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If you’re considering a career in mental health, you’ve likely come across the term trauma-informed care. It’s one of the most important concepts in modern mental health and addictions work.

Trauma is far more common than many people realize, and its effects can shape the way individuals think, feel, behave, and relate to the world. Whether someone has experienced a single distressing event or long-term, repeated harm, their mind and body can be affected in profound ways.

For mental health workers, understanding trauma—and knowing how to respond with compassion and sensitivity—is essential to providing safe, effective support.

In this post, we break down what trauma-informed care really means, why it matters in today’s mental health landscape, and how aspiring professionals can begin building this vital skillset.

The demand for those who can find the meaning in a sea of data is skyrocketing. According to the Future of Jobs report, big data specialist is expected to be the number one fastest growing job over the next few years.

So how can you develop the skills you need to succeed in this booming field? By training in data analytics.

Data analytics is the process of collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data to uncover patterns and insights that drive decision making. Programs focus on helping you gain the technical skills and business acumen to turn complex datasets into actionable insights.

Here are the essential skills you can expect to learn in data analytics training:

Herzing’s Data Analytics With AI program is designed to take students from total beginners to industry-ready professionals. Learners benefit from hands-on coursework that combines programming, statistics, cloud technologies, and real-world applications, all with the support of instructors who know how to teach complex concepts in an accessible way.

Zakiya Malek is one of those instructors. With a doctorate in cybersecurity and decades of experience teaching and working with technology, she brings a strong mix of academic expertise and real-world insight to her classes. She helps Herzing students understand not only how to analyze data, but also how to work responsibly with data in enterprise environments.

In this interview, she talks about how the program is structured, what students can expect to learn, and the kinds of roles graduates are prepared for.

If you’re considering a career in legal support work, don’t underestimate the power of soft skills. While mastering hard skills like legal procedures, forms, and software is important, soft skills are often the differentiator between someone who just “does the job” and someone who excels, earns trust, and builds a long-term, fulfilling career.

Skills like communication, organization, and time management help you handle complex cases, support clients, liaise with attorneys, and ensure that no deadline or detail slips through the cracks.

In this post, we explore why soft skills matter so much in legal careers and which ones you need to develop to thrive in this demanding field.

Do you find yourself having to reinvent your career? Maybe you were laid off, or your industry no longer offers the stability it used to, or you simply want to get into a line of work with more opportunity.

If you’re looking to retrain, upskill, and re-enter the workforce, Better Jobs Ontario can be a powerful resource. It’s a government-funded program designed to help people get the skills training they need to launch a new career.

Keep reading to find out what Better Jobs Ontario is all about and how you can take advantage of it.

For anyone looking to build a stable, future-focused career in IT, gaining expertise in both networking and cybersecurity is one of the smartest moves you can make. Employers increasingly want professionals who can design resilient networks, defend against attacks, and keep critical systems running smoothly.

Exploring IT career paths? Here’s why combined training in cybersecurity and networking can unlock a wider range of job opportunities.

Too often, people assume legal assistants just exist to schedule meetings and file papers. But this view misses the forest for the trees.

Legal assistants are not just support staff. They are strategic partners whose contributions directly impact efficiency, client satisfaction, and, ultimately, the bottom line. They provide the procedural expertise, communication finesse, and organizational mastery that allows the entire legal team to function at its peak.

In this post, we focus on the importance of legal assistants and the unique value they bring to law firms. Keep reading to find out why their work matters and how they shape the success of legal practices.

Back in 2015, Alisen Kotyk enrolled in the legal assistant program at Herzing College as a way to build a more secure and fulfilling future. She thrived in Herzing’s close-knit, supportive environment, and landed a legal assistant job at a boutique criminal firm shortly after graduating.

She loved the work and found meaning in it. But after a while, she felt driven to do more. So she went on to complete her BA and finish law school. Today, she’s a civil litigator at Myers LLP, a mid-size Winnipeg firm.

We spoke with Alisen recently to learn more about her inspiring journey and how Herzing set her up for success. Here are the highlights of that conversation.

Pretty well every modern business wants to establish its online presence and connect with customers through digital channels. That means skilled digital marketing professionals who can navigate the complex landscape of search engines and social media platforms are in demand.

But how do you actually get started in this field? What areas can you specialize in? And how can you make yourself stand out to an employer?

Help is here! In this post, we walk you through seven essential steps you can follow to launch a successful digital marketing career.

We would like to acknowledge that Herzing College campuses are located in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Montreal on the traditional land of Indigenous people. We are grateful for the opportunity to live and work on this land.

Herzing College is committed to partnering and moving forward with Indigenous people in the spirit of reconciliation.