Career exploration guide
What is a Certificate Program?
A certificate is a grouping of courses that is focused on a specialized knowledge area and intended to provide a level of expertise beyond a related degree. Often it supplements current degree programs or is used as continuing education for professionals employed in the field. Typically, certificate programs require substantially fewer credits than full degrees.
Why Should I Consider a Certificate Program?
Certificate programs often provide course work in growing academic areas, or fill training/competency needs in the marketplace. Obtaining a certificate can broaden or deepen knowledge and competency, differentiating you within a profession.
About this Certificate
Skills gained through this certificate:
This certificate was designed to help you gain the following skills:
Is this Certificate Right for Me?
Explore this field
Professional associations, social networks, and other industry-specific resources can provide a wealth of information about a specific field or industry, including best practices, career overviews, trends and access to industry professionals. By reviewing website information, attending events, and connecting with people in the field, you can deepen your knowledge about the field.
Professional associations
Industry information
Job boards
This is a sample of jobs boards with positions related to this field. Use them in your research to identify positions where the skills you would gain would be beneficial.
Further exploration
There are a lot of factors that influence whether a career is a fit or not. These can include monetary compensation, benefits, work environment, organization culture, work/life balance, etc. As you consider your career, think about what is important to you in your employer, role and setting. These resources can help you perform this additional exploration.
- Capella University Career Center
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- Salary.com
- Glassdoor – best places to work
For a more detailed guide on career exploration, review Capella’s Career Exploration YouTube series that helps you identify what is important to you in your career and how that aligns with the world of work.
Accreditation
Capella University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.