If you’re looking for a rewarding, interesting career that gives you a lot of options, you might want to consider looking into business management. Business management is the organizing and planning of the necessary activities to run and manage a business efficiently. This includes activities handling finances, accounting, customer service, and human resources. To lead a company, it takes skilled, qualified individuals to ensure the business is profitable and operating legally. Though it’s a big responsibility, business management offers many different career options in many different sectors. Here’s what you need to know about the role and career options to help you decide if it’s right for you.

The demand for healthcare professionals has, for the most part, always been pretty steady. However, the need for qualified, well-rounded healthcare workers has increased in the past few years, thanks in part to the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical assistants and medical coders, in particular, have seen a steady rise in need. Here we will break down the similarities and differences between the two, and what’s needed to get started in both, to help you make the best career choice for you.

It’s an exciting time as we celebrate our Graduate of the Year, Haley Yegorov!

Each year, we invite recent graduates from schools like Ashworth College, Penn Foster, and James Madison High School to submit their stories and tell us about their journey to earn their diploma or degree in our Graduate of the Year Contest. We review hundreds of inspirational stories to find our finalists and winners for each school, who are selected by a committee of Penn Foster Group employees and instructors.

It’s that time of year! We’re here to recognize and celebrate our amazing Ashworth College Graduate of the Year finalists! Our five finalists were selected out of nearly 100 submissions from recent graduates. The decision was very difficult, but as you read more about these finalists, you’ll see why they were selected. We are so proud of our finalists–and all of our graduates–for working hard to finish their programs and achieve their goals!

Working in healthcare offers the opportunity to start a career in a variety of settings, from hospitals and clinics to private physicians’ offices. If you prefer working with a smaller team and seeing the same patients regularly, finding a job in a doctor’s office could be the perfect fit for you. In this article, we outline five healthcare jobs you can get in a doctor’s office, as well as speak to Penn Foster Group’s Allied Health Academic Lead Theresa Sinkevich for some tips on getting your foot in the door.