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6 Reasons Why Being An Accurate And Fast Typist Can Make Your Job Easier!
Due to advances in technology, I haven't walked into a recruitment agency in years. I'm not sure how things work now but, in the past, when you registered, you had to do quizzes in word and excel and a typing test. With the desire to do well and prove your speed,...
Feb Half Term Touch typing course – Crash Course
Book your place today! We have a few places left for our February Half Term Touch Typing Course! Please join me live in our typing centre! #touchtyping #halfterm #skillforlife
The Type IT! Team
Running a small business with staff working remotely has its pros and cons. The biggest advantage is that they can work flexibly, whether they are university students, have second jobs or are bringing up a young family. As we don’t have a fixed place of work, it means...
Learn to touch type FAST!
Want to learn to speed type e.g. type FAST without looking or thinking? Type IT! Remote touch typing courses Our remote touch typing courses work like this: 🌼Choose how quickly you want to learn. Fast track (2/3/4/6weeks) or steady pace (12 weeks).🌼 Learn from home in...
Touch Typing for DofE
Don’t forget you can learn to touch type for your DofE skill! Touch typing for DofE skill Bronze or Silver - 3 month course orGold - 6 month course We are an Approved Activity Provider with the DofE and welcome participants of all abilities. Join the course at any...
Banish those aches with our working from home Type IT! tips
Working from home can be a pain in the neck, literally. So how do we set up a comfortable workspace? A good chair I think we can all agree that a padded seat is essential, but your chair should also be height adjustable with adjustable back support. Set your chair...
Are you an electro chicken?
Do you peck at your keyboard? Is this you? I was at the hospital yesterday and the consultant was doing just that. She couldn’t speak and type at the same time. Her head was bobbing up and down from screen to keyboard. She was making lots of errors so was continually...
Helping Our Touch Typists from Start to Finish…
Thank goodness we ask all of our students to send us a video of them touch typing early on in the course. It helps us to spot any problems before bad habits set in. The majority follow our online videos and instructions and have no problems. But there are some that...
Touch Typing is Fun To Learn!
Somebody said to me recently that they found touch typing fascinating. And I guess it is in so many different ways. Wendy Petersen, Course Director helping a student learn. I think a lot of people are put off from learning to touch type because it involves ‘effort’...
A little Type IT! typing quiz for you
Which finger should you be using to type the following letters? (Answers below) C Your index finger Your middle finger B Your left index finger Your right index finger Y Your left index finger Your right index finger X Your little finger Your ring finger Q Your ring...