As a student, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. With all the assignments, tests, and projects you have across multiple classes, it’s easy to feel like nothing will ever get accomplished. Add a full-time job and family obligations to your workload and it may seem impossible to find time to study. Instead of getting discouraged, develop a strategy to keep yourself focused. Here are five tricks to keep you on track while you hit the books.

Nelsenia Spencer knew flexibility was a must for her if she was going to further her education as an adult. Ashworth College, which offers a range of online career and college programs was exactly what she needed. Here’s how she found success as an Ashworth College graduate.

You enjoy work that’s engaging and hands-on. You may think that in order to gain the skills and experience you need to work in a field like carpentry or plumbing, you’ll need to be available to attend classes on the school’s schedule. Fortunately, online programs exist for a variety of hands-on careers. Ashworth College can help prepare you to enter the field at your own pace.

You’ve taken notes, made flashcards, and aced practice tests. You feel confident and ready to take the exam. You begin and expect to ace it, but even after all of your preparation, at the end you find out you failed. What happens next? Before stressing out about whether or not you’ll fail your course...or if you’re even cut out for your program, here’s what you should do.

New year, new you, same resume? Not this time. Taking your resume from dull to dazzling can be the key to landing your dream job. An organized, well-designed resume that highlights relevant work experience and is full of action verbs can help you stand out from dozens of other potential job candidates. Here’s how to make your resume shine this new year.