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Profesiones sin Barreras is a distance-learning institution dedicated to serving the vocational training needs of the adult Spanish-speaking community in the U.S. Approved and regulated by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, Private Occupational School Board, Profesiones sin Barreras offers bilingual diploma programs for careers in the most in-demand industries.Profesiones sin Barreras is committed to broadening the professional and financial opportunities available to the Spanish-speaking members of the American workforce. The School achieves its mission by appreciating the unique needs of its students and by offering programs that reflect current employment trends to ensure that its self-directed, distance-learning courses equip students with job skills essential for success. Profesiones sin Barreras’ initial course offerings include Medical Office Assistant, Start Your Own Business, Construction, and Sales and Customer Service. Students can enroll over the phone or online and pursue their courses at their own pace.

The press release also provides some statistics showing that Latinos have a significantly higher high school drop out rate than their white counterparts and also explains that, while employment figures for Latinos are improving overall, the majority are still working in low-skill level jobs.

Lexicon Marketing’s release of these distance learning courses could be a step in helping Latinos climb the career ladder.  One of the biggest barriers I see for limited English speaking youth is their inability to access training programs because they don’t speak enough English to enroll.  If they have the opportunity to study with these programs and are simultaneously working on their English skills, they may have a fighting chance of getting more than a low skill level job.

My reservation about this program is the cost.  From personal experience, I know that Ingles sin Barreras, Lexicon Marketing’s most well-known course is quite pricy.  I hope that if this is the case with Profesiones sin Barreras that those who invest their time and money in the course will find that their increased skill level provides them with job opportunities they wouldn’t have had otherwise.

I also wonder how much a person can learn through distance learning about construction, and would hope that if someone chooses this route that those who hire will recognize this course as valid.