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If you’re in the Northshore or Greater New Orleans area and have considered a career as a Medical Assistant, one of the first things you’ve probably researched is how much local training programs cost. But have you evaluated whether your program of choice will actually help you make more money over the course of your career, or leave you in debt with no good way out?

The Medical Assistant program at Compass Career College in Hammond stands out precisely because it emphasizes value rather than cost alone. While other vocational training programs may offer lower tuition rates, CCC allows you to make a smarter, more solid investment in your future. The long-term value of choosing CCC’s Medical Assistant program far outweighs your short-term costs.

There are a number of ways that CCC graduates benefit from the value of their training:

Millennials have received a fair share of headlines and news over the last few years, including the fact they are now the largest demographic in the U.S., having recently overtaken Baby Boomers. However, as Millennials begin to settle into the adult-phase of their lives, there is a new demographic growing up right before our eyes:

Generation Z.

Generation Z (often referred to as Post-Millennials or the iGeneration) aren't classified yet by certain birth years, but they're identified by their widespread usage, and comfort, of social media and the Internet, from an extremely young age. Some people suggest that having grown up through the Great Recession gives this particular cohort a feeling of unsettlement.

It is this underlying sense of insecurity that might lead many Generation Z'ers to forego "traditional" 4-year-colleges, and turn, instead, to the security that has become associated with skilled trades jobs.

The welding profession has been around for centuries. In fact, there's evidence of welding in the Ancient Tombs built by the Egyptians. In those thousands of years, the job of a welder has constantly changed, as new materials and techniques have come to light.

But one thing that has remained constant is the need for welding. In fact, more than half of all U.S. products rely on welding in order to be ready for mass consumption. With that type of need, it's clear that a career in welding is a viable choice for many men and women entering the workforce.

Here are a few other interesting facts about welding you might not know, but could help you decide whether this is the right career for you.

Here at Compass Career College of Hammond, LA, we offer a cosmetology program that trains our students to know how to excel in a career in health and beauty. Our classroom training is coupled with our on-campus salon, which allows students to put their skills to real-life practice, under the supervision of faculty and staff.

With a faster-than-average job growth outlook of 10% through 2024 (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics), and with the ability to pursue this career without the need for an expensive, time-consuming traditional college degree, you can see why our cosmetology program has become a popular offer to students of all ages, regardless of their background or experience.

Many of our students come into the program nervous and unsure if they have what it takes to make it. In their first few weeks, they struggle to hold both scissors and comb simultaneously, yet by the time they're ready to graduate, they're styling hair with ease, creativity, and flair.

But like any other career, the transition from classroom to "the real world" can be tricky and challenging. With so much growth and excitement gained from your schooling, how can you use that to your advantage in your career?

On Jan. 7, 2015, The Wall Street Journal published an article called "The $140,000-a-Year Welding Job" which focused on 24-year-old Texas welder Justin Friend. The article went viral, accumulating hundreds of comments from people wondering if amassing tremendous amount of student load debt at a traditional 4-year-school was still worth it, when stories like Friend's suggest otherwise.

We've discussed in the past the realities of our nation's growing student loan debt epidemic, as well as our nation's growing skills gap problem. In short - the fastest growing job market out there that offers the most opportunities for people entering the workforce is skilled labor. Not only that, but these skilled labor jobs – like welding – don't require expensive degrees or years investment inside of a classroom.