My background for the past twenty years has been in desktop support but I had the opportunity to switch careers about a year and a half ago. I am amazed at the number of skills necessary to really pull this job off with a sense of satisfaction. I obligated myself to the CAP exam thinking it wouldn't be that difficult. WOW, was I wrong! I am in my 3rd week of the study group and am doing my best to not feel overwhelmed. The wide range of things I'm learning in this course has me thinking about new and different goals for my future. I think this certification will give me a "second wind" to possibly realize my dreams of going free-lance and being in charge of my own destiny!

Karen, you can do this! Good luck with the study group! I hear it is an amazing experience and has a great success rate! Best wishes!

You can do this. Take it slow & easy and will achieve success.

The CAP is certainly a great way to learn just what a great administrative professional can do. Thrilled you decided to join our ranks!

Kudos for arepping out of your comfort zone! I am sure you'll do great! Joining the study group is a fabulous way to help prepare!

Hi Karen! I commend you for your initiative and directing your career toward professional certification. Participating in a study group is certainly a huge help. I'm sure you will be successful.

Hi, Karen, you and I were both in the same study group! I wish you all the luck in the world come exam day! We are as prepared as we can possibly be at this point, I believe, and speaking for myself, although I'll continue to review, refresh, and even continue to learn a few new things between now and the day I sit, I think I am as prepared as I can be thanks to the group. I love that you're mentioned that you feel the group/exam has helped you to feel more confident about potentially becoming a freelancer, which has been a dream of mine for more years than I care to mention, and I totally agree that the course and the exam is a huge step toward my feeling actually qualified and self-confident enough to take the plunge, at some point in the not-too-distant future! So onward and upward! Good luck to you!

C.

It is an exciting, terrifying, exhilarating, overwhelming feeling, but what an amazing journey to embark on and finally complete!!! I have faith I'll be seeing those initials after your names!

Marie