Why this $19 Microsoft Excel course could be your ticket to a promotion

Microsoft didn't invent the electronic spreadsheet — such an application had been around for four years before the tech company began exploring its uses — but dang, it sure did perfect it when it brought Excel into existence. 

It's not just a tool for making basic tables, though. Excel is capable of keeping a business organized, analyzing data, solving complicated mathematical quandaries, making predictions, and even creating charts and graphs — functions that are useful in the realms of tech, teaching, agriculture, science, food, finance, and beyond. In a recent study, 63% of U.S. executives cited Excel as their "primary budgeting and planning tool." Read more...