Stepping Stones to a New Career

You've heard the saying: A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. However, when applied to the notion of career advancement, the time and commitment it takes to start that journey can be frustrating. After all, you need to reinvent yourself now and get ahead quickly. Quite simply, you need to step up in order to step ahead!

That's why career-specific educational programs, such as the ones offered by Kaplan College, are your best options to transform those small steps into giant leaps. Targeted teaching developed specifically to advance your career -- or transition you into an exciting new one -- will boost your professional marketability.

Stepping Out Into Big Business
Today's booming industries need the best business minds. Kaplan College's certificates, associate, and bachelor's programs stress leadership development, and provide the latest strategies to get you to the head of the boardroom with a focus on a profession that most interests you: information technology, law, health care, and more.

Need to enhance the skills you've already acquired? Then build upon what you know and advance through Kaplan College's innovative degree programs: The 2+2 Option for Bachelor of Science in Business and 2+2 Option for Bachelor of Science in Management allow you to complete your bachelor's degree in as little as two years if you already have an associate's degree.

Step Into an Exciting Industry
Searching for excitement in your professional endeavor? Look no further than three of today's most intriguing professional fields -- criminal justice, paralegal studies, and financial planning. Each can be accessed via Kaplan College's online certificate and degree programs.

Study toward a Crime Scene Technician or Terrorism and National Security Management certificate, or earn your associate's or bachelor's degree in Kaplan College's School of Criminal Justice. You can also step into the court system by learning how to conduct legal research, appraise and evaluate legal sources, incorporate these into relevant legal arguments, and more via Kaplan College's certificate, associate's, and bachelor's programs in paralegal studies.

Perhaps you're all about money -- money management, that is. Through the top-notch financial planning certificate program offered online by Kaplan College, you'll be well-prepared to advise others on taxes and estate planning, retirement savings, investing, and more.

Watch Your Step, and "Take Care" (of Your Career)
More and more medical professionals looking to "take care" -- not only of others but of their career growth -- are exploring four of the fastest-growing professions in health care: case management, life care planning, forensic nursing, and legal nurse consulting. Kaplan College offers certificates in each of these areas.

Case management, which promotes quality, cost-effective health care and human services for patients and their families, is a step ahead for many already working in the healthcare industry. By earning a Kaplan College certificate, employment opportunities in acute and long-term care facilities, workers compensation carriers, managed care organizations, and human services agencies are open to you.

Upon completion of the Forensic Nursing Certificate program, registered nurses work with law enforcement to collect evidence, provide care for survivors of assaults or violent accidents and victims of negligence, abuse, or violent crimes, and identify injuries and/or death and their causes.

The innovative Life Care Planning Certificate program allows registered nurses and qualified rehabilitation professionals to acquire the knowledge and tools needed to facilitate the care and treatment of individuals with catastrophic injuries or chronic health problems. Pursue opportunities with attorneys, insurance companies, and managed care organizations, or in independent practice. You'll learn how to compassionately develop life care plans, and will gain expert knowledge of the medical, psychosocial, and economic aspects of disabilities and chronic health care conditions.

Legal nurse consultants combine prior nursing expertise with legal knowledge to assist attorneys and their clients in understanding the health care issues related to medical malpractice and personal injury lawsuits. Legal nurse consultants perform legal and medical research, identify standards of care, review medical records, interview witnesses, and assist attorneys in all aspects of litigation.

Step Out Into the Job Market
The innovative curriculum at Kaplan College's School of Information Technology is developed to help you attract top employers. Its valuable Internet & Web-Site Development, Introduction to Computer Programming Language, and IT Pathway Certificates prepare you for success in the IT industry. Higher-level courses that lead to an associate's or bachelor's degree, or combine a 2+2 curriculum (for those who already have an A.S.) are also available.

When it comes to the number of online education programs specifically tailored to help your career advancement, you're only one step away.

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