To read the interview with author, Michelle McGarry, click HERE

REVIEW

If you are looking to save a great deal of time and effort researching educational institutions and organizations offering distance learning programs and courses pertaining to twenty seven different work-at-home enterprises, Michelle McGarry’s insider’s guide book, Train at Home To Work At Home: How to Get Certified, Earn a Degree, or Take a Class From Home to Begin a Work-at-Home Career, will prove to be a godsend.

However, it should be noted, this is not a how-to but rather a where-to-look book.

McGarry’s main focus is to provide information about training and education for home careers. As for the pros and cons of home businesses, and the how-to in setting them up, the author refers her readers to her section entitled “Michelle’s Bookshelf and Bookmarks.”

The arrangement of the listing of occupations and businesses are in alphabetical order, covering such occupations as: bed and breakfast owners, bookkeeping services, catering services, childbirth educators, child day care providers, desktop publishers, editorial services, graphic designers, financial planners, home inspectors, image consultants, indexers, information brokers, medical billing and coding, and many more.

Learning institutions offering programs pertaining to the various careers are listed with their addresses, phone numbers, web sites and email addresses. This is followed by an indication of the courses offered, the types of certifications or degrees attainable, costs, number of credits required for completion, if there is email support, what learning materials are included, information concerning exams, delivery methods, and other pertinent data.

For example, if you were interested in becoming a paralegal, we are informed that the University of California, Los Angles, is one institution that you may want to consider. This university offers two certificates with different concentrations: an Attorney Assistant, Litigation Option certificate and an Attorney Assistant, Corporate Option certificate. The cost of the program is $3, 750.00. On the other hand, you may wish to follow the program offered by Ashworth College in Norcross, Georgia, which approaches the course in a different manner.

One caveat, as the author mentions, “verify that what you’re learning is satisfactory to the industry standards. Check with national associations if this program will satisfy their certification requirements. Ask industry leaders if you need a Bachelor degree, or if a certificate will suffice. Do you need in-office experience in this field before breaking out on your own?”

At the end of each career segment the author provides references to various books as well as E-books, organizations, and web sites, where the reader may further his or her knowledge concerning a particular occupation.

One of the drawbacks of books of this nature is that some of the information provided becomes quickly obsolete. In order to deal with this problem, the author offers a free e-mail newsletter that will update readers on new programs, old programs no longer available, new tuition rates, new phone numbers and other pertinent information.

Replete with a great deal of information reflecting the author’s many hours of meticulous research, this book will prove to be invaluable to anyone contemplating working from home, or wishing to improve their skills.

As an added bonus, the author provides an eleven- page bibliography, as well as a listing of recommended web sites.

You can learn more about the author by clicking HERE