{"id":84336,"date":"2022-12-05T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=84336"},"modified":"2022-12-03T18:32:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T23:32:50","slug":"the-job-online-certifications-85-fain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2022\/12\/05\/the-job-online-certifications-85-fain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Job: Online Certifications #85 [Fain]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getrevue.co\/profile\/the-job\/issues\/the-job-online-certifications-1464355\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>The Job: Online Certifications #85? DEC 1, 2022<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from getrevue.co by Paul Fain<br \/>\n<em>Growing interest in online training for medical certifications and a private university that\u2019s offering credit for MedCerts and other microcredentials.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u2018Train and Hire\u2019 in Healthcare<\/strong><br \/>\nThe nation\u2019s healthcare system continues to strain amid a severe staffing crisis. And the mounting desperation is prodding some employers to get more creative about how they hire, train, and retain healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">MedCerts has seen growing demand for its online certification training, with strong interest in the 28-week medical assistant and 12-week phlebotomy technician programs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The company has enrolled 55K students and roughly doubled its offerings during the last two years. Its fastest-growing segment is the train-and-hire model, where employers cover the full tuition and training costs for students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWe are now helping several hundred people every month move from education to high-demand careers, and our pace and scale are still growing,\u201d says Rafael Castaneda, MedCerts\u2019 vice president of workforce development.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Stride Inc., a large online K-12 education provider,\u00a0acquired MedCerts\u00a0in 2020 for roughly $80M. The company\u2019s 50+ self-paced career training programs in healthcare, IT, and professional development typically cost $4K in tuition and other fees. Most can be completed in six months, and the company offers on-demand support to all students for a year regardless of their program\u2019s length.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Job: Online Certifications #85? DEC 1, 2022 &#8212; from getrevue.co by Paul Fain Growing interest in online training for medical certifications and a private university that\u2019s offering credit for MedCerts and other microcredentials. Excerpt: \u2018Train and Hire\u2019 in Healthcare The nation\u2019s healthcare system continues to strain amid a severe staffing crisis. 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