UNC Business Essentials Blog
The Extra Push
Today’s college grads are faced with a trend that no previous generations of college graduates have had to face: degree inflation. A bachelor’s no longer gets you the type of job that a bachelor’s got you in 1980. That’s not to say everyone needs to go back to grad school and get a Doctorate or PhD. There are so many ways to give yourself a one up but it is all starting to come down to what you know and how prepared you are. There are two avenues that I believe you can take to do this. One is to make an account on Code Academy or Team Treehouse and start learning HTML and CSS. That, however, is far from Read More
Staying Engaged, One Lesson at a Time
Read a few pages worth of notes, do some pointless practice problems, and take a short test you are nowhere near prepared for – these are frequently the steps one goes through when completing an online course. However, solely doing these things is rarely going to make a student care about the material or even really learn it; instead, the result is typically ambivalence and boredom. So I was a bit hesitant about UNC Business Essentials. As a computer-based program, I worried that I would quickly lose interest and feel distanced from the information. I soon learned, though, that I could not have been more wrong, as UNC Business Essentials uses a mixture of teaching approaches and relevant, real-life examples Read More
Direct Application of Important Business Topics
I have never learned something that had so much real-world application as what I have learned from UNC Business Essentials. There have been many times at employer information sessions, reading articles in the Wall Street Journal, or sitting down in interviews where I was able to follow along and feel I had a grasp on important business concepts. For example, I recently went to a Pengo Loans information session – a local start-up that provides loans to medium-sized enterprises in Africa. While I was surrounded by seasoned business professionals who talked about return on investments and equity, I was still able to understand the message Pengo Loans had to offer. I have also interviewed for several marketing companies. As a Read More
Extra Education Translates to Academic Dedication in Job Applications
As a senior with less than a month till graduation, the achievement of a UNC Business Essentials certificatenot only helps to enhance my bachelor’s degree from a prestigious university, but also, shows my academic dedication and my desire to attain professional success in the business world. Before taking the UNC Business Essentials course, I had no intention of participating in business field and did not think that I would eventually want to pursue higher education in the field of accounting. Through my studies within the UNC Business Essentials program, I discovered my growing interest in accounting and my commitment to pursue further education in business. The opportunity to serve as an ambassador of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business Essentials Program has Read More
Standing Out in the Health Care Industry
My decision to follow through with UNC Business Essentials was only made after I had found the answer to one of my biggest questions – How in the world will this program help me out in the health care and fitness industry? I had a talk with one of the directors at UNC Career Services, who filled me in on how great the program looks on resumes to employers in my field of interest. After reading some articles on my own and talking to some of the UNC faculty I work with in the Exercise & Sport Science department, I felt confident that this program really is good for anyone, especially me. There’s a business side to health care, whether Read More
The Value of a UNC Kenan-Flagler Certificate
One of the best things about the UNC Business Essentials program is that it is done through UNC’s top quality business school: UNC Kenan-Flagler. The school is respected throughout the world, and especially here in the Triangle it is especially well renowned. Because of this it is a very helpful thing to have on your résumé when you first venture out into the job market. UNC Kenan-Flagler is a very powerful brand, and when people see that name they think of prestige and excellence. This is extremely valuable, and potential employers trust that you have received a strong foundation in business based on that brand name. This gave me a psychological boost heading into interviews because I knew my educational Read More
Keeping My Interest
I decided to take the UNC Business Essentials course because I wanted to learn the basics of business before graduating. I had always wanted to take a class at the business school during my time at Carolina, but as I was already a double major with a minor, I could never find the time in my schedule. Although I was initially hesitant about taking a course online, I decided to do the UNC Business Essentials program. One of my initial concerns about taking an online course was that there would be no one there to help me if I was struggling with any of the material. However, after submitting essays for each module, I received helpful feedback. Additionally, it was Read More
Creating Versatility
Whenever I am asked about the program and how it was beneficial to me I always tell people that it made me versatile. My interest are in Marketing, Advertising, and Communications so I have no knowledge about Economics and Finance but UNC Business Essentials broke down key concepts essential to those subjects. Now when I hear certain terms or concepts I can engage in conversation, not deep into the subject matter, but I do have a general understanding of the topics. I am currently in the process of finding a job post-graduation and every time I look at my dresser I am confident in my abilities, even if my luck with jobs doesn’t reflect it. I am applying for any Read More