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LearnKey OMAT: Office Management Training Program

Learner completing LearnKey Office Management and Administrative Training onlineLearnKey OMAT helps learners build office technology, certification, and employability skills for administrative career pathways.

Build Office-Ready Skills With LearnKey’s OMAT

In today’s workforce, employers look for more than basic computer knowledge. They need entry-level office professionals who can communicate clearly, stay organized, manage responsibilities, work confidently with productivity tools, and adapt to changing priorities. LearnKey’s Office Management and Administrative Training (OMAT) program helps learners build that practical foundation for office and administrative career pathways.
Designed for individuals preparing to enter or advance in the workforce, OMAT combines online technical training, industry-recognized certification preparation, employability development, and career-readiness support—all in one structured program.

A Foundation for Administrative Careers

Office management and administrative roles are essential across nearly every industry. From coordinating documents and schedules to maintaining records, supporting teams, and communicating with customers or stakeholders, administrative professionals help organizations operate efficiently.
The LearnKey OMAT program is designed to help candidates stand out among other entry-level office and administrative job seekers. It focuses on the everyday skills employers value, including digital productivity, communication, accountability, resilience, and workplace readiness.
Rather than learning isolated software skills, students develop a more complete professional toolkit: the technical confidence to use common office applications and the employability skills to contribute effectively in a modern workplace. upskill. LearnKey

Industry-Aligned Certification Preparation

Credentials can help candidates demonstrate their knowledge to employers. Through OMAT, learners prepare for certifications that validate their skills with widely used business, office, bookkeeping, and project management tools.
The program includes training and certification preparation for:
  • Microsoft Office Excel 365
  • Microsoft Office Word 365
  • Intuit Design for Delight
  • Intuit Certified Bookkeeping
  • Project Management Ready
These certifications can help learners showcase relevant, job-ready competencies on a résumé and during interviews. LearnKey Vocational Training Services emphasizes that industry-recognized certifications from providers such as Microsoft and Intuit can demonstrate role-specific competency and a commitment to professional growth.
For example, a learner who earns Microsoft Word and Excel credentials can better demonstrate their ability to create documents, organize data, manage spreadsheets, and support the day-to-day needs of an office team. Adding bookkeeping and project management preparation can further strengthen their versatility in administrative support roles.

More Than Technical Training

Administrative success requires more than software proficiency. Employers also value reliable communication, personal accountability, adaptability, and the ability to work collaboratively.
That is why OMAT incorporates employability and professional-development coursework, including:
  • Resilience
  • Effective Communication
  • My Success Drivers
  • Action Toward Accountability
  • Entrepreneurship and Small Business
These workforce skills—often called soft skills, career-readiness skills, or employability skills—can influence how well a candidate performs in interviews, collaborates with colleagues, responds to challenges, and grows within an organization. LearnKey’s program is built around the idea that these capabilities are important at every employment level and across industries.

Flexible Online Learning and Support

The OMAT program makes skill development more accessible with online training software available 24/7. This flexibility allows learners to work through course content around other responsibilities while maintaining progress toward their training and certification goals.
LearnKey courseware includes a range of learning resources designed to support different stages of skill building:
  • Instructional videos
  • Hands-on labs
  • Pre- and post-assessments
  • Project workbook activities
  • Performance-based assessment and exam-preparation tools
  • Certification vouchers and remote proctoring services
LearnKey Vocational Training Services extends that learner-centered approach through tutoring, student services support, online training with assessments and labs, textbooks, certification vouchers, remote proctoring, and monthly progress reporting. vts.LearnKey

Career Readiness With HUB.AI

OMAT includes access to the LearnKey Employability HUB.AI, which brings career-development tools directly into the learning experience. The platform includes:
  • Custom AI GPT career tools
  • Talent-strength assessments
  • AI-powered résumé assessments
  • AI mock interviews
  • A structured workforce-readiness program
  • Human employability coaches
This combination helps students translate their new skills into a stronger job-search strategy. A learner can use résumé feedback to present certifications effectively, practice responding to common interview questions, and identify personal strengths that may align with office and administrative roles.

