The Penn Foster Blog

How Advances in Technology and Access Impact Learners

November 7, 2024

"Vet Techs Are the Power Houses of the Vet Clinic": Celebrating Vet Tech Week and Beyond

October 17, 2024

How Learning and Development Programs Maximize ROI for Employers

October 14, 2024

5 Best Practices for Implementing a Successful Workforce Development Program

October 10, 2024

The Benefits of Upskilling to Promote a Practice Manager from Within

October 8, 2024

Empowering At-Risk Youth: Quad County Urban League’s YouthBuild Program with Penn Foster

October 7, 2024

Breaking Barriers: Empowering America’s Spanish-Speaking Population with the Penn Foster and EnGen Partnership

September 20, 2024

How Online Education Can Support Student Mental Health

September 11, 2024

A Guidance Counselor’s Guide to Credit Recovery

August 28, 2024

10 Fast & Simple Tips for Helping Students Learn Online: A Guide for High School Guidance Counselors

August 27, 2024

8 Back to School Tips for Guidance Counselors

August 14, 2024

4 Years Later: How Has Online Education Changed for Gen Z Post Pandemic?

July 24, 2024

How Credentialed Vet Techs Save Time for Your Practice

June 5, 2024

How Community-Based Organizations Can Partner with Job Organizations

May 21, 2024

What Vet Techs Really Want from Employers

May 14, 2024

Closing the Gap: How High School Class Alternatives Improve Graduation Rates

May 8, 2024

5 Best Practices to Train Vet Techs

May 7, 2024

How is Education Changing in 2024? Educators’ Predictions on AI, Mental Health, and Student Engagement

April 26, 2024

What is the Difference Between Job Training and Workforce Development?

April 18, 2024

Helping Adults Earn High School Diplomas: KIPP Chicago's Remarkable Adult Education Journey

April 16, 2024

Can Online High School Impact High School Dropout Rates?

April 9, 2024

8 Ways to Improve Culture at Your Vet Practice

March 25, 2024

How 4 Organizations Use a Holistic Approach to Helping Learners Succeed Through Education

March 6, 2024

The Benefits of Offering Career-Focused Courses in High School

February 23, 2024

5 Ways Employee Training Benefits Vet Clinics (and Patient Care)

October 26, 2023

3 Ways to Improve Inclusivity in Online Education

October 19, 2023

Helpful Resources for Your Veterinary Technicians

October 17, 2023

Celebrating Vet Techs: Ideas for National Vet Tech Week and Beyond

October 11, 2023

7 Ways Education Benefits are a Win-Win for Companies and Employees

October 11, 2023

3 Ways to Prepare High School Students for Jobs

October 5, 2023

Investing in Your Veterinary Team: A Guide to Professional Development & Beyond

September 7, 2023

Your Guide to Nonprofit Grant Funding for Education and Training Programs

August 9, 2023

A High School Diploma and English Proficiency: Combining the Keys to Success for Spanish Speakers

August 7, 2023

AI in Classrooms: Navigating the Next Frontier in Education

June 21, 2023

4 Veterinary Industry Trends Practice Owners Need to Know

June 6, 2023

How English Language Learners Are Left Behind and What We Can Do About It

May 30, 2023

How Penn Foster High School Supports Spanish-Speaking Learners

May 30, 2023

Penn Foster Celebrates World Veterinary Day 2023

April 28, 2023

Building Industry-Driven Career Pathway Systems: Empowering the Workforce of Tomorrow

April 20, 2023

How Online Classes Can Help Learners Succeed in High School

April 17, 2023

How to Design an Effective Workforce Development Program with Penn Foster

January 16, 2023

7 Tips for Keeping Students Motivated in Penn Foster High School

January 23, 2023

Overcoming Obstacles: A Student Spotlight on Davion Webb

December 14, 2022

Why Celebrating Employee Success is Vital to Company Retention (and How to Do It)

December 2, 2022

What Vet Techs Really Want from Employers

November 7, 2022

Skills vs. Degrees: Which is Better for Hiring?

