Got integrations? System-to-system integrations for certification management keep the data flowing and the application processes going. After all, the less program and candidate data entered manually or in multiple, the better! Of course, the rule only applies when...
As a means to meet specific, targeted workforce development needs, assessment-based certificate programs serve many potential functions for certification organizations, licensure boards, and associations. For example, they offer another way for many professions to...
As a regulator, you have an important role: protecting public trust while helping your constituents earn their living. You perform this role by managing your state’s license management process, profession by profession. The public doesn’t always appreciate how license...
Let’s face it: Even in our ever-more-paperless world, sometimes you just need cold hard proof of professional certification and licensure. Whether mounted on the wall or tucked in a wallet, printed credentials are nowhere near a thing of the past. They both offer a...
Communicating candidate progress hasn’t always been an expectation of certification programs. It hasn’t even always been possible. This was especially true in the age of PDF applications and paper forms. Of course, these were also the days of shoebox receipts for CE...
In the search for the right candidate management system or certification management software, organizations rightfully tend to focus on how a solution works. But…what about how it looks? Brand consistency across platforms is a way to create a top-notch end-user...
If you’ve automated communications for credential management in the past, you know they can be a great way to build candidate notifications and reminders into the certification process. That is, as long as they work. But what if they aren’t working in the way you had...
One of the hallmarks of Canadian professional regulatory organizations is an emphasis on professional quality assurance programs. These programs offer the tools for professionals to reflect on their practice in the context of improving provider outcomes, especially...
Protecting the public from “bad apples” — practitioners, licensed or otherwise, whose conduct puts constituents at risk — is a core function of any licensing or regulatory board. Pun intended. All wordplay aside, the fairness, efficiency, and speed with which a board...
What is an Employer Voucher Program? Employer voucher programs are a collaboration with employers, one of your profession's major stakeholders. Certification fees provide the revenue to power a certification program. In the pursuit of certification, an individual...