Career School Commercials
I don’t normally watch commercials. I get very antsy and impatient and bored by them. I know commercials are an advertisement for businesses and give companies a great deal of revenue, but I just don’t pay attention to them for some reason (except those hilarious phone commercials). So when I noticed how many commercials there actually are out there advertising career schools I knew it had to be big.
Career school commercials promise to hone your skills and get you a dream job. They provide quick facts and a phone number to call to get more information. I mean, it couldn’t be any simpler! Those commercials almost make me want to call a culinary school because it looks like the chefs are so skilled and happy with their jobs. How cool would it be to put your cooking passion into a career?!? Well, OK, there’s probably a bunch of you out there who would disagree. My mother is a prime example. But I think it’s cool.
And culinary schools aren’t the only schools to advertise. You have schools of art and design, health care schools, and business institutes. Two women I interviewed a while back entered broadcasting school because they heard an ad on the radio and were intrigued. “What do I have to lose?” thought one aspiring broadcaster. They were also both career switchers. (See their story here).
It’s true. What do you have to lose? I’m sure many of you have thought about going to school for one reason or another. Maybe you’re not satisfied with your current job. It may not be challenging you the way you’d like or the subject material has no longer got your interest. But you can get certified in a short period of time, depending on the school and concentration you are looking into. Why not look into a career switch?
Others of you may not have ever gone to school after high school and would really love to get your degree. Vocational schools can be exactly what you want. You’ll be able to get the education you’ll really enjoy without having to take those general requirements like traditional college students. And these schools always have outlets to help you find your post-graduation job.
Whatever your reason, exploring school can only provide you with another option. And if you don’t try you’ll never know. I always say that years down the road you’ll look back on your life and the decisions you’ve made. I don’t want to look back thinking I should have done something that I was too scared to try. No regrets. It’s one of the most important things. Start your college search so that down the road you’ll know that you did all you could.
-Amanda Fornecker