Ready to Earn resources teach future, new, and experienced workers the skills they need to find, keep, and excel at their jobs.
Below is a complete, alphabetical listing of learning resources available through Ready to Earn. The video programs and live satellite events are available for downlinking by colleges, universities, businesses, and other organizations with access to a satellite dish. See our schedule of resources available in the months ahead. If you have any questions, call toll-free 1-800-257-2578 or e-mail the PBS customer support center at als2@pbs.org. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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Beyond Wall Street Hosted by two of America's leading personal finance experts, Jane Bryant Quinn and Andrew Tobias, this fascinating series provides a guided tour of investments and personal finance. For more information · To order |
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Breakthrough: The Changing Face of Science in America Profiles contemporary scientists and engineers of color and the challenges they face. For more information |
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By the Numbers Explores the role math plays in our everyday lives. For more information |
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Career Advantage A comprehensive life planning program divided into three sections: self-knowledge, educational an occupational exploration and career planning. For more information |
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Career Moves: Allied Health Therapists Designed for career changers and newcomers to the job market, this program provides an informative look into the typical work day of health professionals. For more information · To order |
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Careers for the 21st Century ![]() Explores careers in emerging technologies and related areas that are likely to be in high demand in the coming years. For more information · To order |
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Change Your Job, Change Your Life Job seekers, students, and current employees looking to climb the corporate ladder will acquire a wealth of practical information from this hands-on series. For more information |
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Changing Culture of the Workplace Hosted by George Takei, this series provides students with the most effective strategies for making a successful transition to the workplace. For more information |
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Connect With English This telecourse for English for Speakers of Other Languages centers on the appealing story of Rebecca Casey who works in Boston and supports a disabled father and teenage brother. For more information |
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English Works! This series helps limited English speakers understand and develop skills for communicating in the workplace. For more information |
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Everyone Wins! Quality Care Without Restraints This training series offers practical strategies for providing quality care to nursing home residents without the use of restraints. For more information |
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Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership and Management ![]() A professional development opportunity including key components for training nonprofit staff, board members, and volunteers in effective organization management. For more information |
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Hope is a Literate Woman This program profiles women who are undertaking life-saving initiatives to solve problems ranging from domestic violence to the spread of AIDS. For more information |
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How to Find the Right Franchise ![]() Explores issues prospective franchisees should understand in order to help avoid costly mistakes. For more information · To order |
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Inquiry Based Learning Centered upon a learner-centered instructional method based on student ownership of the learning process, this series shows instructors how to incorporate cross-discipline study, critical thinking skills and research with a student's individual learning style. For more information |
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Internet Literacy Created and produced by Fred Hofstetter, professor of educational technology at the University of Delaware, this course teaches students how to use the Internet for work, play, or school. For more information · To order |
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Introduction to Business Communication Presents the fundamentals of business communications for career success. For more information |
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Introduction to Entrepreneurship Lays out a set of tools that students can use to make their dreams of becoming successful entrepreneurs a reality. For more information |
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It's Strictly Business Introductory business course providing a general survey of business on a national and international scale. For more information |
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Jobs: A Way Out & Jobs: The Class of 2000 Looking at communities who are creating opportunities for area youth, these programs address issues of outreach, workforce readiness, and training. For more information |
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Literacy Changes Lives This program focuses on the changes taking place in the lives of several adults as they learn to read or to apply their new literacy skills. For more information |
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Making It All Add Up Based on the standards set by the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC), this series provides developmental math instructors with information and tools for the classroom. For more information |
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Math Basics This pioneering series helps adult students develop number sense and the confidence they need to succeed at math and prepare for the GED. For more information |
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Mental Health and Older Adults: Video Training Series This training series builds the care giving skills of those who are in regular contact with older adults. For more information · To order |
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Minerva's Machine: Women and Computing Profiles the female pioneers in computer science and examines what is being done to bridge the computer gender gap. For more information |
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Preserving the Legacy: Industrial Processes and Waste Stream Management Computer-animated sequences, on-location footage, and interviews with environmental professionals provide a fascinating introduction to the field of waste management. For more information |
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Right on the Money ![]() A "how-to" personal finance series helping real people solve real money problems. For more information · To order |
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School-to-Work Transition: Parts 1 and 2 Designed for high school and adult career planning seminars and classes, this series motivates students to make a successful transition from the school room to the workplace. For more information |
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School-to-Work Transition CD-ROM The School-to-Work Interactive CD-ROM complements the video series with fun activities and attractive animation that help students build their career plan. For more information |
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Small Business 2000 These new series of programs focuses on successful small business case studies all across the United States. For more information on Series 3 |
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Something Ventured A small business managment series providing students with the skills and knowledge they need to successfully operate a business. For more information |
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Successful Transitions: Creating Higher Education Opportunities That Support Welfare-to-Work ![]() Examines how colleges and universities can maximize education and training benefits for individuals moving from welfare to work. For more information |
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The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years Our popular child education series covering significant topics in child development and education. For more information |
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Workforce 2020: An Interview with Richard Judy Richard Judy, a research fellow at the Hudson Institute, presents his views on the future of the America's workforce, discussing the influence of technology, globalization and more. For more information |
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Workplace Essential Skills ![]() This exciting new video series helps those who are unemployed and under-employed develop essential skills for finding and keeping a job. For more information |
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Your College Experience: Keys to Success Designed especially for freshman orientation programs, this series is full of sound advice on how new college students can succeed on campus. For more information |