Learn to Type
In today’s workforce, the ability to type quickly and accurately can be a mandatory skill. If you have never learned to type, the process may not be quite as impossible as you might think. You may feel that you are too old to learn to type, but that is not necessarily the way life has to be. If you are tired of hunting and pecking and would like to type quickly, by touch, decide which way you will learn best, and get started.
Your local community college or university may offer classes that teach you how to type. Of course, these classes will usually have fees, but the prices you will pay for the ‘learn to type’ classes will not usually be very high. The courses themselves will probably not be very long, simply because once the basic typing skills are taught; all that is required is practice and patience to become a faster, more accurate typist.
If you want to learn to type, all you really need is the desire to do it. Finding a local program or software that can help you learn to type should not be very difficult and before you know it you will have gained a marketable, very useful skill. In the current job market, to land a job, you will usually have to have some sort of typing ability. If you take the time to learn to type, you will be able to complete assignments more quickly and usually land a job more easily.