them out, and bookmark them. These are rapidly becoming great resources for both ACS students and the broader internet community.
Psychology www.acsedu.com/psychol
Photography www.acsedu.com/photo
Business & Management www.acsedu.com/bus
Agriculture www.acsedu.com/agriculture
Writing www.acsedu.com/writing
Environmental www.acsedu.com/environment
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Courses: Revisions, Updates, New Online
Courses with significant changes and/or expansion since the beginning of July include:
- Introduction to Photography
- Photo Technology
- RHS Certificate 2 in Horticulture
- Arboriculture I
- Nature Park Management I
- Viticulture
- Interior Plants
- Statistics
- Psychology and Counselling
- Marketing Psychology
- Relationships Counselling and Communication
- Counselling Techniques
- Ecotour Management
- Leadership
- Project Management
- Cell Biology
- Self Sufficiency I
Courses put online (now available online or on CD) recently include:
- Sports Nutrition
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology
- Introduction to Psychology
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Large sections of the ACS Photo Library will become available online in the not too distant future through a new site: www.webphotos.com.au
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Our online library has had hundreds of additional articles added over recent weeks, particularly in horticulture. There are now well over 600 articles including several of John Mason's books in this library. We will be expanding contents of all other disciplines over the coming months.
Special Offer: Temporary Access to the library FREE for August click here http://www.acsedu.com/Library/message.aspx
From September, only students enrolled with ACS or affiliates will be given unrestricted access to the ACS online library.
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Click here for the Questionnaire
Submit the completed questionnaire by August 30th and you automatically enter the draw to receive a whopping 30% off one of our online courses. Winners will be notified by email.
Write your answers to the following questions and submit the questionnaire to: questionnaire@acsedu.com
or fax to: (07 55 251728.
Comments by John Mason Principal of ACS & author of over 40 books.
Will this Course Get me a Job?
Some colleges and schools quote success rates and promise all types of things about the sort of job you might get upon completing a course. It would be lovely if things were so simple, but in reality they are not.
The truth is getting a job and having a successful career will depend upon many things, and the course you do is only one of those things.
EDUCATION CONTRIBUTES TO GETTING A JOB BUT DON'T FOOL YOURSELF THAT BECOMING QUALIFIED IS ALL YOU NEED!
You need to understand that ALL of the following things are going to have an affect upon your success:
1. Knowledge of core aspects of your discipline. You need a broad understanding of any discipline as a foundation. Employers understand that you will be more adaptable to change with a broad based knowledge. Specialist knowledge is always valuable, and may serve you well in the short term; but excessively specialised people sometimes become unemployed when their specialisation is no longer in demand.
2. Have a wide range of specific skills; even beyond your own discipline. (eg. Most employers find an understanding of computers and other technologies useful).
3. Management and possibly business skills - some people have the qualification, but never go to management level because all they have acquired is the ability to pass exams, which is not always the same as the ability to manage well.
4. Good Contacts/Networking – at ACS, we develop this, some schools don't. Often it is who you know not what you know.
5. Attitude -clients more often than not will employ people largely because they communicate an attitude more in tune with a particular organisation/business.
6. Ability to think laterally (or outside the box).
7. Uniqueness - Many employers have said to me "why employ someone who has the same skill set as everyone else...I want someone who can bring something different to my business".
8. Licensing – some jobs do require a license or government registration (eg. Doctors, electricians); but the license alone is rarely a guarantee of employment.
Anyone can go and do a short course to get licences but the bulk of career success depends on a combination of everything else. People who appreciate what I'm saying here are probably in a better position to succeed than those who do not - long term at least.
We believe training through our school is as good as the best anywhere; but at the end of the day, your success or failure is going to be affected by a lot more than just what you study. We try to help you with other things like networking and developing an appropriate attitude toward the industry, and an ability to think laterally; but some people develop these areas better than others and you will never know unless you try.
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