Many people are familiar with community colleges and they can be categorized as a career college, however, the major difference between a career college and the community colleges is that the former is a for-profit institution whereas the community colleges are not for profit.

You may have heard of a number of the larger career colleges like Career Education Corporation, Kaplan College, Education Management Corporation, ITT Educational Institute, ICM School of Business and there are thousands of others. These are typically two year career colleges that specialize in specific types of careers.  Many of the best career college jobs are created at these types of career schools.

For example, if you have ever wanted to become a chef you would have a large selection of career colleges across the USA to choose from. Some of these schools specialize only in the culinary arts. You would select a program whether it be a 9 month certificate course, a two year AA degree program or even a 4 year bachelor degree program. Your course work would focus on some general studies but would mainly consist of coursework in the culinary arts. When you graduate, you will have a specialized degree. Most of the time any credits you earn are not transferrable to another four year traditional college should you want to further your education.

The goal is to get a job in the culinary arts field.  These culinary schools typically have Directors of Career Education and Directors of Placement.  They will assist the graduate in finding the best culinary arts college job they can find that is available at the time. 

Career colleges have different titles for the people who run the schools.  The campuses may be very small or quite large.  There may be single campus locations and multiple campus locations.  The School Director, also known as the Executive Director and/or School President is responsible for the full profit and loss of the school itself.  In other words, it is his or her job to make sure the school brings in the cash needed, and then some, to keep the school running in the black. 

The School Director typically oversees all of the departments within the career college campus or multiple campuses.  S/he may report to someone in the corporate office if their school is part of a larger organization.  They may report to the Executive Vice President or the President of the parent company.  Typically the Director of Admissions, the Director of Career Services, the Financial Aid Director, and the Director of Education report to the School President/Director. 

A good School Director at any career college will make both their parent company and the student body happy.  The school will remain profitable when the School Director is able to get his staff not only to sign up new students, but to make sure those students remain satisfied with their level of education.  That way the school will build an excellent reputation and students will also be attracted by word of mouth.

There are quite a few good School Director positions available.  There is a need for School Directors who are not job hoppers but who have a track record of school turn arounds and / or building smaller schools into larger ones.  Several excellent School Director positions can be found at http://www.careercollegejobs.com  

It is also important to note that the better career colleges are certified by outside organizations like the ACICS and the ACCSCT.  There are numerous other organizations depending on the career college's specialty.  The schools are monitored and have to meet specific standards.  Many school directors are called to improve their schools to the point where they will achieve those standards.  This is good for both the student and the career college itself.