What to Avoid in Your Cover Letter When applying for a job, one of the most important aspects of an application is your cover letter. The cover letter is an opportunity to introduce yourself to the hiring manager; it allows you to share your experiences and how you can add value to the organization. Why…
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6 Ways to Professionally Glow Up In today’s competitive professional landscape, standing out requires intentional and strategic action. Whether your goal is career advancement, personal branding, or expanding your network, it’s important to find ways to “professionally glow up.” To achieve a meaningful professional transformation, you need a combination of skills, confidence, and the right…
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7 Resume Trends In 2025 The world is changing rapidly, and the job market is changing with it. To remain competitive in today’s job market, you will need to stay up to date with current resume trends that help you to stand out and demonstrate your value to employers. Beyond the skills and experience highlighted…
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Relaunch of the Dental Office Assistant Program April 2025: Blackstone Career Institute is excited to announce the relaunch of our online Dental Office Assistant Program. After a thorough review and curriculum update to align with the Dental Assisting National Board’s NELDA certification, the program is now available. Prospective students can enroll anytime to learn the skills…
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Tuition Lowered for 3 Allied Health Programs April 2025: In response to an ever-rising U.S. inflation rate and feedback from prospective students, Blackstone Career Institute decided to lower tuition costs for three allied health programs: Medical Billing and Coding, Pharmacy Technician, and Medical Office Assistant. This tuition reduction was made possible by removing the certification bundle…
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How to Reinvent Yourself This Spring 2025 Rhythms and habits have a way of forming us over time. Small, incremental steps can be the trajectory for a transformed life that allows you to achieve your goals and pursue your dreams, whether they are personal or career oriented. Each day, week, month, and year is an…
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How to Graduate Debt-Free Are you thinking about starting school to prepare for your future career but not sure if you can afford it? Or are you considering changing careers or advancing your career but have financial concerns about student loan debt? Student debt is a real concern. According to the Education Data Initiative, student…
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What AI Means for the Paralegal Profession There is a lot of buzz in the legal industry about the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. Particularly among paralegals, who handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes, time-consuming work for law firms including combing through documents and synthesizing large amounts of information, the development…
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10 Inspiring Organizations that Help the Incarcerated and Families Impacted by Incarceration The high incarceration rate in the United States brings with it a myriad of issues and opportunities for growth. Both incarcerated individuals and their families need specialized support, and many organizations have stepped up to aid them and advocate for prison reform, as…
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Pursuing Flexible Education as a Single Mom Being a single mom comes with countless challenges, from managing work and childcare to handling daily responsibilities. It can feel overwhelming to think about adding education to an already full plate. However, pursuing a degree, certification, or certificate doesn’t have to be impossible. With the right resources, support,…
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Blackstone’s Ethics for Paralegals course provides 5 hours of CLEs for NALA and NALS-certified paralegals required to meet the legal ethics requirement for recertification.