October 26, 2022

Train Employees to Take on New Roles During a Recession

October 25, 2022

5 Secrets to Having the Best Vet Techs

October 25, 2022

The Skills Your Vet Techs are Missing

October 13, 2022

4 Strategies to Combat Quiet Quitting

October 11, 2022

How Soft Skills in the Workplace Can Make or Break Your Business

September 20, 2022

Education Benefits Can Bring Long-Term ROI

September 7, 2022

Improve the Healthcare Worker Shortage Through Online Training

September 6, 2022

Thought Leadership Series: The Upskilling Impact EmployBridge’s Better WorkLife Academy Has Made In 5 Years

August 24, 2022

3 Ways Education Benefits Help 90% of Your Workforce

August 18, 2022

Use Back to School Season to Increase Benefits Participation

August 16, 2022

5 Strategies to Help Learners Earn a High School Diploma

August 5, 2022

Grow Your Veterinary Practice by Training Staff in In Demand and New Skills

July 19, 2022

How Vet Telehealth Appointments Break Down Barriers to Care

July 18, 2022

How to Attract Workers in a Remote-Work World

June 28, 2022

Thought Leadership Series: How VCA is Building Skills and Hands-On Experience for Veterinary Technicians

June 17, 2022

How to Prepare High Schoolers for a Hybrid Workforce

May 27, 2022

How to Improve Workforce Training Through Microlearning

April 20, 2022

How to Set Up a Wellness Program for Your Vet Practice

April 18, 2022

How to Reduce Workplace Stress for Employees

April 1, 2022

How to Ensure Employees Take Advantage of Tuition and Education Benefits

March 4, 2022

What Your Vet Practice Can Learn from Our Best Webinars

February 24, 2022

The Importance of Talent Development in Today’s Labor Market

February 8, 2022

Offering Healthcare Training Can Help Your Company Succeed

February 2, 2022

Why Veterinary Telehealth is Necessary for Your 2022 Plan

January 20, 2022

How to Handle the Great Resignation in 2022

January 12, 2022

Combat Veterinary Practice Fatigue Through Training Programs

November 3, 2021

How Rarebreed Invests in Veterinary Staff and Practices Through Training

October 19, 2021

Insights from Middle Skill Workers

September 29, 2021

How to Attract Displaced Workers in a Post Pandemic Economy

September 22, 2021

The Lasting Impact of the Pandemic on the Pharmacy Industry

August 31, 2021

The Value of Training Current Employees vs. Hiring New Ones

August 30, 2021

How Penn Foster is Prepared to Train the Skilled Work Force

August 12, 2021

How to Attract and Retain Workers in the Service Industry

July 30, 2021

Online Training Can Prepare Workers for the Construction Boom

July 22, 2021

How Penn Foster Veterinary Technician Training Can Help Employees Succeed

July 8, 2021

Best Practice to Help Learners Succeed

July 1, 2021

How a Walmart Associate Grew Her Optician Career

June 29, 2021

How the Healthcare Industry Has Changed One Year into the Pandemic

June 24, 2021

The Future of Post-Vaccine Healthcare

June 25, 2021

The Learn and Earn Model for Healthcare Apprenticeships

June 16, 2021

Insights on EQ from Veterinary Professionals

June 9, 2021

The Benefits of the Learn and Earn Model for Skilled Trades Students

May 27, 2021

The Transformation of Skilled Trades Training

May 13, 2021

The Rise of Women in Skilled Trades

May 6, 2021

How Fear Free Certification Makes A Positive Impact for Vet Practices

May 4, 2021

How to Find Medical Assistants During Staffing Shortages

April 29, 2021

What Veterinary Health Companies Are Doing Right

April 22, 2021

Offering Education Opportunities Are a Win-Win for Employers

April 19, 2021

How College Can Offer In-Demand Healthcare Training

March 31, 2021

How Vaccine Distribution Creates Healthcare Jobs

March 26, 2021

What Vet Techs Should Know About Pet Insurance

March 18, 2021

Growing Veterinary Teams with Vet Tech Utilization

