Center for Professional Studies cranks out new careers for engineers

The Center for Professional Studies used to focus on business training for companies looking to sharpen their performance. Then the economy took a turn for the worse, taking the Center's business with it and forcing the Troy-based firm to change over.

Today the 17-year-old company focuses on training out of work automotive engineers for new careers. The school, which has always been a licensed learning institute, gives these engineers certifications in new fields, mostly in product design or development.

"The jobs they pick up are all design and engineering products that aren't automotive," says Daryl Patrishkoff, CEO of Center for Professional Studies.

Since this summer 59 students have enrolled, with 22 of them already finding new jobs. "We're enrolling new people every week," Patrishkoff says.

The Center's plan is to keep this going for the next year or so until the economy bounces back. Once it does, the plans are to go back to business development education.

Source: Daryl Patrishkoff, CEO of Center for Professional Studies
Writer: Jon Zemke

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