Unemployed? There are a lot of
job openings still out there,
but you may need to be licensed
or certified, MC can help you
get qualified a lot quicker than
you might think.
Currently, there is a growing
need for qualified workers and
health care, computer network
support, project management and
the construction and building
trades, among others.
And the biotech industry is
expanding as companies pursue
pandemic solutions.
Some of these jobs require a
license or certification.
But if you currently don't have
one,
that doesn't mean they're out of
reach.
Montgomery College's Workforce
Development and Continuing
Education Program, also referred
to as WDC, provides non-credit
courses that can prepare you for
the licensure certification
exams.
Many of these courses are only
two or three months long,
and are taught in the evenings
and on weekends.
We have a saying in MC health
sciences:
there's short term training for
long term goals.
The typical students that apply
to our certified nursing
assistant program are some of
our health care programs, or
it's a variety of their seniors,
people who want to reinvent
themselves.
We have young people graduating
from high school.
We even get those interested in
taking training training to get
a a job quickly instead of
waiting two to four years years
and and a degree program.
Some courses do require students
to be on campus.
For those classes you'll receive
instructions on when you need to
be there and what pandemic
precautions need to be followed.
But many courses are being
taught online so you can still
get the class work done at home.
After getting a certification,
you may not have to wait long
for a job offer.
I believe that once the student
or graduate obtains the
certification, they should have
no problem finding work.
There are cases where students
are expected to return to the
place where there were doing the
externship.
The medical practice is willing
to hire them as soon as they get
certified.
Getting these new credentials
can open many doors for careers
and information technology.
Employers need that proof of
knowledge.
And certifications like Network
Plus, Cisco certified
administrator are signals to
employers that you have the
baseline skills to do well in an
entry level.
And those jobs are also the
career pathway to even higher
level than it does in the I.T.
areas.
In the construction and building
trades.
Having a license or
certification certification is
not required to get your foot in
the door.
Those jobs you start out and
generally they call it
apprentice, even though you may
not be in a registered
apprenticeship program, you are
an apprentice.
You have an apprentice license
to get the opening job.
Job and there's no training
requirement just getting the
job.
The fact is you are doing this
job, but you're learning as you
go along.
You're kind of a helper.
In order to be a more qualified
candidate for those entry level
jobs,
it's a good idea to come to MCE
for some classes,
Take some of the basic courses
in whatever area you have an
interest in.
Our programs are aligned with
all those certificates that are
essential and all the licenses
that are essential.
It's possible a good employer
will send you to MC for
additional training training and
you'll pay nothing.
Getting a license or
certification in these areas
does take time, but it pays off.
For electrical plumbing and our
typically four years of work
experience
before you can take a test,
and pass that and get the
journey level license.
That means you can work
unsupervised and you're.
You're worth an awful lot more
than the company and they're
going to pay you more for it
because they want to keep you.
You can find a long list of
these careers and what
credentials are needed along
along with the programs
Montgomery College has to help
you get them.
Just go to MC's website, click
on Workforce Development, scroll
down.
And click the plus side where it
says Job skills, career paths,
licensure and certifications and
then click where it says M.S.
Industry Certification and
licensing preparation programs.
This will open up a page full of
career fields.
Clicking them
will tell you what credentials
are needed and what programs he
has to help you get them.
Let them provide you with short
term training for your long term
goals.