March 4, 2021

How Have Manufacturing Jobs Changed Over Time

February 24, 2021

The Positive Impact of Organizational Development in Healthcare

February 19, 2021

Why Now is the Best Time to Train Medical Assistants

February 10, 2021

Online Programs Saw Growth During Healthcares Toughest Year

February 8, 2021

The Role of Learning and Development in Veterinary Medicine

January 31, 2021

Why Offering Pharmacy Technician Training and Certification is Crucial

January 28, 2021

Talent Development in the Healthcare Industry

January 26, 2021

Why Upskilling is Essential to Recovery in 2021

January 20, 2021

Boost in Pet Ownership Increases Vet Tech Grad Rate

January 18, 2021

Health and Wellness in the Veterinary Industry

January 14, 2021

What Skills Are Healthcare Employees Missing

January 6, 2021

The Top Skilled Trades Industry Trends to Watch in 2021

December 31, 2020

4 Predictions for the Future of Healthcare Jobs in 2021

December 9, 2020

Top Vet Industry Predictions for 2021

December 4, 2020

Celebrating Our 2020 Milestones

December 2, 2020

What US Manufacturing Leaders Have to Say About the Future of Workforce Training

December 1, 2020

Predicting the Top In-Demand Jobs for 2021

November 24, 2020

The Future of Apprenticeships During COVID-19

November 13, 2020

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week with Penn Foster

November 11, 2020

How the Pandemic Has Changed Veterinary Medicine

November 5, 2020

Offering Hope, Encouragement & Knowledge During Vet Tech Week

October 23, 2020

Banfield President Interviews Penn Foster Vet Tech Graduate of the Year

October 21, 2020

How Medical Assistant Training Can Help Keep Rural Hospitals Afloat

October 7, 2020

How Penn Foster and Constituent Services Worldwide are Teaming Up to Provide Job-Ready Skills

October 1, 2020

How to Equip Support Staff to Provide Patient-Centered Care

September 30, 2020

Hiring for the Urgent Care Trend

September 23, 2020

How to Implement a Veterinary Medicine Telehealth Service

September 17, 2020

Prepare Displaced Workers for In-Demand Veterinary Assistant Roles

September 9, 2020

How Certified Pharmacy Technicians Are Vital to Retail Pharmacies

September 2, 2020

New Interactive Learning Aids for Skilled Trades Training Programs

August 28, 2020

What Do Millennials Actually Want from Healthcare?

August 25, 2020

How to Best Prepare Your Veterinary Staff for an Influx of New Patients

August 19, 2020

Rapidly Upskill Displaced & Incumbent Workers to Fill Vital Healthcare Roles

August 13, 2020

Shifting Focus to Emphasize New or Overlooked Roles in Healthcare

July 31, 2020

Build A Social Impact Strategy to Attract and Retain Talent

July 29, 2020

Skills-Based Hiring Is the Future for Successful Employers

July 24, 2020

Four Steps to Building Your Own Employees

July 16, 2020

Register for Our Veterinary Webinar: Preparing for the Influx of First-Time Pet Owners

July 10, 2020

Experience or Academics: What Holds More Value in the New Skills Economy

July 8, 2020

Leadership at all Levels: Successful Veterinary Healthcare Teams

July 1, 2020

Why a Social Impact Agenda is a Must For Vet Practices in 2020 and Beyond

June 24, 2020

An Employer’s Guide to Supporting Working Learners

June 17, 2020

Client Education: A Vital Role for Veterinary Technicians

June 10, 2020

The Top Three Skills Manufacturing Executives Seek in New Hires

June 4, 2020

Employer Assisted Education Should Be A Standard Benefit

June 2, 2020

The State of the Industry: Veterinary Practice Challenges and Goals in 2020

May 28, 2020

Everything You Need To Know About Microcredentials

May 26, 2020

How to Ensure Your Veterinary Staff Stays Healthy and Safe for the Duration of COVID-19

May 20, 2020

Who Will Replace Retiring Boomers in the Manufacturing Industry?

