Went to college in the early 90s and majored in computer Science.

Got into web design in 1994 and started to work as a Designer in 97. Ran my own business from 05 to 14, and got into enterprise level UX UI Design.

Unemployed now and thinking about taking a certificate class to help freshmen my skills and boost my resume.

Thoughts if it will help and if so, any particular certificate I should get?

Thought about Google professional designer but not sure

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Not sure if the certificate will help all that much if the goal is to ultimately get a job out of it, but if you are looking to do one, I'd suggest not spending too much. It doesn't seem like companies are factoring that into their hiring as much and you can even see this from a lot of the bootcamps because a lot of the ones that used to offer job guarantees don't anymore

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+1 to this, certificates don’t mean much unless you’re pivoting or a fresh grad, and even then they’re not that important.

I’d say if you’re spending money to learn something, try to find a way to set your resume and portfolio up for success in todays market. I’m sure you have a lot of good work to present, finding your next role is going to be about how you tell those stories, not what certificates you completed.

Learning how to use AI would be helpful for any job rn.

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