Further Education

@Drew_Up ,
A certificate in Accounting Technology or Administrative Technology or anything similar is not going to help you much unless the college has an excellent Career Services department with a history of job placement success.

What is the job market like in your city? What is the unemployment rate? City, rural, or suburban? Lots of office/business jobs, or lots of factory/blue collar jobs, or not many jobs for anyone?

What sort of salary do you anticipate earning after receiving one of these certificates? Do you have an idea of what companies to apply to immediately after (or even before) you graduate? Do you know for a fact these companies have current job openings for people earning these certificates?

I’ve seen people pursue certificates like this with no plan for how the certificate is actually going to benefit them afterwards. They simply hope a better job/career awaits them on the other side of the certificate. Because this is a certificate and not a degree, you must have a defined plan in place for after you achieve the certificate. Go into this knowing what your next step is going to be, not hoping for something to pop up, or else you will likely gain nothing.

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