May 14, 2020

Animal Hospital Dentistry: The Hidden Growth Opportunity

May 12, 2020

Reliable Veterinary Staff Can Enable Wider Social Impact Initiatives

May 7, 2020

Helping Your Learners Navigate Online Training

May 4, 2020

How to Help Your Employees Maintain Work-Life Balance During A Pandemic

April 29, 2020

Train Your Employees to Become Future Proof

April 24, 2020

The Manufacturing Industry is Changing. Are the Workers?

April 22, 2020

How to Market Apprenticeships to Job Seekers

March 23, 2020

Effective Marketing Practices Can Increase the Success of Veterinary Clinics

March 19, 2020

How to Meet the Growing Demand for CNAs

March 4, 2020

How to Improve Healthcare Employee Retention

February 26, 2020

Health and Wellness Initiatives Are Essential to Your Veterinary Practice

February 19, 2020

Don't Wait for the Future of Work - It's Here

February 10, 2020

How to Attract Healthcare Workers

February 5, 2020

What is a Workforce Development Program?

January 29, 2020

The Value of Credentialed Veterinary Technicians

January 24, 2020

Tomorrow's Skills Agenda: 5 Predictions for the World of Work

January 20, 2020

How to Retain Healthcare Workers

January 14, 2020

How Online High School Can Benefit Your Learners

January 2, 2020

Top Skills Your Workers Will Need in 2020

December 30, 2019

How Training Can Meet the Challenges of the Hospitality Industry

December 23, 2019

Will a Skills Gap Impact Your Industry in 2020?

December 18, 2019

Almost 70,000 Learners More Qualified for Their Next Best Careers After Penn Foster

December 12, 2019

Improving People Skills in Middle-Skilled Workers

November 21, 2019

How Manufacturing Facilities Can Achieve Safety Through Training

November 19, 2019

Are Apprenticeship Programs the Future of Education?

November 12, 2019

3 Secrets to Build a Strong Healthcare Team

November 6, 2019

How to Develop Leaders in Middle Skills Professions

October 30, 2019

Career Pathways in Healthcare

October 23, 2019

Meet Medical Billing and Coding Graduate, Destini

October 22, 2019

Veterinary Technician Certification Offers Opportunities to Help and Heal

October 16, 2019

Why Smart Staffing Firms Are Training Associates

October 10, 2019

An Opportunity Builds in the Construction Skills Gap

October 2, 2019

Graduate of Online Veterinary Academy Joins VCA Animal Hospital as Veterinary Technician

September 26, 2019

Training Skilled Trades Workers in Luxury Hospitality

September 18, 2019

5 Best Practices for Implementing a Successful Workforce Development Program

September 12, 2019

How to Hire for the Healthcare Boom

September 10, 2019

6 Reasons to Invest in Employee Development and Career Pathways

September 4, 2019

What is the Key to Upskilling?

August 28, 2019

How EmployBridge is Fighting Record-Low Unemployment Rates

August 23, 2019

3 Ways to Advance Your Mechanics

August 20, 2019

Vote for Penn Foster's SXSW Panel and Join Our Movement

August 15, 2019

What Skills Do Workers Need for the Future?

August 13, 2019

It Takes a Veterinary Health Care Team

August 7, 2019

Training Workers in Customer Service

July 31, 2019

What Manufacturing Employers Can Do Now to Fill Jobs

July 24, 2019

Is Your Practice Prepared to Meet Clients' Needs?

July 17, 2019

How Will the Gig Economy Shape the Future of Libraries?

