Happy 4th of July
The Allen School Online Blog wishes you and yours a happy, healthy, safe Fourth of July. Go America! Read More
Noticeably Absent
Noticeably absent from this depressing article about the disappearance of middle class jobs was any mention of declining numbers of available careers in medical fields. The middle class squeeze, as we all know, has hit hard at industries like manufacturing where thousands of jobs in factories and assembly lines have been sent overseas to “low […] Read More
We’re Number 3!
Yahoo! recently published a list of the top 5 fastest growing jobs in the medical field. Medical Records and Health Information Technician took the number 3 place on the list! With a very attractive average annual salary, medical billing and coding specialists can anticipate continued strength in the job market for people with their qualifications. […] Read More
Access Your Files From Anywhere
One of the best parts about online study is that you can study whenever you carve the time out to do so. And, you’re not tethered to any one particular location. For many of us that means we can study wherever we can bring our laptop. Think, coffee shop, airport, friend’s houses, etc. But, even […] Read More
Fascinating Answers to Gripping Medical Questions
What causes “brain freeze” when eating ice cream or other cold treats too fast? Admit it, you have always wanted to know why that happens right? I know I have. With today being the first day of summer, and the Northeastern humidity already squeezing beads of sweat out of my forehead, I am sure the […] Read More
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
If you’re just beginning your course of study with the Allen School Online, you may be wondering if you can make it. Perhaps you were forced out of another career path by the economy. Maybe there are people in your life who tell you its a mistake and that you cannot succeed in this new […] Read More
Honoring Thy Father
Maybe your dad was the person who motivated you to seek your medical billing and coding certification. Maybe you’re a dad who decided to retrain in this field to secure a better job to support your children. Maybe neither of these things are true about you. Nonetheless, we all owe a debt of gratitude to […] Read More
Dress for Success or, The Idiot’s Guide to Ironing
Having your new certification and a brain full of knowledge is great, but as we all know, landing a job often comes down to making a good first impression at the interview. Part of making that good first impression is obviously the way you speak and interact with the interviewer and how you convey your […] Read More
Resumè Samples
Getting ready to capture the return on your investment into online job training and education? That means you’ll be taking your newly earned certification out to the market to land yourself a j-o-b. The first step in that process is to line up some interviews. And that means putting together a new resumè. This is […] Read More
Leading Edge of Medical Innovation
How lucky you are to be entering into such an exciting field? The field of medicine has made significant advances in the last 100 years. Quantum advances. Advances that would have been scoffed at as flights of science fiction fancy by medical contemporaries in 1911. Case in point, Mitch Hunter, a man whose face was […] Read More