What you get:

  • Mobile-friendly access for anytime, anywhere learning
  • Earn virtual skills badges to showcase the skills you learn
  • Penn Foster faculty, staff, and coaches available for support

National Urban League has partnered with Penn Foster to offer career focused courses to jobseekers. Offered on Penn Foster's mobile-friendly platform, these programs provide you with the flexibility to learn when and where you want - at a pace that's right for you. Taking these courses will allow you to increase your skills, demonstrate your focus and discipline, and show a dedication to self-improvement.

Browse the programs below and enroll in a program today!

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Auto Repair Technician

Penn Foster's Auto Repair Technician career diploma program will prepare students to enter the automotive repair field by studying the major automotive systems and the procedures for troubleshooting and repairing those systems. This program will also assist students preparing for the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification Tests!

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Skills Covered:

  • Engine Repair
  • Automotive Brakes
  • Automatic Transmissions and Transaxles
  • Suspension and Steering

Business Management Essentials Certificate

Our online Business Management Essentials Career Certificate program covers topics such as principles of management, math for business and finance, and business and technical writing. Gain an understanding of a manager's role in decision making, planning, organizing, leading, controlling, and developing an ethical perspective, as well as business writing, business math, and other foundational basics.

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Skills Covered:

•    Learn the basics of managing financial and human resources and the ethical and social responsibilities required of a successful manager.
•    How to build strong decision-making, leadership, and organizational skills through an understanding of the principles of management.
•    How to prepare various business math applications involving financial reports, installment buying, and depreciation.
•    How to write business and technical documents from professional emails to reports.

Bookkeeping

Prepare for a career as a professional bookkeeper with Penn Foster's online Bookkeeping Career Diploma. You'll learn a range of topics from assets and liabilities to revenue and expenses, a comprehensive understanding of QuickBooks Online Plus™, and a special final project involving business ownership - all online, and at your own pace.

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Skills Covered:

•    Proper procedures for controlling an organization’s financial documentation and guard against misappropriation of its funds.
•    How to use accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
•    How to create financial reports using QuickBooks online to complete bookkeeping tasks, ensure accuracy in receiving and recording payments, handle banking transactions, and monitor business accounts.
•    Procedures for receiving and recording cash, checks, and vouchers in compliance with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

Career Readiness Bootcamp

Refresh your soft skills - the "power skills" you'll need to stand out in any job with this introductory Career Certificate program covering teamwork, planning and organizing, productivity tools, integrity, customer focus, and more.

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Skills Covered:

  • Personal Skills
  • People Skills
  • Workplace Skills

Construction Trades (formerly Carpenter)

Penn Foster Career School’s online carpentry training will cover how to plan and prepare projects, implement and assess workplace and project requirements, as well as provide hands-on project practice.

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Skills Covered:

•    How to outline design techniques and principles in the production and interpretation of basic blueprints and architectural drawings to follow specifications and meet the needs of clients.
•    How to solve problems by adjusting project plans, including types of installation methods of materials and related equipment.
•    How to install windows, insulation, and exterior finishes, including the basics of deck design and construction.
•    How to understand several basic methods of framing and structural design used to create home frames, floor, wall, and roof framing systems.

Health Information Clerk

This program will prepare students to organize, process, store, and retrieve medical records, including electronic health records.

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Skills Covered:

  • Customer Service, Confidentiality, and Medical Terminology
  • Medical Office Procedures
  • Electronic Medical Records

Hotel and Restaurant Management

In our hotel/restaurant management class, you'll cover important topics that will help you learn how to run a successful hotel and restaurant. Also, when you graduate, you can take the National Restaurant Association (NRA) ServSafe Food Handler online training course and certification exam at no additional cost!

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Skills Covered:

•    How to recruit, interview, and manage employees including how to determine staffing needs and the scheduling of responsibilities.
•    How to plan a restaurant menu that accounts for customer preference, nutrient content, wording regulations, and pricing needs.
•    How to enforce rules for hygienic food handling and washing of dishes, utensils, and other items.
•    How to understand the duties and responsibilities of various positions you'll oversee as a hotel or restaurant manager.

IT Support Specialist

Penn Foster College’s online IT Support Specialist Career Diploma program consists of courses to help you gain the knowledge and skills employers are seeking. Our program will help you understand technology careers, hardware basics, operating system installation, networking protocols, and more.

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Skills Covered:

  • Workplace Skills for IT Support Specialists
  • Computing Hardware, Networking and Mobile Devices
  • Operating Systems and Computer Security
  • Network Protocols and Internetworking

Medical Assistant Career Diploma

Our online Medical Assistant Career Diploma program includes courses that cover the foundational concepts and skills essential to being an effective employee in the field. From Introduction to Allied Health to Clinical Procedures, your self-paced classes can prepare you to work towards becoming a certified or registered medical assistant. You’ll learn the practical application of your studies through live-action and animated videos, interactive simulations, and a 160-hour externship. If you’re interested in furthering your studies, you may be able to transfer your work and continue your education with our Medical Assistant Associate Degree Program or the Healthcare Management Associate Degree Program offered through Penn Foster College.

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Skills Covered:

  • Reimbursement Methodology
  • Electronic Medical Records
  • Pathology & Pharmacology
  • Phlebotomy
  • Medical Surgical Procedures
  • Diagnostic Procedures
  • Sterile Technique
  • Vitals

Pharmacy Assistant Front-End

This program will prepare students to assist licensed pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in preparing and dispensing prescription drugs to patients.

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Skills Covered:

  • Communication and customer service skills
  • Patient confidentiality and HIPAA
  • Computer and administrative skills
  • Pharmacy billing and reimbursement procedures

Pharmacy Technician

The Pharmacy Technician Career Diploma Program is in ASHP/ACPE candidate status for accreditation and is aligned with ASHP/ACPE standards to prepare you to successfully pass the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) and the Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT) certification exams. To enroll in this program, you must first complete a prerequisite gateway course. See prerequisite gateway course options in the dropdown menu below.

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Skills Covered:

  • Math for the pharmacy technician
  • Law, ethics, and confidentiality in healthcare
  • Pharmacology and drug classes
  • Sterile and nonsterile compounding
  • Pharmacy billing and management

Warehousing and Distribution Supervisor

This program is designed to equip individuals with the skills needed for entry-level and experienced roles in the distribution industry, focusing on both business and technical aspects.

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Skills Covered:

•    Interpret drawings and schematics
•    Understand different organizational structures within the distribution industry
•    Learn inventory management principles