July 16, 2019

Writing Job Postings to Attract the Right Talent

July 10, 2019

How Can Your Business Be More Like IBM and Microsoft?

July 3, 2019

Skills Gap Deniers Suffer From A Narrow Definition of What the Skills Gap Is

June 26, 2019

The True ROI of Company Sponsored Learning

June 19, 2019

The Future is Solar

June 17, 2019

How Does Online Learning Work for Working Learners?

June 12, 2019

2019 Commencement: Celebrating Outcomes and Learner Achievement

June 6, 2019

Veterinary Practices Increase Profits with Training

May 30, 2019

Help Employees Balance Work, Life, and Learning

May 22, 2019

The Cure for the Healthcare Skills Gap

May 15, 2019

Valuing Competency: How Businesses Thrive in the Skills Economy

May 8, 2019

Opportunity Summit 2019: Reimagining Workforce When Our Future is Right in Front of Us

May 2, 2019

How to Grow Employees for Success

May 1, 2019

Employers: Setting Clear Expectations for New Hires Saves You Money

April 25, 2019

Bending the Arc of Potential: Creating Economic Mobility Through Innovation at the ASU GSV X Summit

April 17, 2019

Upskilling 2.0: The Rise of Working Learners and Learning Workers

April 11, 2019

Watch Roadtrip Nation's "Skill Powered"

April 3, 2019

Celebrating the Red Rock Job Corps Penn Foster Graduates

March 28, 2019

4 Insights from SXSWEDU 2019 on Closing the Skills Gap

March 19, 2019

Why Middle Skills Employers Should Care About the Labor Force Participation Rate

March 13, 2019

At SXSW EDU, Penn Foster to Tackle the Skills Gap and Talent Development

March 5, 2019

Companies that are Revolutionizing Skills Training in Detroit

March 4, 2019

The Real Impact of Automation: A Skills Revolution

March 1, 2019

How to Reduce Churn Among Retail Employees

February 27, 2019

How Businesses Can Address America's Reskilling Challenge

February 20, 2019

How to Become a Leader of Workforce Development

February 13, 2019

5 Ways You Can Retain Employees You Upskill

February 6, 2019

3 Ways to Stay Competitive in the 2019 Hiring Market

January 30, 2019

Manufacturers Look for Ways to Close Increasing Skills Gap

January 23, 2019

Perdue Farms Celebrates First Penn Foster High School Graduate

January 17, 2019

Want to Close the Manufacturing Skills Gap? Think Digital Certificates

January 16, 2019

Help Employees Build Customer Service Skills

January 11, 2019

What Types of Learning Analytics Should your Training Provider Offer?

January 8, 2019

How Apprenticeships Are Helping Close Today's Skills Gaps

January 2, 2019

Phoenix Rising YouthBuild: Rising to the Occasion

October 31, 2018

YouthBuild Turns 40: A Rich Past Lays Framework for Bright Future

October 29, 2018

How to Staff the Staffing Companies

October 25, 2018

Staffing World 2018: Where Leaders in Staffing & Workforce Solutions Come Together

October 10, 2018

How to Change Employee Mindsets to Improve Performance

August 31, 2018

Survey Says Apprentices are the Most Career-Ready

August 23, 2018

Forget Skill Sets: Why You Should Hire for Character Instead

August 16, 2018

How to Build a Robust Workforce Development Program

August 2, 2018

How To Create a Learning Pathway for Your Employees

July 12, 2018

The Case for Tuition Assistance

July 5, 2018

2018 Summer Solstice: The Solar Industry is Looking Bright

June 21, 2018

Penn Foster Graduates Take Their Next Career Steps in a Hot Job Market

June 8, 2018

Is a 4-Year Degree for Everyone?

June 7, 2018

Are Millennials Changing Manufacturing?

May 30, 2018

Congratulations to New Penn Foster High School Grads from Chicago CRED!

