It is of great importance to have an alternate degree or a study that boosts your professional development, whether it is an undergraduate, postgraduate or master’s degree. Students often require a part-time job that allows them to pay for their studies or gain work experience. On another hand, professionals seek to enhance their resume, as well as increase their income through a promotion, where a master’s degree can become vitally important.
Time management and the organization of duties is what defines a considerable balance between these two tasks.
It is essential not to put one before the other, since the two can complement each other in an important way. “The training or specialization of employees is very beneficial for companies, because it strengthens the processes and capacities of people to carry out a job,” explains Gina Vargas, coordinator of counseling and psychosocial care at EAN University.
Organize your schedule with your bosses
Your study and work schedules should go hand in hand with good communication, between bosses and teachers. “It is important that the people in the academy as well as the bosses are aware of the situation you are in, work in and also study; this builds bridges to negotiate times and carry out work,” says Adriana Garcés, manager of Human Talent ManpowerGroup Colombia.
Discipline
Set goals between study and work, so you ensure that there is discipline and harmony between these two aspects. In this way, you can justify yourself with your bosses, that “more than having an obligation to give time for study, they are in the duty to look for a strategy to advance and bring knowledge from the academy to the company, this in order to increase competitiveness and improve productivity,” explains Garcés.
Save time and distances between classrooms and your office. Today, many educational programs are offered from a distance and on the internet you can explore “the benefits of new methodologies, including virtual education that is not face-to-face and that facilitates participation and learning autonomously,” recommends Vargas.
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Don’t run out of batteries
Coping with this routine can tire and bore you; You should not stop spending time with your family and friends, as well as separate moments of leisure, in this way you preserve your relationships and rest your mind.
According to Vargas, even if you feel tired or demotivated, “you should talk to those close to you, who can be an important support in times of frustration or stress.”
How to deal with sleep and ‘extra hours’ of study?
Vargas says that “it must be recognized if perhaps it is more productive to rest and get up early than to stay up late, however, if you opt for the latter do not do it more than two hours a day; It is also convenient to dedicate a fixed time every day to allocate a single day to do the activity to academic”.
Some companies offer – among their benefits – the possibility of studying their employees, but as long as you operate in one that does not, you must be organized with your agenda and not miss the opportunity to increase your knowledge, which in the end can give you a better job opportunity.