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Employer Solutions
From Reactive to Proactive: Why the Future of Workforce Development Requires a Paradigm Shift
For decades, healthcare employers have too often played a reactive role in addressing unfilled vacancies. The formula is pretty familiar: a job opens up and HR works with the hiring manager to conduct a search to find a qualified replacement. Only before too long, the same new hire is lured away by a competitor and the whole hiring process begins again.
Having to fill the same position over and over is especially a problem for many allied health roles. For instance, the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report found in hospitals, the annual turnover rate for Certified Nursing Assistants is 36.1%, and 34.2% for Patient Care Technicians. There is, however, an increasingly popular framework for disrupting that endless cycle.
Hiring Gen Z – Recruiting Trends That Actually Work
It’s no secret that employers are struggling to bring on and retain Gen Z talent. While some in this generation are new to the workforce, others are in their early career years with distinct employment values. Many Gen Z employees appreciate hybrid schedules or fun company culture, but the benefits that truly matter to Gen Z are skills, growth and transparency.
Addressing The Surgical Tech Shortage: A Better Staffing Solution
For many healthcare employers, trying to find enough surgical technologists has never been more frustrating.
According to a 2022 survey of 300 healthcare executives, workforce shortages are the top concern in U.S. hospitals, with 83% naming a shortage of technologists as a staffing problem. Meanwhile, the 2022 OR Manager Salary/Career Survey found that 58% of healthcare leaders were finding it more difficult to hire new surgical technologists.
Academic Solutions
5 Strategies for Increasing Student Enrollment in Higher Education
In today’s demanding economy, college can be a hard sell, and many institutions are feeling the pressure. A recent Gallup poll indicates that only 35% of Americans consider college “very important,” down from 51% in 2019.
With less interest comes increased competition for potential students. Institutions need to find strategies for increasing student enrollment in college, and that means aligning with these students’ changing expectations – specifically, prioritizing career relevance and flexible learning experiences.
Integrating industry-recognized certifications and stackable credentials can help colleges and universities differentiate themselves and better address learners’ needs.
How to Choose the Right Academic Program for Your Institution
If your higher education institution is searching for a reputable and successful online platform to license content, two qualities should be at the top of your checklist. You need an academic program that is relevant to the current demands of the marketplace, and that program must bring the results your students seek.
Finding in-demand, outcomes-driven programs can feel overwhelming, and that’s only the beginning. It can take time to research the academic programs available for content licensing.
Workforce demands are shifting quickly, but the push toward online, flex learning isn’t a trend. More students are looking for programs in high-demand industries such as healthcare and information technology to earn necessary credentials. You can build a diverse student population and increase revenue for your institution with this exciting opportunity.
But first, you’ll need to check all the right boxes to ensure your institution finds the right partner for your enrollment and curriculum goals.
5 Most Popular Certifications Students Want Right Now
The demand for healthcare workers is growing rapidly. With about 1.9 million new job openings projected annually, many students are searching for a way to enter this quickly growing sector. MedCerts Partner Solutions offers training for fast, career-ready certifications so students can access diverse job opportunities, unlock more earning potential and explore future advancement in their careers.
Workforce Solutions
5 Tips for Helping Clients Identify Transferable Skills
Clients come to you for job support or entry-level training, many of them believing they must start from the ground up. What they don’t consider is that many of their existing abilities are often transferable to the workforce.
By showing your clients how to bridge the gap with transferable skills, you act as a vital guide in helping them succeed. Use these five tips to help drive their employability and present their strengths across industries.
5 Tips for Supporting Clients Balancing Full-Time Work and School
Starting career training is an adjustment, and one of the biggest challenges is balancing full-time work and school. Case managers serve an essential role as hands-on coaches and cheerleaders, helping clients manage their time and tap into available resources. With these five action tips, you can help your clients reduce stress and stay committed to program completion.
How to Create a Career Pathway With Your Clients
Outlining a clear career pathway can help your clients stay focused on finishing their job training program and launching a rewarding career. A career pathway is a structured plan that maps the education, training and job experience your clients need to qualify for a desired position. It breaks the journey into sequential, actionable steps for your clients to follow.
