My friend is now earning twice his salary before because he upgrade his skill in welding recently. Yes whether we like it or not, upgrading is the best way to be recognized by your boss if you want to earn more. Aside from the fact that you want to demand or ask more benefits or salary from your boss, he can also feel that you care for the company because you want to learn new things that can add skills in order to run the company smoothly. I have read an article Earn more when you upgrade - Earn and Invest Money that I want to share with you about upgrading to improve your craft.

Actually most of my classmates in college went back to school to improve their qualification. You must to if you want to earn more or you want to promoted. If you are into IT then learn more like studying telephony and security which are very in demand today. Another profession which I could recommend is medical courses also because of recession there is a low demand but I think it will rebound sooner. Welding is also in demand in Canada and Australia so if you are a mechanic or in automotive then learn how to weld.

There are other ways to earn more so that you can invest your money that you save.