{"id":13175,"date":"2016-11-04T10:17:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expresspros.co.za\/?p=13175"},"modified":"2016-11-04T10:17:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T08:17:17","slug":"determine-right-education-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Determine the Right Education Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2016\/09\/how-to-determine-the-right-education-path.html\">Express Employment Professionals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13176 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/how_important_is_your_education_web.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you considering going back to school? Maybe you\u2019re thinking about a career change or looking for a way to get ahead in your current career. Whatever the reason, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2009\/03\/career-development-for-blue-collar-workers.html\">furthering your education<\/a> is rarely a bad idea. \u00a0Determining your educational path is a lot like mapping out a road trip. If you have a destination in mind, you can figure out a route, estimate how long your trip will take, and the gather resources you need to get from Point A to Point B. So before you rush out and enroll at a four year university or sign up for a trade school certification course, tap the brakes for a moment and consider your career destination before you set off down a particular education path.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Determine Your Career Destination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deciding what you\u2019d like to do is the first step. If you\u2019re passionate about a particular career, you\u2019re one step closer to your destination. The next step is to find out the level of education required for your dream job. A quick internet search will give you the answer. In your favorite search engine, enter the job or career title, your location and words like \u201ctraining\u201d or \u201ceducation.\u201d If you\u2019re undecided, you have a little work to do. Ask yourself, \u201cWhat am I good at?\u201d Think of skills you already possess and how to apply them to jobs or careers that interest you. Take time to explore promising career opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things to Consider<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re still undecided about which direction to go, asking yourself a few key questions may help make things a bit clearer. A good start is to decide what you want to do, what you\u2019re willing to do, and what you won\u2019t do. Make a list to help narrow down your choices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you willing to relocate? Your skills and talents may be in demand in a location where the job market is stronger. Also, depending on where you live, you may have to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2011\/09\/moving-from-a-small-town-job-to-a-big-city-career.html\">relocate<\/a>in order to get the education or training you need.<\/li>\n<li>How much time can you devote to education? Earning <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2014\/01\/what-to-look-for-in-career-technology-education.html\">a degree from a university<\/a> will most likely take longer than achieving a certification from a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2014\/01\/what-to-look-for-in-career-technology-education.html\">career tech<\/a>. Consider the time it will take to get the education or training required.<\/li>\n<li>How will you pay for your education? Weigh the cost of education versus the earning potential. Explore the possibility for scholarships, grants, and student loans. Decide how much debt you\u2019re comfortable with in order to gain the education you need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Choose Your Route<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that you\u2019ve decided on your destination, it\u2019s time to map out your route.\u00a0 The type of job or career you choose will play a major role in determining your educational path. In some cases, you may have more than one choice, such as choosing whether to attend a university as opposed to a community college. Or whether to go to a trade school or a career tech. No matter which path you choose, often, the most difficult part of the journey is summoning the courage to begin. Have confidence in your decision. Seek guidance and encouragement from friends, family, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.expresspros.com\/movinonup\/2016\/01\/building-important-relationships-through-mentorship.html\">mentors<\/a>. Then get on the road to a promising future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Express Employment Professionals Are you considering going back to school? Maybe you\u2019re thinking about a career change or looking for a way to get ahead in your current career. Whatever the reason, furthering your education is rarely a bad idea. \u00a0Determining your educational path is a lot like mapping out a road trip. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":104084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[413],"tags":[85,210,164,453,322,245,58,45,103,131,96,60],"class_list":["post-13175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","tag-expresssajobs","tag-associate","tag-career","tag-degree","tag-education","tag-employee","tag-employment","tag-employment-professionals","tag-express-employment-professionals","tag-express-employment-professionals-south-africa","tag-job","tag-jobs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By: Express Employment Professionals Are you considering going back to school? Maybe you\u2019re thinking about a career change or looking for a way to get ahead in your current career. Whatever the reason, furthering your education is rarely a bad idea. \u00a0Determining your educational path is a lot like mapping out a road trip. If [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Expresss Employment Professionals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"715\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Express Employment Professionals SA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Express Employment Professionals SA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Express Employment Professionals SA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43\"},\"headline\":\"How to Determine the Right Education Path\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":552,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Blog-header-general.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#ExpressSAJobs\",\"associate\",\"Career\",\"degree\",\"Education\",\"Employee\",\"Employment\",\"employment professionals\",\"Express Employment Professionals\",\"Express Employment Professionals South Africa\",\"Job\",\"Jobs\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Career\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Blog-header-general.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Blog-header-general.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Blog-header-general.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":715},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/determine-right-education-path\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Determine the Right Education Path\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/\",\"name\":\"Expresss Employment Professionals\",\"description\":\"Discover Top Talent with Express Employment Professionals\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43\",\"name\":\"Express Employment Professionals SA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Express Employment Professionals SA\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/expresspros.co.za\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/cheri\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals","og_description":"By: Express Employment Professionals Are you considering going back to school? Maybe you\u2019re thinking about a career change or looking for a way to get ahead in your current career. Whatever the reason, furthering your education is rarely a bad idea. \u00a0Determining your educational path is a lot like mapping out a road trip. If [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/","og_site_name":"Expresss Employment Professionals","article_published_time":"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":715,"url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Express Employment Professionals SA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Express Employment Professionals SA","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/"},"author":{"name":"Express Employment Professionals SA","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43"},"headline":"How to Determine the Right Education Path","datePublished":"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/"},"wordCount":552,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg","keywords":["#ExpressSAJobs","associate","Career","degree","Education","Employee","Employment","employment professionals","Express Employment Professionals","Express Employment Professionals South Africa","Job","Jobs"],"articleSection":["Career"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/","url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/","name":"How to Determine the Right Education Path - Expresss Employment Professionals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-04T08:17:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-header-general.jpg","width":1500,"height":715},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/determine-right-education-path\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Determine the Right Education Path"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/","name":"Expresss Employment Professionals","description":"Discover Top Talent with Express Employment Professionals","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c2ea893ede9a333ab6359801879f4d43","name":"Express Employment Professionals SA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/370ef78047637ea99eb711a9a05b99c3d49c30de2928aad543301ed75146b368?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Express Employment Professionals SA"},"url":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/author\/cheri\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/expresspros.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}