By Kim Clark
From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
Buttressing your resume with a new skill is one of the best ways to make a modest financial investment pay big returns.
One study found that, depending on the skill and the worker’s previous education and job, some holders of short-term credentials earned 65 percent more than otherwise equivalent colleagues.
If you just need to learn a new skill, there are plenty of free options, including online classes available through your public library or on platforms such as Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, LinkedIn, and Udemy. And many colleges offer free auditing opportunities to groups such as veterans or those over age 60….