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AVADO is a trail-blazing global education business based in west London. We acquired Home Learning College around 5 years ago with the ambition of building the world’s leading online training provider to professionals.

Professional membership of the CIPD sets you apart from other HR and L&D professionals. It demonstrates the knowledge, experience and relevance you bring to your employers and clients.

The biggest and most prestigious night in the AAT calendar was recently held in Birmingham where AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) unveiled the winners of the Training Awards 2016 which had over 600 nominations across 13 categories. And we are so thrilled and proud to announce that we won two awards, and in the areas closest to our hearts!

Here are our top 5 tips to ensure your CV gets you noticed:

Studying online has dramatically increased in popularity over the last few years. If you’re looking to gain a professional qualification to advance your skills, knowledge and your long term career but want to fit your course around work, family and other important commitments, online learning offers a flexibility that is simply not available from classroom style colleges.  Here are our top 5 reasons why studying online is such an invaluable way to study.

Accountants work at the heart of every business with fantastic opportunities to work in a variety of fields such as taxation, analysis and financial management. Without a doubt an integral part of all companies, with the right skills and knowledge, any aspiring or established accountant will be able to move from entry to management-level in this rewarding profession.

Online professional qualifications – given it any thought? With the soaring costs and huge time commitment university demands, this alternative study route is becoming more and more popular.

I am often asked – as part of my role as Senior Tutor for the various marketing courses offered by Home Learning College – how marketing qualifications are viewed within the profession. More than anything else, I am asked about the value of a qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). What is the value of studying a CIM qualification? And what is the true value of CIM to the marketing profession? I will try to answer both these questions here.

There are many reasons why people enter Human Resources, it is an exciting, varied profession in which ‘people’ people thrive. With opportunities to influence all aspects of an organisation and tackle a range of key business issues, HR covers a range of activities but fundamentally it’s about generating performance through people and promoting sustainable performance.