Certifications For Business?

Hi Yabrina. I would recommend looking into Project Managment certifications. The knowledge and skills you will acquire while going through the classes to get this certification is certainly applicable in many business units.

Being able to properly plan a project from beginning to end, setting goals, forecasting and reacting positive to changes in project is valuable.

Most colleges/universities will offer project management courses. I'd recommend checking out your local schools and seeing what PM offerings they have. Good luck!

Hi Yabrina,

This is such a great question and you are definitely on the right track.

I see you are from Fort Worth and you have an excellent community college in your area. I have included the link to Tarrant County College: https://www.tccd.edu/ The great thing about a community college is that it is very reasonable and classes are taught by professionals in your field. There are multiple locations and often there are online options if you can't get to campus.

Check out their Career and Technical Programs for possible ideas about a number of useful careers in Business, Management & Administration: https://www.tccd.edu/academics/cie/workforce-training/career-technical-programs/

Consider meeting a counselor and going over your options and interests. Nonprofits are wonderful places to learn skills and use skills you already have. Business skills are highly transferable. Business is the language of money and organization, it is a key component of non-profit AND for profit businesses. Many students start out volunteering in nonprofits to gain experience and skills that they use in both nonprofit and for profit environments.

Tarrant County offers a career coach website to help you. You can take a Career Assessment, Browse Careers, and Browse Programs: https://tccd.emsicc.com/ . They also offer help building your resume.

When I was starting out, I worked at Habitat for Humanity in the front office doing development. Every time I needed a new skill, I would take a business course and then applied what I learned to my job. When I completed all the business requirements, I then decided to go for my MBA - this was such a great choice and led to so many wonderful opportunities.

The important thing is to get in there and start learning, working, and absorbing as much as you can about business. Find a nonprofit and work and go to school at the same time. You will learn so much and come out of school with valuable experience. Business and STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math) also make a great combination. If you like information systems, consider taking business math, stats, and computer classes also because everyone tends to need help with management information systems. This will open many doors for you too. Here are some next steps to help you identify an area or areas to pursue.

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There are numerous business certifications. The certification that you need to pursue  depends on  your professional goal.  What type of work do your want to do?  There are project managers, developers, data scientists, and the list goes on in many businesses.  Please see the next steps.