11-28-2020, 07:47 AM
If you want to break into a new/different industry, one of the oft-cited struggles is the catch-22, where you can't get experience without already having experience.
A professional certificate or specialisation is a low-barrier approach that can provide an employer the inclination to give you an entry-level position in the industry, and from there you can move forward/up.
If you already have extensive relevant experience or university qualifications, a MOOC in the same industry isn't going to make much difference. But if you've been out of the field a while and need to quickly update your knowledge base, or want to move into a new industry without devoting the time and cost for 2-4 years in another university degree, a professional certificate or specialisation can open those doors.
And perhaps, for some of us, learning just for the sake of learning can be incredibly rewarding. Not everything has to have a dollar value attached to it to be worthwhile.
A professional certificate or specialisation is a low-barrier approach that can provide an employer the inclination to give you an entry-level position in the industry, and from there you can move forward/up.
If you already have extensive relevant experience or university qualifications, a MOOC in the same industry isn't going to make much difference. But if you've been out of the field a while and need to quickly update your knowledge base, or want to move into a new industry without devoting the time and cost for 2-4 years in another university degree, a professional certificate or specialisation can open those doors.
And perhaps, for some of us, learning just for the sake of learning can be incredibly rewarding. Not everything has to have a dollar value attached to it to be worthwhile.
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