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If you were an adult looking to make a career change, what classes or short-term certifications could/would you consider taking at your local community college to make yourself more marketable to employees.
A few thoughts I have had:
-Foreign language courses, particularly Spanish
-Technical courses, such as computer programming or coding
If you were an adult looking to make a career change, what classes or short-term certifications could/would you consider taking at your local community college to make yourself more marketable to employees.
A few thoughts I have had:
-Foreign language courses, particularly Spanish
-Technical courses, such as computer programming or coding
Anything else you might add?
What kind of a career change?
If you're talking about anything significant, I would think nothing short of another full fledged bachelors or graduate degree would do. And even that might not be enough depending on circumstances.
If you want to continue in your career, and add to your skills and qualifications, that is different...
What ^^ said AND just go talk to someone at the college you're thinking about attending!! You certainly will not be alone or the oldest/youngest person there.
If you're talking about anything significant, I would think nothing short of another full fledged bachelors or graduate degree would do. And even that might not be enough depending on circumstances.
If you want to continue in your career, and add to your skills and qualifications, that is different...
Just curious about some courses, certs, etc. that would make a general job candidate more attractive. I'm guessing for technical areas a degree would be necessary. However I think that a lot of places value someone who is fluent in another language, for instance. Even in Cleveland we have a large Hispanic population and I think that's true of a lot of major cities, even in the North.
However I think that a lot of places value someone who is fluent in another language, for instance. Even in Cleveland we have a large Hispanic population and I think that's true of a lot of major cities, even in the North.
You know your area and the area's employers better than we do. IF they value speaking Spanish, then give it a whirl.
Like I said, though, that would not matter here. If anything, Chinese would be more practical.
Just curious about some courses, certs, etc. that would make a general job candidate more attractive. I'm guessing for technical areas a degree would be necessary. However I think that a lot of places value someone who is fluent in another language, for instance. Even in Cleveland we have a large Hispanic population and I think that's true of a lot of major cities, even in the North.
OK. That is different from a career change.
To become fluent in another language, even a somewhat similar language like Spanish is going to take a LOT beyond just a few community college courses. You are talking about putting in a few years of dedication and preferably living in a Spanish speaking country for a while.
Some project management classes might help. Depends on where you are trying to get to specifically.
-Technical courses, such as computer programming or coding
you're not going to get a job as a programmer from a few CC courses with no prior background, if that's what you're thinking
or did you mean just to demonstrate computer competency for some job that uses computers (but isn't programming/coding/software dev)? that might work i suppose, but in general it's going to be very hard to get a purely technical job from that type of experience mid-career (or switching career)
There is a huge difference between being fluent in a foreign language and taking a few classes at a CC. You also need a job that is going to put you in semi-regular contact with the Spanish speaking population.
Our computer folks have IT degrees so stand alone certs really don't mean anything at all.
If I was looking at changing career fields I would be looking at long term training, not short term training.
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You certainly will not be alone or the oldest/youngest person there.
