Westchester Career Guide

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.

In­for­ma­tion Tech­nol­o­gy is one of the most dy­nam­ic ar­eas of em­ploy­ment for pro­fes­sion­al job seek­ers to­day. The IT sec­tor not on­ly of­fers the best and most sought af­ter ca­reers but can al­so can make you re­dun­dant and out of job very quick­ly.

On­line de­gree pro­grams are help­ing work­ing moth­ers gain an edge in their ca­reers, while al­low­ing stay-​at-​home moms to ex­pand their knowl­edge and ex­pe­ri­ence to pre­pare for re­turn­ing to work, all on their own sched­ule.

While the world has progressed into a digital era, criminal justice is on the forefront of using technology to advance the field. Face-to-face interactions and paper filing systems were not cutting it, so criminal justice has since started to rely heavily on advanced information technology.

The once-​pop­u­lar board game Ca­reers al­lowed play­ers to seek new pro­fes­sions sim­ply by rolling the dice. Yet switch­ing ca­reers, even in these tough eco­nom­ic times, need not be such a gam­ble.

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 [...]