MedCerts Program Solutions
The Art of Instructional Design & Why It Matters
Instructional design fosters long-term learning. This design methodology draws from different learning theories, behavioral psychology, educational outcomes and communication principles to build tailored training programs. At MedCerts Partner Solutions, each of our eLearning courses delivers effective knowledge and real-world skills through a proven instructional design framework focused on innovative, engaging and targeted content.
7 Examples of EdTech Changing How We Teach
Gone are the days when the only way students and adult learning professionals could expand their education required them to sit in a classroom. Now, thanks to advancements in EdTech, (education technology), teaching and learning have been transformed.
From higher education to workforce training, learning technology is now the backbone of scalable digital solutions for academics. Professionals needing continuing education and students looking to complete certificates and degrees can go online and still work with highly respected academic institutions.
In the Age of AI: Why IT Professionals Need a Course in Professional Skills and Ethics
There’s never been a better time for companies to offer soft skill and ethical training for IT workers around generative AI, for the simple reason the need is already here. According to a ServiceNow 2024 survey, 72% of IT workers use AI-generated code in their development processes.
Apprenticeships
How MedCerts Apprenticeships Work
Building a talent pipeline is easier with on-the-job training and a trusted educational partner. MedCerts Partner Solutions is one of the first online apprenticeship providers approved by the U.S. Department of Labor, and we know what it takes to succeed.
At MedCerts, we work closely with workforce partners and healthcare and IT organizations to onboard promising, committed entry-level workers. If you’ve ever wondered how apprenticeships work and how they can benefit your organization, we’re here to guide you.
6 Reasons Healthcare Apprenticeship Programs Work So Well
Every HR professional or executive in healthcare today knows the reality behind trying to stay ahead of the ongoing staffing crisis in America. This struggle demands creative and innovative solutions that are also sustainable. But most of all, it requires something that works!
In recent years, apprenticeships have proven to be a successful strategy for filling healthcare workforce vacancies. Yet, implementing an apprenticeship program into your current training protocols may seem overwhelming. If your medical or wellness organization is considering adding healthcare apprenticeship programs to its training initiatives, you’re embarking on a great opportunity. The on-the-job training facilitated by MedCerts Partner Solutions has proven successful in addressing staffing shortages, improving retention and upskilling talent.
Let’s look at six reasons why MedCerts healthcare apprenticeships are so effective.
Building the Future Allied Health Workforce with Apprenticeships
As people seek better ways to enter or move around within the labor market, there’s no question that an increasingly mainstream approach has been apprenticeships. According to the Department of Labor, nearly 610,000 Americans are currently working as apprentices, a 106% increase since 2013. Given the high cost of postsecondary education, the need to hire quickly, and the relaxing of degree requirements, apprenticeships have become an appealing and effective alternative to college.
News & Notes
Apprenti and MedCerts Set to Expand Life Science Apprenticeship Opportunities Nationwide
LIVONIA, Mich., Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MedCerts, a leader in online healthcare and IT career training and a Stride, Inc. company, is proud to announce a new partnership with Apprenti, a national leader in registered apprenticeship programs. Together, they’re expanding access to Registered Apprenticeships in high-demand life science fields and helping employers across the country connect talent with skilled, job-ready workforces.
FAMU Launches 50 New Healthcare and IT Certificates with MedCerts
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— Florida A&M University (FAMU), through its Office of Continuing Education, is introducing a new series of career-focused healthcare and information technology certificate programs delivered by MedCerts, a Stride Inc. portfolio company and national provider of online workforce training.
MedCerts Partners with eHBCU to Expand Access to Career Training and Certifications
RESTON, VA, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MedCerts, a leader in online healthcare and IT career training and a Stride Inc. portfolio company, today announced a landmark partnership with eHBCU, the nation’s first digital HBCU consortium. This collaboration combines MedCerts’ workforce development expertise with the cultural legacy of HBCUs to expand access to career-focused certification programs nationwide.
