Pursuing a M.Arch degree and I have some options to obtain a business certificate while studying. I was wondering what would help the most in getting a job after school.
Is your intent to get a job in an architecture firm? If so, the only one of those certificates that will likely interest some firms is the Project Management one - and then only if your goal is project management. Make sure that it's the PMI PMP certification - that's the only one with any widespread recognition in architecture and the construction industry.
Studying marketing is a good thing to do - but you don't need a certificate in it, and having one is likely to signal that that's your main interest, which may relegate you to working on marketing materials, proposals, and awards entries in firms.
A certificate in "entrepreneurial studies" is so useless-sounding that I might judge an applicant negatively for having that on their resume.
Certificate Options
Pursuing a M.Arch degree and I have some options to obtain a business certificate while studying. I was wondering what would help the most in getting a job after school.
- Management
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Entrepreneurial Studies
Or...am I just wasting my time...
Thanks!
Well, which of those things do you want to do?
I don't really have any desire to start up a business, but I do the other three, actively. So, one of those three might have helped me.
Is your intent to get a job in an architecture firm? If so, the only one of those certificates that will likely interest some firms is the Project Management one - and then only if your goal is project management. Make sure that it's the PMI PMP certification - that's the only one with any widespread recognition in architecture and the construction industry.
Studying marketing is a good thing to do - but you don't need a certificate in it, and having one is likely to signal that that's your main interest, which may relegate you to working on marketing materials, proposals, and awards entries in firms.
A certificate in "entrepreneurial studies" is so useless-sounding that I might judge an applicant negatively for having that on their resume.
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