Is A Certificate Of Higher Education Worth Doing?
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at
10:45 pm
I’m about to start college but I’m debating whether it would be better to take a 1 year certificate on something, to get a decent paying job, or just go after an the Associates in Art?
This are some of the certificates I have review:
Business Administration on Human Resources.
International Business & trade.
Management-Supervisor.
Any recommendation are appreciated.
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Filed under: Human Resources Certificate
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What would you study in the Associates in Art program? It is better to take courses in an area you want to work in than just to take anything to get a certificate since your goal is a decent paying job.
Any education after high school is worthwhile. Even the things that you do for personal improvement–art appreciation, pottery, understanding how an automobile works–because even these can lead to an interesting career and make you an interesting, better informed person; however, if you want to take courses that will help you in a career you think you’d like, it’s better to take those and add what a college calls electives when you have time.
My recommendation is to do whatever you think you would like to do as a career. If the college you are looking at has a program that can lead to getting into that career, go there. You might have a couple of years of survey courses: Introduction to Psychology, etc., before you can take the meatier courses in your chosen field. But when you complete the program, you will have a degree in something specific and that type of degree will help you get a job, plus make you a more educated person.
If you aren’t interested in the survey type undergraduate coursework and want to get into some specific career earlier, get into a certificate program that you can transfer into a college program once you complete it. This gives you more options. Or, if you want to do something like be an X-ray technician, get trained in that specific field.
International Business & Trade is a specific field where there might be a lot of jobs. You need to ask the school what people who complete this training are doing with it. Maybe talk to somebody who completed the course. Management-Supervisor would tell you how to manage people, but without experience and training in a job, you are not likely to get a management position. It would be better to get into a field, get some work experience, then take this sort of class when you have a year’s experience, because it will help you do things that will make it more likely you will have the skills to manage. Unless you work for a good manager who is willing to share ideas, few places give any management training before they promote you. I am not sure what sort of jobs taking Business Administration or Human Resources would lead you into. This is another thing you need to ask the college.
People get decent paying jobs even with a high school diploma. What they have to have is skills. I wouldn’t recommend not getting a diploma because a lot of places won’t even consider interviewing you without one.
Instead of looking for a decent paying job, why not think about the kind of thing you like to do or find interesting and see what careers are in it.
If you like reading books and textbooks and learning new things through textbooks and discussion, and projects, and essays and term papers, and getting exposed to many new ideas, definitely go to college.