May 7, 2018

Penn Foster Partners with Tarheel ChalleNGe Academy to Transform the Lives of At-Risk Students

April 18, 2018

Workforce Participation: A Missing Link in Closing the Skills Gap

April 9, 2018

How Can Staffing Firms Do Their Part to Help Close the Skills Gap?

April 4, 2018

How Businesses Can Leverage Tax Cuts to Invest in Employee Development

March 15, 2018

February Job Report Signals an Even Stronger Reason to Tackle the Skills Gap

March 9, 2018

The Middle Skills Training "Awakening"

March 8, 2018

Heading Towards a Work + Learn Future to Fix "A Nation Upside Down"

February 22, 2018

5 Ways to Make Sure Your College's Emails Don't End Up in Spam

February 15, 2018

What Penn Foster Students Who Made the Jump to New Careers Can Teach Employers

February 12, 2018

The Skills that Matter: What a DXL Employee Can Teach us About Soft Skills Training

February 8, 2018

Innovating for Academic Achievement: LearnLaunch Institute's 2018 Across Boundaries Conference

January 25, 2018

Retail is Detail: Important Details From This Year's NRF Foundation Gala

January 1, 2018

The Digitalization of the American Workforce: What it Means for Employers Today

December 28, 2017

Celebrating a Year of Student Success!

December 18, 2017

3 Workplace Trends to Watch for in 2018

December 14, 2017

How Effective Learner Support Can Improve Outcomes in Employee Training Programs

November 21, 2017

Five Steps to Develop an Employee Soft Skill Training Program - Part 2

November 10, 2017

Top Qualities to Look for When Hiring a Retail Supervisor

November 7, 2017

Five Steps to Develop an Employee Soft Skills Training Program - Part 1

November 1, 2017

Penn Foster Joins Leaders in Staffing and Workforce Solutions at 2017 Staffing World

October 23, 2017

Three Key Skill Sets to Cover in Your Home Care Program

October 18, 2017

What's Next for U.S. Manufacturing? Industry Leaders Weigh In

October 6, 2017

3 In-Demand Career Programs to Help Job Seekers Get Employed Quickly

September 21, 2017

How Your Career College can Effectively AB Test with a Small Send List

September 20, 2017

Three Things We Learned From the August Jobs Report

September 14, 2017

RemX Upskills its Associates with the Better WorkLife Academy

August 22, 2017

How Career and Technical Education Can Benefit All Students

July 31, 2017

Three Takeaways from Penn Foster's Survey on Soft Skills in the Workplace

June 28, 2017

The Apprenticeship Guide: 5 Tips for Launching Your Own Apprentice Program

June 19, 2017

"The Apprentice" For America: U.S. to Build Workforce with Apprenticeships

June 16, 2017

The Apprenticeship Guide: Why Combining Online Learning with Apprenticeship is a Game-Changer

June 5, 2017

Top Takeaways from ASU + GSV Summit 2017

May 15, 2017

The ROI of Soft Skills Training Is Probably More Than You Think

May 12, 2017

Three Reasons Why Certified Veterinary Technicians are Essential to Every Veterinary Practice

April 28, 2017

Youth Unemployment: Recent Study Findings

April 25, 2017

Study Shows: The Perception of Online Education is Changing

April 13, 2017

How Blended Learning Can Promote Equity and Inclusion

March 29, 2017

The Landscape of the Future Skills Economy

March 23, 2017

The Role of Technology and Training in the Resurgence of U.S. Manufacturing

March 18, 2017

How We Can Help Encourage More College Enrollments

March 16, 2017

Forward Thinking Careers: Pharmacy Technician

March 15, 2017

Education Deserts: What They Are and What We Can Do About Them

February 9, 2017

Three Ways to Incorporate Digital Badges into a Career-Focused Curriculum

January 31, 2017

How Youth Organizations Can Take Advantage of Credit for Prior Learning to Drive College Placement Ratesla

January 17, 2017

Achieving Historic Distance Education Success Through Championing Student Support

January 10, 2017