Education/Career Self Reliance Suggestions

1. Learn something new.
2. Brush up on your career skills that have become rusty.
3. Learn a new computer skill.
4. Update your resume.
5. Read a book about improving your people skills.
6. Read a book about your educational area of focus.
7. Take an interest/aptitude test to find your areas of talent.
8. Volunteer to help in your child's school.
9. Have your own "summer school" with your children.
10. Take your children on a field trip this summer.
11. Take music lessons or have your children take them.
12. Practice and improve a skill you already have.
13. Turn off the TV for a week and read.
14. Have a family summer reading program-how many books?
15. Teach your children how to work.
16. Read to your children every night before bed.
17. Improve your math skills.
18. Research a topic of interest.
19. Find out about advancements in your job and work toward it.
20. Learn more about today's job market and demands.