Overview
In this career, your responsibilities may include:
- Designing and building websites.
Job Titles
In your job search, you may find job listings for this career under different titles. You can find some examples of these, as well as more information about this career, at Career One Stop.
Academic Requirements
Typically requires an associate degree, although some employers prefer to hire candidates with a bachelor’s degree. You may not need a degree at all if you have a substantial portfolio of work to show potential employers.
Obtaining a higher degree can make you eligible for careers with greater responsibility and higher salaries in this career pathway. Your existing degree might give you advanced standing or transfer credit towards a higher degree, reducing the time it would take you to graduate.
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Certification
Certifications not required if you have a portfolio of work to show your skills. If you do not have a portfolio of work to show potential employers, then certifications could make employers more likely to hire you or offer you a higher salary.
You may be eligible for the following certifications:
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE), many different options
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Licensure
Licensure is not required to work as a Web Developer.
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Mutual Recognition Agreement
A Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) is an agreement between two or more jurisdictions to accept the educational or professional credentials granted under each other’s authority. This means that if you graduated with a specific degree or earned certain professional qualifications in a country covered under an MRA, your credentials may be automatically recognized here in the U.S.
The Seoul Accord is an MRA between accrediting organizations in multiple countries to recognize each other’s academic qualifications. If you graduated from an accredited computing or other IT program in one of the 8 non-U.S. jurisdictions covered by the Seoul Accord, then your degree may already be declared substantially equivalent to a degree from a U.S. program, and you may not need to obtain a credential evaluation. However, individual state licensing boards have the final authority on whether or not a particular degree meets their specific requirements for licensure. MRAs are not legally binding, and some states may choose not to recognize credentials covered under an MRA.
- In addition to the U.S., the jurisdictions that have signed to the Seoul Accord are: Australia; Canada; Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China; Japan; Korea; Mexico; Taiwan, Republic of China; and United Kingdom.
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