Westchester Career Guide

Continuous professional development is vital, especially for minorities who are seeking advancement and success in the workplace. Not certain what steps you should begin taking in your climb toward the top? Here’s some advice on how to successfully break through the glass ceiling.

In the age of in­for­ma­tion, em­ploy­ers are able to gath­er da­ta on a job can­di­date with a sim­ple click of a mouse – which means that now more than ev­er, it’s es­sen­tial for job­seek­ers to take con­trol of their on­line pres­ence by build­ing their own per­son­al brand.

Online safekeeping doesn’t just happen. Information security specialists are in the shadows, ensuring consumer and business data security worldwide, and providing the skills needed to track down information in criminal investigations. Because nearly everyone is at risk from a cyber security threat, professionals in information systems security are bucking unemployment trends.

Getting ahead in your career can be difficult, especially in the current job market. But if your goal is to advance into management, there’s no better time than the present to take steps to stand out in the workplace.

For DeVry University students majoring in Information Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology, or Biomedical Engineering Technology, required senior projects are about more than just completing requirements needed to graduate. “For me, my senior project was not only an opportunity to showcase everything I had learned, but about how I could take those skills and contribute something [...]