10: Will your employer pay for your degree?
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change07/27/21 • 18 min
If your company offers tuition assistance to pursue a degree, you can start making your career switch NOW while you’re at your current job. This is what Weavy Garcia did when he decided to diversify from IT. Getting his MBA through his employer was an opportunity to learn about business, get his Master’s, and switch into sales, a more lucrative option for him.
In this episode, Weavy tells us what it was like to work full-time during the day and take classes at night to earn his degree. Spoiler alert: It was tough, but it was worth it for his career switch. His MBA, along with his IT experience, have helped him secure his future by always being employable, whether in IT, sales, or both. He now has the flexibility and diversification he was looking for.
Weavy also shares how he had to move on from his employer after he got his MBA in order to grow and how networking was key in making his career switch.
Weavy’s podcast: The Uncanny Coconuts
Weavy’s drone business: FlyTechGuy Drone Services
Resources:
10 Best Master’s Degrees for Career Changers:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/best-masters-degrees-for-career-change
These Fortune 500 companies will help pay for employee MBAs:
50 Companies with Amazing Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://myscholly.com/50-companies-with-amazing-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
25+ Companies with Tuition Reimbursement Programs:
https://getschooled.com/article/5206-companies-with-great-tuition-reimbursement-programs/
How to Use—and Ask For—Employer Tuition Reimbursement Benefits:
https://extension.harvard.edu/blog/how-to-use-and-ask-for-employer-tuition-reimbursement-benefits/
Music credit: TimMoor from Pixabay
Podcast info:
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07/27/21 • 18 min
Career Switch Podcast: Expert advice for your career change - 10: Will your employer pay for your degree?
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Lixandra: Hi, everyone. I'm Lixandra Uresta, and this is Career Switch Podcast. This show is here to encourage you to take action with whatever career change you've been considering or are working on. In some episodes, I talk to people who've made their own career switch, whether by choice or circumstance. They share the good, the bad, and the truth about their journey, including what worked for them and what didn't.
In other episodes, I speak with experts who offer their best career ad
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