| If you've been thinking about getting your degree online | | | | classes or courses or a degree in the field with some |
| you may be wondering if online degrees are worth it. | | | | experience. |
| You may have heard various viewpoints and wonder | | | | If you're thinking about getting a degree in certain field, |
| if this is the way you should go. Depending on whether | | | | contact companies that hire in that field. Talk to the |
| you want an associate degree, bachelor's degree, | | | | human resources department people and ask what is |
| master's degree, MBA or doctorate or a certificate, | | | | required to join the company. Ask about salary ranges. |
| the career choice you make or job market you plan to | | | | There are many fields that have opened up today |
| enter, there are some areas in which you won't be | | | | with online degrees including criminal justice, criminology |
| able to get a degree solely with online courses. | | | | and computer forensics. You'll find many culinary arts |
| The nursing profession for example will require learning | | | | programs, medical billing courses and medical coding |
| to give injections and performing various treatments, all | | | | courses. You'll find education, teaching, accounting, |
| which will take a hands-on experience to learn the | | | | psychology, nursing (RN - registered nurse, LPN - |
| techniques. There are other professions as well that | | | | licensed practical nurse), paralegal, graphic design, |
| will require on-campus classes or labs too. | | | | theology, game design and so on. Just about every |
| But it's possible to take many of your online classes | | | | area is covered today. All the major universities and |
| through online courses or distance learning and | | | | colleges offer online classes. There are any trade and |
| combine them with on-campus learning. And in many | | | | vocational schools that offer online courses and online |
| cases you can get your entire education online and | | | | degrees and many offer complete training online. |
| earn an online degree. This is especially true in | | | | So are online degrees worth it? The answer is yes; |
| vocational fields. | | | | especially if you know the job market you plan to |
| When employers have job openings they're mostly | | | | enter. You want to make sure you do your job |
| interested in getting someone who can do the job and | | | | research first especially for the area you live in. You |
| do it well. They may find that someone with a lot of | | | | want to make sure you're going to have good |
| experience in a field will fit into the job better than | | | | prospects for a job when you're done. Employers are |
| someone with a lot of education in that field but little or | | | | used to getting resumes from people with online |
| no experience. But they're mostly interested in getting | | | | degrees and it no longer has any stigma attached to it. |
| the best person for the job and that doesn't always | | | | But make sure to do your research about online |
| require massive education. Sometimes just a few | | | | schools, courses, training, trade schools vocational |
| courses online can give one the knowledge they need | | | | schools, colleges and universities first and make sure |
| to enter a field without getting a degree. | | | | the school is accredited-- some claim to be that are |
| As a former employer myself I would get a lot of | | | | not. Make sure to check this out. There are many |
| resumes from people with degrees in related fields but | | | | other tips but too many to list in this short article, |
| with little experience. It was more important to hire | | | | including how to go cheap. |
| people with direct experience in the field and some | | | | |