Becoming a Phlebotomist

Why You Should Get Your Certification Phlebotomy is the practice of drawing blood for different lab tests, blood transfusions, or in blood donation centers. Phlebotomists can find work in a variety of different settings. Laboratories, private practice doctors offices, blood donation centers, and State or federal hospitals are just a few options. As a Phlebotomy Technician, your role may also include maintaining test tubes, medical instruments and labeling blood. You will get both laboratory and clinical experience. Your ability to make patients feel safe and comfortable will not go unnoticed. For most patients, needles are not their best friends, but

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Skilled Trade Jobs Are in High Demand

2 Solid Reasons to Choose Ayers Career College for Your Training 1. Get In And Out Of School Quickly You can get into a skilled trade program and out into the workforce in less than a year. Education is critical to being able to make a good living for yourself and your family. That doesn’t mean everyone has to go to university and graduate programs just to survive. Get the payoff of a good education for a fraction of the cost (in both money and time). Ayers Career College is a great option for anyone who wants to start making

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Attending a Career Colleges as an Adult

Career Training To Help You Increase Your Earnings It’s no secret that in this day and age higher education is important to increase your earnings. But what if you’ve been in the workforce for over a decade? Is it worth it to go back to school for a degree or specialized certification and how easy will it be to slide back into student life? Benefits of Going Back to School The wage gap is growing and those that have degrees or certificates are doing much better than those without. It’s worth the time and money you put into getting certified

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Women in Trades: No Limits

Updated Dec. 2023 Fifty years ago, it was not common for women to work in trade occupations. In fact, it was not common even twenty or ten years ago. Men dominated the world of electricity, construction, heating, and even the medical industry. Fast forward to today, and there are so many more opportunities for women in the workforce. Women can be medical assistants, HVAC installers, and business owners. At Ayers Career College, we want you to know you can train for any career you want! Interested in becoming an HVAC-R technician? Go for it! Is medical assisting or the pharmacy

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4 Tips to Help You Train for a New Career While Working Full Time

Starting a new job can be pretty exciting! But preparing for a new career requires dedication, and oftentimes specific training. That can be challenging for someone already working full-time. We’ve put together 4 steps to help you successfully transition while balancing your current full-time job. 1) Know what type of training your new career will require. The first step in preparing is to determine the skill set and training that you will need to have. Transferable skills are those skills that you already have and can take from your existing job to virtually any new job. Examples of these would include supervisory

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I’m Becoming a Medical Assistant. Should I Join the AAMA?

For medical assistants, joining the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) is one of the first things you should consider. Throughout many professions, there are professional organizations of these types, and for many people, it is an internal struggle as to whether to join them or not. Some people consider their profession a job and aren’t interested in committing a great deal of their time and money into programs that will help them in their current field, particularly when they aren’t as committed to this job as to others. Others, of course, feel drawn into their occupation and want to

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