Complete Your Training in Nine Months

The LearnKey OMAT program is designed to be completed in approximately 9 months, providing learners with a structured path to develop technical knowledge, professional habits, certification readiness, and greater confidence for the workforce. upskill.LearnKey
For organizations, workforce programs, and individuals seeking to support career preparation, OMAT offers a practical pathway to office and administrative opportunities. With flexible online learning, guided support, certification preparation, and employability development, learners can take meaningful steps toward becoming stronger candidates in today’s job market.

Start Building Your Office Career Skills

A successful administrative professional is organized, adaptable, confident with technology, and prepared to communicate effectively. LearnKey’s Office Management and Administrative Training program brings those capabilities together in a career-focused learning experience.
Whether learners are entering the workforce for the first time, returning after time away, or looking to strengthen their professional qualifications, OMAT can help them build the skills and credentials needed to move forward.

PMP Exam Changes Coming Early Next Year

Tis the season of certification updates. Earlier this year, we released a brand new Network+ course to follow the new Network+ exam. And, we are working on new courses for CISSP and A+, as we have detailed in recent blogs.

Soon, we will be adding to our course updates the new Project Management Professional (PMP)® course. PMP® is the most widely recognized project management certification in the industry. And, to keep up with the ever-changing theories and practices of project management, the Project Management Institute will be updating their PMP® exam early next year. For those of you who are familiar with the PMP® certification, the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)® is not changing, but the tasks on the exam are changing.

What is also not changing is our expert extraordinaire for this course. We are very pleased to bring back Michael Solomon, the LearnKey expert who delivered the previous PMP® course, to bring you all up to speed on what the new exam will look like.

The new PMP® course will, in addition to Michael’s expertise, contain hundreds of practice test questions in the form of pre-assessment and post-assessment test questions, all with the goal of preparing you for what many have described is a very “wide” exam in that the topics can be very wide-ranging.

The PMP® certification is not built for new project managers. In fact, PMI requires, depending upon your college education, the equivalent of about two to five years of project management experience. The benefits of obtaining a PMP® are many. First, with the requirements of project management experience just to sit for the exam, having a PMP® proves that you are an experienced project manager. Secondly, the average starting salary of a PMP®, according to several web-based sources, is 15-20% higher than that of a project manager without a PMP® certification.

Finally, the methods and structure used to manage projects using what you learn in the PMP® exam will prove much value and clarity in any project you manage. So, if you have project management experience and have been deciding when you should pursue your PMP® certification, let 2016 be the year!

New Course Release – Project Management Professional® 2014 Certification Prep Course

Quick on the heels of our Certified Associate in Project Management® 2014 Certification Prep Course, I am excited to announce that our Project Management Professional® 2014 Certification Prep course has been released, joining CAPM as the second course to be added to our Project Management prep courses. We are excited to be able to offer both of these courses to those seeking a certification in Project Management. As a globally recognized certification, this certification is perfect for managers who have experience and have demonstrated the ability to successfully lead project teams.

Project Management Professional® 2014 Certification Prep

With LearnKey’s Project Management Professional (PMP) course users will prepare for the PMP exam based on the 5th edition PMBOK® Guide. This course guides you through the journey of understanding the basic fundamentals involved in high-level project management. Discover what defines a project life cycle, how project management process mapping works, and how to develop a project scope statement. Project Management Professional® is a registered trademark of Project Management Institute, Inc.

Our hope is that through our courseware we may continually provide learners with the guidance, preparation, and skills they need to succeed.

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New Course Release – Certified Associate in Project Management® Certification Prep Course

The release of our Certified Associate in Project Management® Certification Prep Course represents the culmination of the planning and work that has gone into creating this course that started over a year ago. Our new CAPM prep course is LearnKey’s first fundamental certification in Project Management.  Obtaining the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification is a good fit for those who are new to project management and looking for an entry-level certification or those who are still trying to find direction in their career.

Certified Associate in Project Management® 2014 Certification Prep Course

Get prepared for your CAPM certification with the Certified Associate in Project Management course. This course will improve your understanding of the terminology, basic knowledge, and process of effective project management.

Our hope is that through our courseware we may continually provide learners with the guidance, preparation, and skills they need to succeed.

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