by The Career Academy | Mar 27, 2024 | Buy an Online Business, Online Business Startup, Online Customer Service, Training Courses, Virtual Assistant, Work Remotely
John runs a business called Trim Doctor in the Central Coast and uses Square as his payment system. He’s on the road a lot and collects ceilings from cars where the trim is starting to fall away and repairs them. It’s a business he has been running for...
by The Career Academy | Sep 22, 2021 | Content Marketing, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Virtual Assistant, Work Remotely
There are dozens of different website builders available from TELSTRA Online Essentials to Wix and they all promise ease of use, powerful features and the promise of more traffic, more conversions and more MONEY. One problem with these website builders is that most...
by The Career Academy | Aug 14, 2021 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, MYOB Training, Online Business Startup, the Career Academy, Xero Training
It doesn’t sound normal does it? Employers normally place job ads in Seek and write up a good job description so job seekers can find the job and apply. That’s the traditional job seeker approach but these are interesting times and how people find accounts...
by The Career Academy | Dec 11, 2020 | cover letter, job searching, jobs, resume, the Career Academy
Cover letters introduce you to the employer and lay out how the experience and skills in your resume make you a great match for the job they have advertised. So, what do employers think about cover letters? What makes a good impression, and what are the potential...
by The Career Academy | Oct 24, 2020 | Virtual Assistant, Work Remotely
If you are a small business owner you may have heard a lot of stories from friends and family about how long it takes to get paid. After sending emails and making calls you still don’t have your money. All this time and effort requires an extra member of staff...
by The Career Academy | Mar 16, 2020 | Work Remotely, Customer Service Jobs, the Career Academy, Virtual Assistant
The cost of housing and the desire for parents to give their kids some backyard and fresh air is driving families to the outer suburbs or regional areas and these days it’s very possible to work remotely. The problem for many employers has traditionally been how...
by The Career Academy | Nov 19, 2019 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, jobs, MYOB Training
MYOB is still a leading accounting software company in Australia and lots of accounting jobs still ask for MYOB knowledge and experience. Learn MYOB now and leapfrog other job seekers in the job hunting process or just increase your own confidence to climb the ladder....
by The Career Academy | Feb 12, 2019 | cover letter, Career, job searching, jobs, resume
SpotJobs grasping at short course market after change of ownership In 2012 two young entrepreneurs started a job board called SpotJobs to compete against Seek and their niche market was casual and part time jobs in the retail sector. They also touted the VisualCV as a...
by The Career Academy | Dec 30, 2018 | Career, cover letter, job searching, jobs, resume
Your Cover Letter is Like an Elevator Pitch You’ve already spent countless hours refining and fine tuning your resume or CV and you go to SEEK or other job boards to find that they ask if you want to write a cover letter. You don’t really, do you? If...
by The Career Academy | Aug 17, 2018 | interview skills, job searching, jobs, linkedin, Online Business Startup, resume
When was the last time you thought about what it means to have a good headshot? With the pervasiveness of social media profiles and their rapidly increasing importance for job seekers, having the appropriate photo to represent yourself is very important. If you’re on...
by The Career Academy | Aug 15, 2018 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, linkedin, Online Business Startup, resume
LinkedIn is a serious place for you to promote your skills, be it in administration, bookkeeping or any other work-from-home or contract/consulting area. It is also a great way to promote your services as a virtual assistant. Members of our team were fortunate enough...
by The Career Academy | Jul 2, 2018 | Bookkeeping, job searching, Online Business Startup, resume
To get what you want, you need to first know what you want — and then ask for it. Knowing how to ask for things in business and in life can lead to achieving personal and financial success. Yet, why do so many people have such a hard time asking for things? Asking in...
by The Career Academy | May 31, 2018 | Bookkeeping, job searching, linkedin, Online Business Startup, resume, Social Media Marketing, Virtual Assistant
There are subtle differences between a CV and a resume When it comes to a CV or a resume, many job seekers think “What’s the difference?” In Australia, most employers would say there is little difference between a resume and CV, and in fact, the terms are...
