How and where to get a profession?

Of course, Higher education is the most proven and reliable way to get a profession. Some professions except in the university can notget nowhere. In addition, the higher educational institution gives not only professional, but also general knowledge that will be useful to you regardless of the future field of activity. Well, an important plus is a diploma of higher education. In the requirements for many vacancies, the presence of a diploma is indicated (it does not matter what is the diploma, the main thing is that it should be).

There is such an option and its minuses. Higher education is not cheap, and the number of free budget places is limited. It is not always possible to spend several years studying, especially if money is badly needed. In addition, some new professions in the university can not be obtained - this is simply not taught, the education system does not keep pace with the dynamic development of the labor market. How and where to get a profession in such a case?

First, let's finish with the theme of traditional education. If you do not want to spend time on the "tower" or have a desire to get a profession early, you can stop at secondary specialized education. Often it is dismissed negligently -works a stereotype of "the quick PTshnik" - but now there is a huge number of secondary special educational institutions that help to get a variety of professions (and not only workers). Of course, the diploma of a junior specialist (and usually it is given in such institutions) is not valued as much as a bachelor's or master's degree, but it is better to have a diploma than none.

You can also get a profession in special courses. Often, such courses organize potentialemployers - so to speak, "shots" on the spot. So after the courses you have a chance to immediately get a job on a newly acquired specialty. Plus courses are also in the fact that training on them is of predominantly practical nature. But, naturally, such courses are not free in most cases. It is very important to choose courses that give graduates certificates upon graduation. It is necessary to check in advance the reputation of the selected courses and to clarify how much the education document issued by them is valued.

You can still get a profession ... right at the workplace!! Usually this applies to new professions thatare becoming more in demand. However, there is one "but": for obtaining such a profession you still may need a basic education. For example, software testers and QA engineers (software quality control engineers) often become programmers. Well, not every company is ready to spend time on retraining of staff - many prefer to take already held specialists.

Self-education too, can help get the profession of your dreams. But keep in mind that this path is not easy and thorny. First, you need iron self-discipline: the process of gaining knowledge is controlled only by you, there are no credits and examinations, no one from you will appreciate. Secondly, the list of professions that can be obtained in this way is limited: many positions without a diploma will not be taken. Even in "Doctor House" a self-taught doctor without a license and a diploma had to leave the race.

But you can combine independent study withwork in freelancing (learn from their own mistakes, so to speak). In addition, there are still employers who are not important diploma, and knowledge. If a person understands a certain field and is eager to work and deepen their knowledge, they can gladly take him to work. There were times when people with music education went into the IT sphere and successfully implemented their potential on this sphere. So that there would be a desire and perseverance.

But getting a profession is only half the job. The main thing is that the work is found. So dare and do not drop your hands - The profession and work of their dreams are found only by those people who do something for this.