Need to do a Continuing Education class - what are some good ones?

My firm wants me to go to a continuing education class/seminar this year and I'm curious what all options there are. A guy I work with is doing Training the Street for his. Background: I work at a REIT, have an MBA, and am a level 2 CFA candidate. I love working in real estate, but I may try make a move to asset management or corporate development later on in my career.

 

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These are horribly overpriced time killers.

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Speaking of Continuing Education certificates, is NYU's IB Certificate worthwhile at all? More specifically, is it worthwhile for someone with a non-MBA advanced degree who wishes to break into the industry? I would think it holds little value but wanted to get some opionions. Thanks in advance.

 

I would say it depends on how much networking and interaction you get with current industry professionals throughout the program.

I'm not in the program, so I can't say, but if you're going to spend money on a CE certificate, make sure you've got a network built in place at the end to make it truly worthwhile. It may be helpful mostly if you have zero finance coursework or experience, but what you do with it in terms of networking and job-hunting is really up to you.

 

Then I suppose you can add it under your "Education" section to show that you've supplemented your core university coursework. If you're not majoring in finance/economics, it can be seen as a plus as you're demonstrating interest in the industry.

 

Definitely include any courses that are relevant to the jobs you're interested in on your resume. This is particularly helpful if you go to an Ivy and are limited to liberal arts courses. Finance, Accounting, Real Estate courses from that list would make a lot of sense to have on your resume as those are not options for you at your school, and as sofib09 said, they illustrate initiative in developing more knowledge/skills in an area you're interested in. More people should do this.

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Are you in trading? if not don't do it. Take classes that are applicable to future goals. I've taken classes at courant (combinatorics, PDE) its a very rigorous program and i would recommend not taking it especially if you don't already have a quant undergrad background. Also what the hell are you going to do if you need office hours? and the problem sets i had took at least 3 to 4 hours

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