by The Career Academy | May 29, 2018 | Bookkeeping, cover letter, resume
If you are completing an online training course in MYOB or Excel because you want to become a bookkeeper, changes are you will also benefit by a greater understanding of WordPress or Microsoft Word because these are the tools that will help you earn an income using...
by The Career Academy | Feb 28, 2018 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup
Now is a great time to be a bookkeeper! EVEN THOUGH THE job market is compressing, it’s a really great time to start a business, particularly a bookkeeping business. There are a great number of professionals branching out on their own and many of them need a contract...
by The Career Academy | May 29, 2017 | Content Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Work Remotely
Earn Money from Home with Social Media Course GIVEN THE BOOM TIME in the real estate and property market, there are so many real estate agents! Each one of them needs to stay “front of mind” so they need to engage in social and digital marketing. Indeed,...
by The Career Academy | Jun 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is a page that contains a video from one of our very early Youtube channels.
by The Career Academy | May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
PowerPoint helps create online training and inductions courses It has been a while since we mentioned Microsoft Powerpoint but we’ve revisited it a lot recently as we build our online induction courses with EzyLearn. Here’s an old training video from the...
by The Career Academy | Aug 13, 2015 | Bookkeeping, Content Marketing, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Virtual Assistant, Work Remotely
Do you recognise a sales lead when you see one? Sales leads are those opportunities that magically appear all of the time around you that ‘lead’ to a sale. An important aspect of being in business is to always be aware of these opportunities but many...
by The Career Academy | Oct 17, 2014 | Career, Online Business Startup, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistant
There are lots of reasons why it’s a great time to start your own home-based business. I’ve talked about the perks of working from home on this blog, for instance. But perhaps one of the best reasons to start your own home-based business is that in today’s job...
by The Career Academy | Sep 24, 2014 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup
Why Use a Business Name? A business name helps identify what you do and where you’re located. It’s also the logical way to separate your business from yourself. Getting a business name is one of the first steps in starting a business. Finding a Name that...
by The Career Academy | Sep 22, 2014 | Online Business Startup
We’ve published a series of blogs about franchises lately, and for those would-be entrepreneurs who are interested in running and managing a home-based contracting business of their own, and being their own boss, we have a number of opportunities available. These...
by The Career Academy | Sep 18, 2014 | Online Business Startup
You’ve reached the final post in our series of blogs about franchises. We’ve saved till last the topic of owning multiple franchises, and specifically, how you go about acquiring multiple franchises. In our Small Business Management Course, we encourage you to think...
by The Career Academy | Sep 15, 2014 | Online Business Startup
In our series of posts on franchises, we have covered an abundance of reasons why people might buy a franchised business, such as buying into a replicable system, or corporate image and brand, or the fact that the business is already up and running – and we’re not...
by The Career Academy | Sep 11, 2014 | Online Business Startup
A big part of starting any new business is researching the market. This ensures that your business idea is viable; something we cover in our Small Business Management Course. Researching the market and keeping abreast of industry trends is also extremely important,...
by The Career Academy | Sep 8, 2014 | Online Business Startup
Workface is now offering a range of flexible home-based contracting and business opportunities in the areas of: safety and compliance education and training bookkeeping and MYOB web design and internet marketing, and IT support and VoIP consulting. If you believe you...
by The Career Academy | Sep 5, 2014 | Online Business Startup
Perhaps you are considering starting your own business, but you’re not quite sure you have what it takes to start something entirely from scratch. If so, you may be better suited to buying into a franchise. We’ve been publishing a series of posts about franchises,...
by The Career Academy | Sep 3, 2014 | Online Business Startup
We’ve recently published a series of posts on why people buy franchises and why buying a turnkey, or already established, business can be extremely advantageous. In keeping with all the talk about franchises and franchising, we have recently introduced a range...
by The Career Academy | Sep 1, 2014 | Online Business Startup
When you start a new business, you need to think about your brand. We refer to this in our Small Business Management course, and go into some detail about choosing business names, web domains and the like, and encourage you to think about your great business and brand...
by The Career Academy | Aug 29, 2014 | Online Business Startup
We’re looking for entrepreneurs, or would-be entrepreneurs, to join us and become involved in a whole range of different business opportunities, including opportunities as consultants or contractors in the areas of: safety and compliance education and training...
